Banners and slogans celebrating tolerance and equality make the European Quarter of Brussels look like a civil rights nirvana. The truth is more complicated. There is a critical lack of racial diversity in the institutions that run the European Un...
Arancha Gonzalez says "conscious consumers" can help save trade | Reinhard Bütikofer expects Donald Trump to slap tariffs on Europe's cars | Lorenzo Marsili reimagines the EU-Canada deal | James and Tom get the munchies
by James Kanter
China, Donald Trump, and discontent after financial and debt crises that exploded last decade are buffeting trade. The European Union frequently finds itself at the center of these storms. Arancha Gonzalez, the chief of staff to Pascal Lamy when h...
Mujtaba Rahman says nationalist populists are poised to infiltrate democratic decision-making in Brussels | Roland Freudenstein and Martin Mycielski reflect on hate and violence in Poland | James and Tom say good riddance to far-right UK lawmakers
by James Kanter
Corina Stratulat assesses Macron-style participatory democracy | Laura Sullivan says the process of consulting citizens only works if authorities Let It Go | James and Tom on EU acronyms and abbreviations
by James Kanter
The far-right again sets the agenda in Europe and successfully pushes governments to oppose a UN pact on migration. Shame. An EU minister finally slaps down Italy’s Matteo Salvini for Nazi-style migrant-bashing. Respect. Karen Mets of Save the Chi...
Bas Eickhout on how smarter climate policies can avoid more protest movements like the Yellow Vests | A lawmaker in charge of writing opinions for a European Parliament committee denies climate science | Poland pushes Big Coal at UN climate confer...
by James Kanter
Volt Europa says citizen-focused democracy can help tame populism | Tom describes an evening with DiEM25 and James warns against direct democracy | Pelle Christy tells upstart progressive parties get ready to make compromises
by James Kanter
Proud Bear on satirizing suspected Russian meddling in the Brexit referendum | Anu Bradford on British delusions | James and Tom on where hardcore Brexiteers got their funds and why the EU is such a hard sell
by James Kanter
David Ibsen of the Counter Extremism Project focuses on the new generation of white supremacists in France | James and Tom discuss whether Marine Le Pen should keep her appointment with a government psychiatrist
by James Kanter
Migration expert Karen Mets unpicks Lauren Southern's anti-refugee antics | Campaigner Lyudmyla Kozlovska describes how far-right trolls sought to pass her off as Christine Blasey Ford | James and Tom talk about fighting Matteo Salvini's incivilit...
by James Kanter
Berlin-based queer activist Aileen Kakavand explains how hypocrites in the far-right Alternative for Germany party stoke fear of Islam to court the LGBT community | James and Tom talk pop stars, populism and politics
by James Kanter
Conservative liberal Frits Bolkestein reflects on whether his loathing for multiculturalism paved the way for Orban and Wilders | Post-match analysis | James and Tom focus on a far-right cell in Flanders and on race-baiting in Brussels
by James Kanter
