Current Affairs & Policy - The New Federalist

Covid-19: The Cost of a ’Non-Europe’

Despite the European Union’s efforts to put health and economic measures in place and the increasing cooperation between states to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, this disaster is dramatically revealing the divisions within the Union. More than anything, it has highlighted an inability to work (...)

Friday 3 April 2020

Hungary and the Union’s Achilles’ heel

For years, the Polish and Hungarian – and, to a lesser extent, Romanian – governments have fought a crusade against liberal democracy and the European institutions. Covid-19 has been the ‘Reichstag fire’ Prime Minister Viktor Orban so eagerly awaited, allowing him to pass his very own ‘enabling (...)

Tuesday 31 March 2020

Digital and technological sovereignty: Europe’s new battle

’European Magnifying Glass’ is a partnership between The New Federalist, our sister publication Le Taurillon, and three Paris-based webzines: Eurosorbonne, Voix d’Europe and Courrier d’Europe. In this instalment, we shine the spotlight on two issues raised during the 56th Munich Security (...)

Monday 30 March 2020

Brexit: negotiations on lockdown

The Covid-19 pandemic has also taken Brexit negotiations by storm. Whilst the transition period ends on December 31st, talks between the European Union and the United Kingdom are at a standstill. Negotiations on the future relations between the United Kingdom and the European Union began in (...)

Sunday 29 March 2020

Interview with former MEP Antony Hook

On January 31st, Britain finally left the European Union after 47 years of membership. Post-Brexit, former Liberal Democrat MEP for the South East of England, Antony Hook came to give a talk on 19th February in Canterbury to the East Kent European Movement titled ‘’Britain and Europe- The (...)

Friday 27 March 2020

Waiting for Europe…

Hadrien Boudet-Romero expresses his criticism with regard to lack of action by the EU on coronavirus - but points to the fact that the pandemic has highlighted the EU’s lack of success concerning further integration.

Wednesday 25 March 2020

European Perspectives: COVID-19

How are different European countries reacting to coronavirus? Five contributors outline the situation in their countries.

Tuesday 24 March 2020

Editorial: the state of democracy in Europe

Editor-in-Chief Madelaine Pitt sums up our #DemocracyUnderPressure feature.

Monday 23 March 2020

Elected through Facebook: have Europeans lost control of their politics?

Juuso Järviniemi asks what impact social media is having on our democracies.

Sunday 22 March 2020

Democracy needs a Copernican revolution to survive climate change

Head of the Communications Unit of the European Green Party Valentin Dupouey explores how our democracies could be adapted to - or may fail to - cope with climate change.

Sunday 22 March 2020

“What you see on fake news sites elsewhere in Europe, you see on public television in Hungary.”

Madelaine Pitt interviews Eszter Nagy in Budapest.

Saturday 21 March 2020

Is the EU doing enough to fight Fake News?

Lewis Powell analyses the impact of fake news in Europe - and what action is needed to deal with it.

Thursday 19 March 2020