Current Affairs - The New Federalist

Europe: the world’s next big short squeeze?

GameStop has drawn global headlines in the past month due to its dramatic rise and fall in stock price. Largely caused by a surge in investments from Reddit users, the video game company’s stocks have made armchair investors millions while leaving some of the world biggest hedge funds out (...)

Thursday 11 February 2021

European Perspectives: the long road to a vaccinated Europe

What’s the latest with regard to the vaccination rollout in Germany, France, Romania, Poland, the UK, and Italy?

Tuesday 9 February 2021

A Scottish immigration system: Is it feasible?

Cameron Boyle looks at whether a Scottish immigration system is possible, and asks if it would help the declining population in some areas of Scotland.

Wednesday 3 February 2021

Portugal’s presidential election: a fight for second place

On Sunday, Portugal re-elected Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa as its President for the next five years. The result was more than expected, but the significance of this election goes far beyond Marcelo’s victory. It raises fundamental questions about the future political landscape of a country (...)

Wednesday 27 January 2021

Ireland’s ‘Thriving’ Economy: A Lesson in Deceiving GDP

How Ireland has managed to become one of the fastest-growing economies during the pandemic.

Saturday 23 January 2021

Taking (Fundamental) Rights Seriously

Is Europe witnessing, as Pech, Wachowiec and Mazur fear, ‘[the end of the rule of law in Poland?->https://verfassungsblog.de/1825-days-later-the-end-of-the-rule-of-law-in-poland-part-i’. Recent developments seem to suggest so. Although concerns about the country’s respect for the rule of law have (...)

Thursday 21 January 2021

What next for the CDU?

On Saturday, 1001 CDU delegates, assembled both in Berlin and virtually, elected Armin Laschet to the party leadership, marking the end of two years of political uncertainty for the German Christian Democrats. Despite having lagged behind in the polls for much of the campaign, Laschet – viewed (...)

Sunday 17 January 2021

Italy’s Government in Crisis

Joshua Honeycutt explains what is happening in Italy as former Prime Minister and senator for Florence Matteo Renzi provokes a political crisis that could threaten the coalition government.

Sunday 17 January 2021

The effect of Brexit on social equality

Elsie Haldane looks at what will happen to the UK’s equality laws after Brexit and how this will impact the country.

Wednesday 30 December 2020

All eyes on Berlin

Despite the widespread interest in the most remote of American electoral districts, it is remarkable how little attention has been devoted to the most momentous political process the European Union faces in 2021: the Christian Democratic Union (CDU)’s leadership election, which will take place (...)

Thursday 24 December 2020

A Loss for Both Sides: the UK’s New Immigration Laws

Heather Barrigan examines the potential impacts of the UK’s new Immigration laws for the UK and the EU.

Sunday 20 December 2020

Brexit: is this the fourth and final series?

THE EUROPEAN MAGNIFYING GLASS. As the fourth series of The Crown lands on Netflix with huge success, the Brexit saga seems to be coming to an end in a particularly turbulent time between COVID-19 and tensions in Brussels. Here is a recap of the last four and a half years of a complex divorce.

Saturday 19 December 2020