The New Federalist

The Bulletin, Vol.1 Issue 23

Pop-up bike lanes: How Europe’s pandemic cycling schemes paid off

Exclusive interview: Cities across Europe built pop-up bike lanes during the pandemic to encourage active travel - and a new study has found they were a success.

Youth, Partying and Coronavirus: How the UK’s Pandemic Response Failed Young People

It is no secret that partying is a favourite pastime for many people, even in the middle of a crisis. As the COVID pandemic continues and countries go into months-long lockdowns, many young people have struggled to cope with isolation. The result, perhaps unsurprisingly, has been that large (...)

Brexit’s bruises on the British Left burn bluer than ever

The UK’s local election results show the British left has not recovered from Brexit

Racism undermines European democracy

The ideal of democracy is at the heart of European identity. It is interwoven in the fabric of our shared history and its advancement is our common goal for the future. Today, however, it is being eroded by waves of hate and division. These in turn lead to inequality, marginalisation and (...)

Ukraine’s association with the EU – an exemplary “integration without membership”?

The penultimate interview in the Eastern Partnership series.

The Bulletin, Vol.1 Issue 22

For a more open and democratic UN

An interconnected world needs more global governance, argues Riccardo Moschetti.

Regional languages: between artificial construct and component of identity

OPINION. Following a recent article in our French language sister publication Le Taurillon denouncing Manuel Valls’ position on learning regional languages in France, and the responses it provoked, a deeper analysis is needed of the role that these languages play in building regional, national (...)

THE ERA OF POLITICAL PIRACY

Cyber-attacks have become a recurring event in our lives. Who has never received a strange email, sometimes sent by one of our contacts, inviting us to click on a link or give money to someone supposedly in need? Why should we care These scams are commonplace and harm the servers we depend (...)

Belarus: increasing democratic aspirations in “Europe’s last dictatorship”

Our series of interviews on the Eastern Partnership (EaP) continues!

One year on: a distress call for human rights

In 2019, the Council of Europe published the Recommendation: ‘Lives saved. Rights protected’. The Recommendation, which is a non-legally binding act within the European Union, aimed to protect refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea. Member states of the Council of (...)