Translated by Juuso Järviniemi

Former Editor-in-Chief of The New Federalist. Opinions presented in articles represent author’s personal views rather than a common view held by The New Federalist.

Articles de cet auteur (48)

Andreï Vaitovich : “Journalism has become a crime in Belarus”

Interview of the month : the French-Belarusian Andreï Vaitovich has been covering political events in his country of origin since the beginning of the upheavals.

mercredi 24 mars 2021

Haastattelu : Pitäisikö EU:n kieltää öljyn ja kaasun poraaminen merellä ?

Merten ja rantojen suojeluun erikoistunut Surfrider Foundation Europe -järjestö käynnisti “Drilling is killing” -kampanjansa toisen osan lokakuussa. Kampanja vastustaa öljyn ja maakaasun poraamista Euroopan merillä. JEF:n ranskankielisen verkkolehti Le Taurillonin Théo Boucart haastatteli järjestön European Outreach Officerina toimivaa Jana Prokofjevaa, joka jakoi mietteitään kampanjasta sekä merten roolista ilmastonmuutoksen hillinnässä.

vendredi 30 octobre 2020

The EU does not accept the results of the Belarusian election

Théo Boucart updates us on the EU’s position on the tense situation in Belarus.

jeudi 20 août 2020

A Pyrrhic victory ? Lessons from the infernal European Council summit

Théo Boucart reflects on the lessons of the unique EU summit.

lundi 3 août 2020

Austria, Portugal, Poland, Romania : A preview of upcoming elections in Europe

While new faces are entering European institutions, several national elections also await Europe in the autumn. After high-stakes elections in the German states of Brandenburg and Saxony, and in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg, national polling stations will be open in Austria, Portugal, Poland and Romania. Alexis Vannier gives an overview.

lundi 26 août 2019

Germany : Faithful reflection of European electoral tendencies ?

The European elections have finally given their much-anticipated verdict : the big currents were confirmed, despite some surprises. Among the different national results, those from Germany could turn around the national political landscape and the functioning of the entire EU.

vendredi 31 mai 2019

Brussels and now Copenhagen : Moment of choice for Danes

Ten days after the European elections, Danish voters will go to the urns again, this time to renew their national Parliament. These two votes, first on European and then national scale, both bear crucial importance for the political parties present. Alexis Vannier provides background ahead of the parliamentary elections.

mercredi 29 mai 2019

#FutureEurope : Young people for Europe

Today at last it’s election day ! Our German sister edition Treffpunkt Europa’s #FutureEurope campaign has accompanied its readers for 29 weeks, and it has presented 43 people from a total of 8 European countries who have shared their wishes and demands for the future of European politics.

dimanche 26 mai 2019

Letter : Your vote in the European elections is essential

“The EU is useless”, “the European Parliament has never made a difference in my daily life”, “there’s no point in voting”, “our representatives are corrupt”. Really ? Originally writing on our French sister edition Le Taurillon, Romain Laugier unpicks these phrases sometimes brandished by young people who defend their choice not to vote. Speaking as one young adult to another, the author calls for his generation to mobilise to vote in the European elections.

mercredi 22 mai 2019

Cyprus : European elections on a divided island

Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus, is known as Europe’s last divided capital. Turkish Cypriots living to the north from the UN buffer zone must cross the border traversing the old town in order to use their right to vote in the 2019 European elections. Marie Menke gives an overview of the situation on the Mediterranean island.

samedi 18 mai 2019

Red card to the parties that still don’t have an election manifesto

We are now less than one month from the European elections of 23–26 May, held everywhere in the EU. We could think that the campaign is in full swing, that debates between candidates are vivid like in all elections, but no. Unfortunately, it seems that this election campaign, like previous (...)

dimanche 12 mai 2019

France : 77% of registered young voters don’t plan to vote in European elections

On Thursday 9 May, the French Institute of Public Opinion (Ifop) published the results of a survey commissioned by JEF-France (Les Jeunes Européens) and the National association of children’s and youth councils (ANACEJ), concerning young people and the European elections of May 2019. The survey that studies the electoral behaviour of young people shows that a part of voting-age young people in France are still undecided both on whether they will go to the urns on the 26th, and on what party to vote for.

samedi 11 mai 2019
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