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The European Union Explained

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The European Union - Summary on a Map

In this video, we trace the evolution of the European Union since the end of WWII until Brexit.--------

The History of the EU with David Mitchell.

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Thoughts to consider (while traveling in Europe 2017)

Posen Discusses the Damage of Brexit to the British Economy

Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE), Jul 19, 2017, PIIE President Adam Posen says that the United Kingdom’s choice to close itse...

The significance of the Treaty of Rome - The Economist explains

ON MARCH 25th the European Union’s heads of government will gather in the glorious Sala Degli Orazi e Curiazi of Rome’s Palazzo dei Conservatori to...

The future of the European Union - Creaking at 60

Special Report from The Economist: "THE EUROPEAN PROJECT has sometimes given the impression of being in perpetual crisis...

The European Union’s delicate political economy - Free exchange

GREECE’S marathon crisis is at least instructive. Past flare-ups have illustrated a textbook’s worth of economic principles. The latest episode—a d...

The importance of a European foreign and security policy - Home and abroad

THE EUROPEAN UNION is at heart an economic and trade project built on its foundation as a customs union. The 1980s saw the addition of the single m...

What can the EU do to punish Poland? - Policing the club

IN THE mid-1990s, as the European Union began expanding eastwards, its politicians faced a tricky question. To join the bloc, countries had to comm...

For our freedom and yours - Charlemagne

Poland’s illiberal turn poses a wicked dilemma for the European Union. IF EUROPEAN history once seemed to have arrived at its terminus in 1989, it...

Does it make sense to refer to EU officials as “unelected bureaucrats”? - The Economist explains

EUROSCEPTIC politicians and newspapers, especially British ones, are fond of referring to the officials of the European Union as “unelected bureauc...

What is federalism? - The Economist explains

EMMANUEL MACRON’S agenda for strengthening the European Union has revived talk of a “federal Europe”.

Why Europeans slack off in August - The Economist explains

MANY Europeans wishing to build a house, see a dentist or buy a baguette this month will have been disappointed. A surprising number of businesses ...

Why Europe’s train network needs more, not less, competition - The Economist

TRAINS are not quite the third rail of European politics. But they are still causing lots of angst. France has already endured three months of stri...

Europe’s civil war of sovereignty is tearing its soul apart - The Economist

EUROPE has slipped into a form of “civil war,” fears Emmanuel Macron, France's president. The trenches have been dug, the weapons loaded, the front...

3 Versions of Europe Are Collapsing at the Same Time – Foreign Policy

Post-1945, post-1968, and post-1989 Europe are all different — and none of them make sense anymore.

Europe’s Capital Cities Keep Getting Richer and Younger - CityLab

Other areas, not so much.

Europe's Direction in 2019 | Council on Foreign Relations

Matthias Matthijs joins Jim Lindsay to discuss Europe in 2019.

Charlemagne - The European Parliament: powerful yet puny | Europe

MEPs have plenty of clout, but no idea how to use it