by Johanna Bandler | 30 Mar 2017 | Europe, Future of Democracy, School Year Abroad, Student Posts
Populist opponents of the European Union are fired up, EU supporters more complacent. Impassioned euro-skeptics will cause the EU to collapse. “The collapse of the EU,” by Yesenia Mozo This is the second of three articles on the European Union by students in the...
by News Decoder | 28 Mar 2017 | Europe, Future of Democracy, School Year Abroad, Student Posts
This is the first of three articles on the European Union by students in the School Year Abroad (SYA) program. On April 3, students at SYA’s campuses in France and Spain will discuss the prospects for the world’s largest trading bloc in a News-Decoder...
by News Decoder | 20 Mar 2017 | Europe, Future of Democracy
This is part of a series of News-Decoder articles on elections in Europe. By Robert Holloway France goes to the polls next month to start choosing a new president with a method that would have pleased the ancient Greek historian Herodotus. On April 23, French voters...
by Colin McIntyre | 13 Mar 2017 | Europe, Future of Democracy
Northern Ireland refused to join Ireland when it won independence in 1922. Could recent elections in the North reopen the question of reunification? A man walks past republican posters decrying a “hard border” between Ireland and Northern Ireland following Brexit,...
by Lukas Jansen | 9 Mar 2017 | Europe, Future of Democracy, Student Posts
France will elect a new president this spring. Here’s a run-down on the four leading candidates and their key policy positions. (Photo courtesy of EPA) This is part of a series of stories by students at King’s College London on France’s presidential...