Even before the current issue in Ukraine started, the country had to choose between the European Union and the Russian Federation. Russia wanted Ukraine in its own union, and Europe wanted closer cooperation with Ukraine in the form of an agreement. The European Union does not have any perspective for …

The main purpose of this bachelor dissertation is to examine the possible future consequences for the European Union (EU), if Scotland would become independent after the referendum in 2014. This year, a Scottish referendum on this issue will be held with the intention to leave the United Kingdom (UK). …

Camerons “EU à la carte”, Wilders' gewenste in/uit EU-referendum, noordelijke tegen zuidelijke eurolanden, waar gaat het heen met Europa? Solidariteit lijkt een taboe, maar is in wezen revolutionair! [online bijdrage door Margriet Krijtenburg]

This dissertation examines how European integration and Welsh devolution have affected the Welsh identity. Devolution and European integration are the most important institutional process to have affected Wales in the last 40 years. These political processes have caused shifts of power leading a rethinking …

The objective of this dissertation is to investigate how Czech historical events during the twentieth century influenced Czech society and politics in relation to Europe. During the twentieth century, the Czech Republic experienced highlights and downfalls. The founding fathers, Masaryk, Beneš, and Štefánik, …

The rise of populist movements in Europe is partly explained by the power of mass media. The press, public and politicians keep each other prisoner. The media increases incidents and looks for personal stories while politicians respond to those stories in order to be noticed by the public. Therefore …

Recently, the European Union seems to have a popularity problem. Especially in the Netherlands the attitude of citizens and journalists has changed dramatically over the past fifteen years. This resulted in low voter turnouts over the years and eventually a Dutch 'no' towards the European Constitution …

Dat er in brede kring in Nederland een grote Euroscepsis bestaat, is wel duidelijk. De publieke opinie wil na het referendum van 2005 eigenlijk even niets weten van Europa, hoewel de voor- én tegenstanders van de Europese Grondwet in koor hebben geroepen, dat zij vóór Europa waren. De regering heeft …

Nu het EU-referendum achter ons ligt, moeten wij toch even - niet teveel - terugkijken naar wat er verkeerd is gegaan. Twee persoonlijke observaties. Wat mij in mijn omgeving allereerst opviel, was dat het nee-stemmen ook vóor het referendum door zoveel mensen, ook hoog opgeleid, openlijk werd gepropageerd. …