Pierre Ruetschi: Europa y el Milagro Suizo|El País
Suiza asiste sobre ascuas al desolador espectáculo de una Europa desorientada ante los inmigrantes. En 1992, cuando se negó a entrar en el Espacio Económico Europeo (EEE), el país helvético…
Molenbeek broke my heart
A former resident reflects on his struggles with Brussels’ most notorious neighborhood. Source: Molenbeek broke my heart
Anatol Lieven: Don’t Fear the Russians|NYT
Mr Lieven does such a good job at calming western fears about Russia’s aggressive stance on all fronts. A very emollient piece of propaganda, interpreting as voluntary restraint, every time…
The Brexit Conspiracy by Noëlle Lenoir – Project Syndicate
Interesting the accent on Murdoch, among other factors pushing for a Brexit: Another reason for europhobia’s hold on the British psyche is the country’s EU-obsessed tabloid newspapers, which are read…
Belgique. Molenbeek, un nid de djihadistes | Courrier international
Si ce quartier de Bruxelles est devenu un nid de terroristes, c’est surtout parce que les élites belges refusent de regarder la réalité en face, estime cet anthropologue néerlandais. Source:…
Europe Doesn’t Owe Migrants Fairness | Foreign Policy
If Europe is to survive both as a coherent institution and as an embodiment of the liberal values of the Enlightenment, it will do so only by resisting the universalism…
Brexit: expats launch High Court action that could delay referendum|The Telegraph
Source: Brexit: expats launch High Court action that could delay referendum
Eurosceptic London press may hesitate to back Brexit|The Irish Times
The Telegraph suddenly turning moderate or ambivalent on the subject of Brexit is strange, unless they are performing a bit of CYA – we will see where this one goes.…
Eastern Europe’s Authoritarian Return by Shlomo Ben-Ami – Project Syndicate
We need (and already have) a multi-speed EU, in which countries move forward or backwards as required by their circumstances and preferences. We also urgently need clear and enforceable methods…
Is this the end of the West as we know it? – The Washington Post
When talking about the referendum, Brexit supporters say that the EU is irrelevant, as security is provided by the NATO alliance. Here is a point of view which highlights the…