Posted on February 16, 2019. Tags: Brexit, Diplomacy, Emmanuel Macron, EU, Europe, European Union, France, Italy, Macron, Populism
Strong criticism of French president Emmanuel Macron by Italian leaders has created a diplomatic firestorm between the long-time European allies. The current tensions between the two neighbours is fresh evidence of how two competing political visions of Europe are clashing ahead of EU parliamentary elections. “I hope the French will be able to free themselves […]
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Posted in Europe, European Union, France, World
Posted on May 22, 2017. Tags: defense, EU, Europe, France, Macron, NATO, Russia, Security, United States
With the recent nomination of his government, President Macron takes a chance to rejuvenate the idea of a European defence, an ambitious plan that collapsed when it failed to obtain the ratification in the French Parliament back in 1954. The European Defence Community emerged from the Pleven plan, proposed in 1950 by the French Prime […]
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Posted in Europe, European Union, France, World
Posted on July 9, 2017. Tags: climate change, environment, Governance, Macron, Paris accord, Paris Agreement, U.S. Foreign Policy, United States
US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull the country out of the Paris climate agreement may eventually end in a U-turn. After all, unpredictability has by far been Trump’s favourite foreign policy strategy. Yet should this one promise be kept its implications for global cooperation on climate change would be catastrophic. In the long term, […]
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Posted in Global Economy, US, World
Posted on May 19, 2017. Tags: Austria, climate change, Conservatives, environment, EU, European Union, Far-right, France, general election 2017, Globalization, green issues, green party, green politics, itvdebates, Macron, Media, Melenchon, Populism, Trump, UK, US, Van Der Bellen
Who will provide strong and stable leadership on the environment? Following May’s shock election announcement there has only been one issue on the agenda for both the media and political parties themselves: Brexit. One worrying effect of our preoccupation with constitutional issues is that green politics have been ignored. Despite Green Party gains in the […]
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Posted in Environmental Security, World