Category: Europe
“The Most Important Election Since 1989”
Maria (Marysia) Pachowicz 06/11/2023
On the 15th of October 2023, a record-breaking number of Polish citizens both in Poland and abroad took to polling stations to cast their vote in …
What Is The Point? The Difference The Left Can Make
Stella Creasy 16/10/2023
In his essay Ireland, Island of Saints and Sages James Joyce quotes Oscar Wilde saying ‘We Irishmen have done nothing, but we are the greatest …
Is an EU-Wide approach to the mental health crisis necessary?
Gerry Mitchell 29/03/2023
Mental health services are characterised by under-investment, a focus on hospital treatments and a lack of primary and community services; workforce …
Planning to freeze this winter
Robert Sweeney 08/09/2022
Much of the public’s attention in recent times has been focused on Ireland’s cost of living, in one form or another. For the last few years it …
We Must Strengthen the Democracy We are Trying to Defend
Shana Cohen 12/04/2022
First Published in the Irish Times 6 April 2022 The conflict in Ukraine has united democracies around the world, just as it has pushed Russia further …
The German Constitutional Court Decision and the ECB
Jim Stewart 25/06/2020
Ireland and other EU countries face many uncertainties relating to outcomes from Covid 19 and Brexit. To these must be added …
Coronavirus, Solidarity and an Emerging Eurozone Crisis
Jim Stewart 10/04/2020
The Coronavirus crisis has become the news. Like the virus, it is spreading from detailed public health analysis and discussion to …
Reforming the EU
Paul Sweeney 07/01/2020
An EU rule which must be radically reformed is the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP). It is a set of rules intended to ensure member states in the …
Europe
Paul Sweeney 24/04/2019
I am writing this in the south west of France, in one of the many villages which were walled to protect from neighbours, looking out at the …
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Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …
Robert Sweeney
Robert Sweeney is a policy analyst at TASC and focuses on issues surrounding Irish …
Passerose Mantoy
Passerose Mantoy is the CEO of Chrysalis Community Drug Project, a community-based drug …