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Euroviews. Sibiu is about who we are as Europeans and what we can offer ǀ View

The EU summit in Sibiu will help decide Europe's future and who we are as Europeans. But the outlook doesn't have to be doom and gloom.

07/05/2019

Ireland

Euroviews. The chaos of Trump and Brexit shows that democracy is not simply majority rule ǀ View

The tyranny of the majority is precisely what happens when a democratic system is downgraded to majority rule.

07/05/2019

Germany

Euroviews. Nativist populism is destroying Europe. Only multicultural populism can save it ǀ View

The real solution is to fight populism with populism: to neuter the nativist populism of the AfD, Brexit and Le Pen with an inclusive, multicultural and inclusive populism. This requires not only a new generation of politicians, but perhaps a new style of political party.

06/05/2019

Turkey

Euroviews. Turkey – the world’s largest prison for journalists ǀ View

It is outrageous to think that journalists like Erdem are being held in prisons just for doing their jobs. It is shocking to know that many have been convicted in show trials using fabricated evidence and trumped up charges.

06/05/2019

United Kingdom

Euroviews. It’s time the UK government took its duty to the Good Friday Agreement seriously ǀ View

In an open letter to Home Secretary Sajid Javid, campaigner Emma DeSouza calls on the UK government to uphold the rights of Northern Ireland-born Irish citizens, something it is duty-bound to do as a guarantor of the Good Friday Agreement.

03/05/2019

Venezuela

Euroviews. Maduro is blaming Trump for Venezuala's chaos, but he should look further back ǀ View

The U.S. has a limited ability to play a constructive role in helping opposition leader Juan Guaidó assume power because of its tainted past.

02/05/2019

World News

Euroviews. Reconnecting citizens with EU decision-making is possible – and needs to happen now ǀ View

Europe is popular again but if it is to stay that way, it needs to build its relationship with citizens on deeper foundations.

30/04/2019

USA

Euroviews. Dr. Google is making real doctors' jobs harder. And putting patients at risk ǀ View

With misleading medical news metastasizing across the internet, the management and prevention of illnesses is becoming more treacherous.

30/04/2019

USA

Euroviews. Why Putin is a better match for Kim Jong Un than Trump is ǀ View

The ambitious autocrats are more natural allies, and the U.S. is at risk of being squeezed out.

26/04/2019

USA

Euroviews. Uber may be convenient for city commuters — but it is bad for cities ǀ View

Capitalism can enable innovation, but it rarely prioritizes the greatest social good.

25/04/2019

United Kingdom

Euroviews. A year on, Cambridge Analytica still remains topical – even from beyond the grave ǀ View

Has data-driven electioneering fundamentally changed since the [Cambridge Analytica] scandal broke? Or is it still business as usual?

25/04/2019

USA

Euroviews. Rather than hiding its racist cartoons, Disney needs to teach people about them ǀ View

Unpacking how and why projects like "Song of the South" were ever made could offer an opportunity for growth, conversation and healing.

25/04/2019

United Kingdom

Euroviews. Action to tackle climate change must be based on evidence not fanaticism ǀ View

Protestors on the streets of London perhaps had good intentions. But action on climate change won't come without governments acting on scientific evidence and facts.

23/04/2019

USA

Euroviews. The Mueller report shows how great Facebook is for propaganda ǀ View

Skeptics have derided the idea that foreign propaganda on Facebook affected the 2016 race. Were they at the Russians' rallies, though?

21/04/2019

USA

Euroviews. Marijuana: 420 is a day to celebrate ǀ View

More US states are welcoming pot with open arms. Legalization is coming, despite the remaining anti-science moralizers.

21/04/2019

USA

Euroviews. Mueller report reveals how often Trump must be saved from himself ǀ View

The report clearly details how Trump would have obstructed the conduct of justice but for his savvier aides and advisors.

20/04/2019

France

Euroviews. The restitution of ill-gotten gains should be a French - and European - priority ǀ View

A new draft law could see the restitution of resources and assets to dispossessed people in Africa, the Middle East and elsewhere. But here is much more to be done in France - and more widely in Europe - to tackle the problem.

19/04/2019

USA

Euroviews. The Mueller report will reveal how legal Trump's lack of ethics was

If encouraging foreign election interference is legal as long as you don't directly participate in it, that isn't good for democracy.

17/04/2019

World News

Euroviews. Terrorist content removal: “United in Action” rather than “United in Grief” ǀ View

The online terror content file looks to ensure content providers remove terrorist content from their sites within an hour of it being flagged to the hosts. Failure to do so will result in providers receiving fines.

17/04/2019

World News

Euroviews. Capitalism is failing us all. Could Islamic economics be the answer? ǀ View

Once we strip away the Arabic terminology, concepts like zakat can return our economies to the common sense-based, transparent and equitable set up that the architects of modern capitalism envisaged.

16/04/2019