History, Society & Culture

Eurovision Song Contest 2015: A JEF judgement on Semi-Final One

The 60th edition of the Eurovision 2015 Song Contest has officially started! It aims to portray the best talent that each country has to offer. This year’s motto was ‘Building Bridges’, which fits in perfectly with JEF’s Twinning Programme. After watching the first 16 contestants give it their all, I was a bit taken aback by some of the entries, whilst impressed by others. Sadly, none of them have rivalled my favourites, such as ABBA’s 1974 win for Sweden, or Alexander Rybak’s 2009 win for Norway, nor Tom Dice’s 2010 entry for Belgium.

Wednesday 20 May 2015

Cross-border hospital in the Cerdanya:

In September 2014, the first cross-border hospital in Europe opened its doors. A journey through the Cerdanya valley at the heart of the Pyrenees.

Saturday 16 May 2015

Mediterranean Sea: The Border between Hope and Death

As the death toll rises, the question of what Europe should be doing about external migration is becoming increasingly urgent. Reports of tragedy on the waters separating Africa from Europe have become increasingly common, with almost daily examples appearing in European media. This rapid (...)

Wednesday 13 May 2015

Fortress Europe:

The shipwrecks of migrants, a recurring catastrophe, has called into question the capacity of European migration policy to rescue illegal migrants at the gateways of Europe and to do justice totheir rights. While it had been for a long time a land of emigration, the Europe of today must now meet the challenge of a huge influx of peoples coming from Africa and the Middle East, on which it exerts a strong force of attraction.

Wednesday 13 May 2015

Liberation Day – Europe is our duty

70 years ago when Germany capitulated, the Allies freed Europe from Fascism and ended the war. A new, humane and peace-loving world should rise from the ashes. Today, VE day, we are surrounded by conflict and war. Does this anniversary have any significance left today?

Monday 11 May 2015

Celebrating Europe Day

In a period when the gap between the European Union and its citizens seems to widen, in times when euroscepticism and populism are on the rise, as the distance between popular feeling and political elites is getting bigger, it is exactly now that we need to know why European integration is so (...)

Tuesday 5 May 2015

Ethnic discrimination, a European tragedy?

The shooting of Michael Brown and a number of other African American males recently killed by policemen have induced discussion about racial inequalities in the United States. Like the US President Barack Obama stated in his speech concerning the current events in Ferguson, Missouri, ”there are (...)

Sunday 21 December 2014

Developing sport policy in the EU: strengthening physical activity as a tool for individual and collective well-being

Across the EU, physical inactivity is on the increase and so are its corollaries, including (but not limited to) overweight and obesity. A decade ago, a review study funded by the European Commission affirmed this trend by drawing on data from all (then) 25 Member States. The study led to (...)

Friday 14 November 2014

Death Lurks Offshore

For many African refugees and asylum seekers who are trafficked, David Harvey’s argument in Between Space and Time: Reflections on the Geographical Imagination, about the memories of past disasters and the passing of seasons plays a crucial role in people’s decisions about travel and also fits (...)

Sunday 1 June 2014

Irish Migration: Why not Europe ?

In Ireland, it is almost an immutable fact of life that with an economic crisis comes a wave of emigration. It is said that where the French would riot, the Irish quietly leave. This has certainly been true of the recent decline in Irish fortunes, with emigration higher than immigration and (...)

Thursday 27 February 2014

Meet « Sport corner », the new TV programme on sports and Europe at the heart of European institutions

The New Federalist has a partnership with the think-tank Sport and Citizenship. We would like to share with you a video presenting this new TV programme. Sport and Citizenship is the only European think-tank which focuses on the study and the promotion of sport’s values. As part of its (...)

Friday 7 February 2014

Europe, don’t kill my vibe. The view from Romania.

To the bafflement of some, the West is still alive and kicking following what had been announced as a migration of epic proportions, after restrictions on Romanian and Bulgarian workers were lifted on the 1st of January. The 8 Member States who had to eliminate their restrictions expressed, in (...)

Thursday 30 January 2014
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