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  • Call the bluff, prime minister (part 2)

    The Brexiteers had their chance in the past two years – they have pushed around a cabinet with a zeal driven by ideology, not practicality or reality. It is time for the remaining adults in the room to take charge. It is time for Theresa May to call the hard right’s bluff. Whether she will have the...

    Call the bluff_Brexit blog
  • Mexican standoff (part 2)

    ​With the date of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal fast approaching, it is becoming increasingly evident that the British government still has no clear plan, relies on wishful thinking and is running out of viable options. To prevent a complete disaster, a much more targeted salvaging operation might...

    Brexit blog Prashant Mexican standoff
  • Mexican standoff (part 1)

    With the date of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal fast approaching, it is becoming increasingly evident that the British government still has no clear plan, relies on wishful thinking and is running out of viable options. To prevent a complete disaster, a much more targeted salvaging operation might...

    Mexican standoff_blog Prashant Brexit chaos
  • The presidential refusal to appoint a minister in comparative perspective

    On 27 May 2018 Italy was thrown into a post-election political and constitutional turmoil when Italian President Sergio Mattarella refused to appoint the designated Minister of Economy and Finance, Paolo Savona, proposed by the Five Star Movement and the League. While not the first time that an...

    Italian President Sergio Mattarella at the European Parliament
  • Dean’s blog episode 8: ‘Better education’ and language

    While the internationalisation of higher education is under pressure in the Netherlands, legal education is an example of how a language policy can be successful: dependent on the aim and contents of the curriculum, lawyers can also be taught in other languages than their own.

    Buiten
  • On power asymmetries between national parliaments in the EU

    From the beginning of the European project, the concept of dual representative democracy in the EU has never been homogeneous for all Member States. The line of democratic representation that is provided by the European Parliament is arguably.

    Nguyen, Hoai-Thu Book European and national parliaments