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Ahead of the European elections, there are concerns about the state of democracy and rule of law in Europe. In the Netherlands, it is a concern hanging around the formation table. For a long time, Poland seemed to be heading in the same direction as Hungary, but since last October's elections, the tide seems to have turned there. The most important lesson we can learn from Poland? Democracy is not made in the voting booth, but on the streets.
In aanloop naar de Europese verkiezingen zijn er zorgen over de staat van democratie en rechtsstaat in Europa. In Nederland is het een zorg die rond de formatietafel hangt. Polen leek lange tijd dezelfde kant op te gaan als Hongarije, maar sinds de verkiezingen van afgelopen oktober lijkt daar het tij gekeerd. De belangrijkste les die we van Polen kunnen leren? Democratie wordt niet gemaakt in het stemhokje, maar op straat.
Maak je klaar voor de ultieme Europese verkiezingservaring! Op 29 april organiseren Studio Europa en Politico de derde editie van het Maastricht Debate, als opwarmertje voor de Europese Parlementsverkiezingen (6-9 juni).
Get ready for the ultimate European election experience! On April 29th, Studio Europa and Politico are hosting the third edition of the Maastricht Debate, gearing up for the European Parliament elections (6-9 June).
Three students on our Master’s programme in Public Policy and Human Development took part in a conference in Malta, held on 17-20 April 2019 by the Douzelage European town twinning association within the Europe For Citizens programme.
Onderzoekers van de Universiteit Maastricht doen momenteel een oproep aan mensen om deel te nemen aan een enquête om inzicht te krijgen in de redenen voor hooggekwalificeerde internationale migranten om te wonen en/of te werken in Limburg (NL) of de Euregio Maas-Rijn.
Due to the Corona crisis, also many cross-border workers are forced to work in their home country. They have been asked not to cross the border to come to their office situated in the neighbouring country. At the moment, this is only possible because the Dutch, Belgian and German governments have agreed on special exemptions from certain rules until the rest of this year. Otherwise, these frontier workers would face major changes with respect to their social security contribution, taxes and health care. But what, if governments and employers from now on will permanently stimulate that employees work more days from home? ITEM has found out that this would have tremendous consequences for cross-border work if legislation does not change accordingly. This is one out of four case of this year’s research into border effects.
The importance of cross-border cooperation manifests itself more than ever during the coronapandemic. Multi-level governance is the foundation for taking the next steps; looking for each other and perpetuating relationships at all levels, in administration, politics and practice. This became clear during the ITEM annual conference on 19 November, which focused on the lessons learned, opportunities and challenges of cross-border cooperation. Watch the video recap.