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… 21 maart 2024 Registration starts 27 March Zoekresultaten Ahead of the European Parliamentary Elections in June, Studio Europa Maastricht and POLITICO warmly invite you for the Maastricht Debate 2024. The third edition of this large political debate will take place on Monday, April 29 in the Theater aan het Vrijthof. Registration open as … bring your ID. For further questions about this event, you can contact us via email ( maastrichtdebate24@studioeuropamaastricht.nl ) or by telephone (+31 (0)43 388 46 90). Event details: • Date: Monday April 29, 2024 • Time: 16:15 – 23:00 • Website and registration: https://maastrichtdebate.eu/watch-the-debate/ The Maastricht Debate is supported by Maastricht University, Province of Limburg, City of Maastricht and the European Parliament. Register on the together.eu platform to receive …
… 18 maart 2024 Opinion Joris Melman Zoekresultaten Things got heated during the peasant protests that swept through Brussels last month. Tractors broke through barricades, a statue was vandalized and fires were set in several places. In farmer app groups, the fantasies went even further, sharing (fictional) images of a burning down European Parliament. The protests were not without consequence: the European pesticide law was repealed, environmental requirements that farmers must meet to receive … policy. It is not a sustainable strategy to immediately abandon policies that have been worked on for years as soon as there are aggressive protests. And certainly, the protests also have risks for the EU. For example, they could fuel the idea that groups willing to engage in violent protest can force their way through. Moreover, they could also fuel the idea that "we need to get out of the EU" - although that is an illogical goal for a sector that gets over a third of the EU budget and needs … debate with each other during the Maastricht Debate. … Things got heated during the peasant protests that swept through Brussels last month. Tractors broke through barricades, a statue was vandalized and fires were set in several places. In farmer app groups, the fantasies went even further, sharing (fictional) images of a burning down European Parliament. The protests were not without consequence: the European pesticide law was repealed, environmental requirements that farmers must meet to receive …
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.
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g.shen@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Onderzoekinstituut METRO
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haiyang.yu@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Onderzoekinstituut METRO
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ying.xie@maastrichtuniversity.nl
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