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European Horizons Amsterdam
Mar 30, 20214 min read
Louisa Rachiel Theunissen: The Dutch general-elections - A tragedy for the Left
Two months after the fall of the cabinet and four years after the last elections, the Dutch government held general elections, its...
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European Horizons Amsterdam
Mar 16, 20214 min read
Thais Ayuso : Shadow Pandmic - The rise of femicide & domestic abuse during the COVID pandemic
“Effective immediately, all Spaniards must stay home except to buy food, medicines, go to work or to the hospital or for emergencies.” –...
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European Horizons Amsterdam
Feb 21, 20215 min read
Anna Nagy: Democratic Hungary? 404 Not Found
Among Politico’s 20 most-read stories in 2020, the ‘Hungary no longer a democracy: report’ article won 6th place on the list. It is no...
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European Horizons Amsterdam
Feb 17, 20213 min read
Stefania-Ruxandra Pila and Roos van der Laan: A Moral Collective Action Problem
For the past year, COVID-19 has dramatically shaped our lives: from the twists and turns of each country’s decisions on how to tackle the...
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European Horizons Amsterdam
Feb 15, 20213 min read
Diletta De Luca: A crisis during another crisis: what is happening in Italy?
Ever since the Italian Republic was founded in 1946, the country has experienced 66 government crises, the latest of which had its rise a...
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European Horizons Amsterdam
Feb 11, 20213 min read
Marlinde Schellekens: Covid Conspiracists vs. the State
Protests against Covid-19 have been sweeping across the world since the start of the pandemic. The motivation for joining such protests...
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European Horizons Amsterdam
Feb 10, 20214 min read
Barbara Polin on 'Democracy in Danger? Transatlantic Perspective on the Recent Events in the US'
On January 6th 2021, events in Washington sent shock waves around the world. Allies and foes of Washington looked with dismay and...
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European Horizons Amsterdam
Feb 8, 20215 min read
Christofer Talvitie: From the depth of the web to the Capitol Hill
When a mob led by a horn-headed shaman infiltrated the heart of U.S. democracy on January 6th, many rubbed their eyes in disbelief. Why...
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European Horizons Amsterdam
Feb 4, 20214 min read
Tomás Vieira Silva: Portuguese Presidential Elections 2021: Voting during a pandemic
On the day Portugal recorded the highest COVID-19 related death toll, the Portuguese people went to the polls to cast their votes in the...
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European Horizons Amsterdam
Feb 2, 20214 min read
Grace Xu: A call for attention to the covid-imposed problems of the “moving population”
Many events made themselves unforgettable in the past year, such as the many protests (BLM, polish abortion-law, MAGA), the fires...
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European Horizons Amsterdam
Jan 26, 20213 min read
Josephine Sylvestre: Council Presidency
As the turbulent year of 2020 drew to a close, so did Germany’s six-month Presidency of the EU Council. It decided to lead with the motto...
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European Horizons Amsterdam
Jan 14, 20214 min read
Katarzyna Niedźwiecka, Kajsa Sprangers-Boom: What Happens to Anti-Vaxxers Who Refuse the Vaccine?
This time last year, most people heard about SARS-CoV-2, commonly known as Coronavirus, for the first time. After one year of living with...
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European Horizons Amsterdam
Jan 8, 20215 min read
Tomás Vieira Silva and Barbara Polin: The outside is frightful
Singing “Let It Snow” has never been so bittersweet.The outside is indeed frightful but, sadly, it is not for the weather. By the end of...
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European Horizons Amsterdam
Jan 6, 20214 min read
Pierre du Pasquier: Practice of golden passports - Cyprus and Malta in European Union's crosshairs
In October 2020, Cyprus announced the abolition of the golden passports that would come into force on November 1. The announcement was...
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European Horizons Amsterdam
Dec 28, 20203 min read
Sofía Tarancón San Martín: Europe is to blame
On the 5th of November, the Spanish government formed by the Socialist party and Podemos, announced the approval of its procedure against...
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European Horizons Amsterdam
Dec 21, 20203 min read
Wenke Steinwart: The Race to Vaccinate: An Analysis of the UK approval of the Covid-19 vaccination
Over the past few months, the world has been trapped in an endless cycle of lockdowns, quarantine, and zoom meetings. Covid-19, from the...
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European Horizons Amsterdam
Nov 16, 20204 min read
Ina Martin and Arthur Gentil: A Wave of Diversity Sweeps the U.S. Election
The close United States (US) election race between Joe Biden and Donald Trump has grown quite suspenseful, terrifying and dreadful over...
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European Horizons Amsterdam
Nov 3, 20204 min read
Bente Heijmink Liesert and Martyna Burylo: As Long as It Takes/ Zolang Het Nodig Is
In the past couple of months, media attention has very much focused on the atrocities of the Covid-19 pandemic - numbers, statistics &...
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European Horizons Amsterdam
Nov 1, 20203 min read
Diletta De Luca: The Importance of the Polish Abortion Ban for the European Union
A possible change in the Polish abortion laws shocked the world as it would prohibit the abortion for cases of fatal malformation or...
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European Horizons Amsterdam
Oct 19, 20203 min read
Thais Ayuso Deshmukh: May the man fall – and a woman replace him
Since the release of the Belarussian Presidential election results on the 9th of August, the streets of the Belarussian capital Minsk...
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