The legitimacy of lockdown, according to Jürgen Habermas
WEBMar 26, 2022 · Jürgen Habermas’s article in the September 2021 issue of German political monthly Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik is the latest example of what his first editor described as the philosopher’s ability to create "a huge brouhaha" (einen gewaltigen Wirbel) in the German public sphere.(1) In the piece, Covid-19 and the protection of life, Habermas not only defended the ...
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WEBThe kebab, a (divisive) part of Europe. We are what we eat: a blend of tastes, recipes, cultures and habits. The kebab, a beloved, consumed, opposed, and now gentrified dish, represents and embodies all these tensions. Meanwhile, Turkey wants the döner kebab to be recognised as a traditional Turkish speciality, as pizza is for Italy.
Paweł Machcewicz: ‘History should be about the ordinary
WEBJun 30, 2021 · Paweł Machcewicz: ‘History should be about the ordinary people, not only about heroes’ In the fourth talk of the Debates on Europe: Budapest & Beyond, historian Joachim von Puttkamer and the director of Gdańsk WWII museum Paweł Machcewicz discuss on history as an instrument to realise current ideological projects in Hungary, Poland and Germany.
Gender-based violence and feminism in Romania, a 20-year struggle
WEBAug 31, 2023 · A 2016 study that surveyed gender-based violence across European Union member states revealed that 55 percent of Romanians, both men and women, consider non-consenual sexual contact justified in certain situations. For 30 percent of these respondents, rape was justified when the woman was in a group that had used drugs and alcohol, while for 25 percent, dressing “provocatively” could ...
The Sudetenland’s last Germans - Voxeurop
WEBApr 15, 2013 · The Sudetenland’s last Germans. Despite many Sudeten Germans being forced to leave at the end of the Second World War, a small German community survives in country's west. As their culture slowly disappears, those who remain look back at the decades of coexistence with the Czechs. Published on 15 April 2013 at 12:16.
How much carmakers’ lobbying on new EU emissions rules will …
WEBNov 7, 2023 · How weak Euro 7 standards could cost up to €100 billion in health and environmental damage by 2050. The policy advisers of the European Commission sound the alarm. Weak and delayed enforcement of the Euro 7 standards, setting new requirements for car emissions, may very well cause an estimated €100 billion health and environmental damages ...
How legal limbo allowed European oil companies to frack in Tunisia
WEBFeb 7, 2024 · Two European companies, Serinus Energy and Perenco, are engaged in hydraulic fracturing as well as what might be described as “unconventional hydrocarbon exploitation”, in the Kebili region of Tunisia, all in the absence of any legal framework. Published on 7 February 2024 at 17:58. Alexandre Brutelle, Hanene Zbiss.
Preventing Russian victory in Georgia, a key task for Kaja Kallas
WEBJul 25, 2024 · The appointment of Estonian former Prime Minister Kaja Kallas as the EU's new High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (HRVP) is undoubtedly a rock-solid demonstration that countering Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine is a top priority for the EU. In Georgia, another key Eastern Partnership country that was the first victim of Russian aggression in 2008, Ms. Kallas ...
Tracking progress toward Europe’s clean energy transition
WEBJun 15, 2023 · DW has developed a programme to track progress in five key areas. In a bid to stop the planet heating, the European Union made a promise in 2019 to become the world's first climate-neutral continent by 2050. Despite a pandemic, war and energy crisis, European lawmakers are still pushing for policies to cut pollution.
A Voice with a Kremlin accent rumbles across Europe - Voxeurop
WEBApr 25, 2024 · In its ongoing hybrid war against the West, Russia’s sprawling influence operations – encompassing politics, business, NGOs, and at times coercive or violent tactics – form a complex web that is both pervasive and subtle. This March, a strand of this intricate network appeared to have been severed. Czech counterintelligence (BIS), working with European agencies, exposed the operations of ...