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Germany
Euroviews. The EU’s Far Right surge is unstoppable if we don’t transform how our democracies work ǀ View
Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, could well be the first major industrial power to fall in a global recession, triggering a Far Right victory that could have a domino effect across the EU.
United Kingdom
Euroviews. Shipping containers are the tip of the iceberg. Homelessness in the UK is at epidemic levels ǀ View
Homelessness makes us uncomfortable - it challenges our assumptions about global inequality, as well as the viability of our own welfare states and governance, when we see large numbers of our fellow citizens living in conditions akin to refugee camps abroad.
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United Kingdom
Euroviews. The rejection of a LGBT asylum seeker’s claim shows a rising intolerance in Brexit Britain ǀ View
The rejection of a LGBT asylum seeker's application by a UK judge because he didn't have a gay "demeanour" is the latest chapter in growing intolerance in Britain, unleashed in part by the Brexit debate.
Germany
Euroviews. Interpol, Freedom of Movement and EU Data Protection Laws - Policing the World’s Police ǀ View
There are real problems within Interpol’s independence and especially the ability of corrupt governments to target politicians and business people using the Interpol Red Notice system to request extradition.
Iran
Euroviews. Action must be taken to address new information on Iran’s breaches of nuclear accords ǀ View
There are strong indications that Tehran is in breach of its obligations. Documents seized from a warehouse in Tehran by Israel in January 2018 disclose a wealth of new information about Iran’s nuclear program that was previously unknown to the IAEA.
Latvia
Euroviews. Arms Trade Treaty offers hope as multi-lateral relations falter ǀ View
104 countries have now ratified the ATT, and they will meet this week in Geneva [...]. This annual meeting is the main mechanism for the implementation of the treaty, and sees states report on the progress of effective implementation, transparency and universalisation of the treaty.
Portugal
Euroviews. Want to fight climate change? Start with challenging your mayor and your neighbours to act ǀ View
how can we as citizens promote the necessary change to stop our contribution to a visible problem so poorly combated by global geopolitics that inertia will impede reaching a pre-industrial age climate anytime soon? The answer might be closer to hand than you expected.
World News
Euroviews. The G7 should deliver progress, not promises, on gender equality ǀ View
Most countries in the world limit the economic opportunities of women by law. More than 100 countries even exclude women in particular from obtaining certain jobs. There are 18 countries, where it is legal for men to forbid their wives to work at all.
Myanmar
Euroviews. Two Years On: The Forgotten Side Of The Rohingya Crisis ǀ View
Perhaps most desperate of all are the 128,000 Rohingya, more than half of them children, who have been confined since 2012 in the de facto detention camps. The camps are [...] under the control of Camp Management Committees that regulate every aspect of their lives, and dependent on aid handouts.
Iran
Euroviews. By not siding with its allies in the US, Europe is fast making Iran its problem ǀ View
Of the foreign policy issues confronting Brussels, none is more pressing - or carries the same explosive threat - as that of Iran and the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) signed in July 2015.
Pakistan
Euroviews. Celebrities can change the world - if they focus on real humanitarianism ǀ View
Humanitarian work when endorsed by a celebrity has to walk a tightrope - if it is too policy-oriented, it becomes an unelected individual trying to usurp power from elected leaders. If it is too general or purely values-based, one can fall into the trap of retweeting slogans that mean little.
World News
Euroviews. If we know our history well, the right wing populist wave sweeping Europe will ebb away ǀ View
A wave of populist electoral triumphs has been presented by those who have surfed it into power as reflecting a turn in history’s tide. They should know their history better, argues Robin Wilson.