After all the efforts and all the media coverage (short in duration yet surprisingly thorough in my opinion), Slovak election campaign to make people vote today reached its climax. It felt almost like New Year’s Day. Not because of fireworks or public holiday—because of another inseparable component...

In October of last year, under the French presidency, EU heads of state endorsed the European Pact on Immigration and Asylum.  The pact introduces the ‘Blue Card’ system for skilled immigrants outside of the EU, but among others, it also states that “the European Union […] does not have...

Welcome to the 6th JMECE Lab Newsletter : Euroelections “Vote or let someone else decide for you”.   The 6th newsletter of the JMECE Lab (www.jmecelab.com) at the Institute of Communications Studies (University of Leeds) is available online at:    http://www.box.net/shared/c3zc8msutf   Inside...

The union is bloated and stale.  It’s bureaucratic beyond comprehension.  The press, let alone EU citizens, barely understands the layers of its dense structure. Few vote in the parliamentary elections, which some say puts the fringes — especially the far right — at a distinct advantage....

When I’m not saying stupid things publicly in blogs about the European Union, I am a postgraduate student of European and International Studies at the University of Trento in Italy. My particular area of research is European identity and nationalism, and I’m currently drowning in books and...

Nikola Rachev was born on Sept. 19, 1983 in Sofia, Bulgaria. He studies medicine at the Medical university in Sofia. Speaks English, Spanish and Russian. Nikola has been a member of political party “Ataka”’s youth organization for three years. His hobby - sports. Nikola likes to read...

Terry meets Dr. Richard Corbett, MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber… All the materials are part of our activities promoted by the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at the University of Leeds, and the JMECE Lab, at the Institute of Communications Studies. Please fell free to distribute the Rap among...

One of my first blogs was related to my visit of one of the regional primary schools, and in the end of the introductory part of Think About It! I will conclude it in the same manner. However, this visit was especially pleasant one. I combined my own, nostalgic memories connected with Osnovna šola Srečka...

Finally, in the last days before the elections, some conclusions can be made, and our candidates did some interesting proposals in the Dutch EP debates I have followed quite some debates, both live and over twitter, tv and radio, and today, one day before the Dutch elections, I will draw my conclusions. Strassbourg...

The mask slips in this video of Marlene Guest - fascist, holocaust denier and BNP candidate. Continuing BNP leader Nick Griffin’s train of thought, Guest, an evident authority on the holocaust, muses on the numbers. It’s always the numbers. Oh no, it’s not that they’re trying...