Articles

21 June 2023 International

Mario Vega 9 min

In Spanish diplomacy, there is an unspoken rule which sets Morocco as the first country to be visited by the newly appointed Prime Minister of Spain, a tradition that Pedro Sánchez broke in 2018. Diplomatic relations between the two neighbours have gone through one of their worst crises, although since the beginning of February 2023, it seems their diplomatic relations are partially back on track, after important concessions were made on both sides.

19 June 2023 Migration

Sara Lolli 10 min

The 3rd of October 2023 will mark the tenth anniversary of the tragic Lampedusa shipwreck that provoked the death of at least 368 people trying to get across the Central Mediterranean Sea. This event, prefiguring the major migration waves of 2015-2016, has impacted Europe, highlighting the perilous travel conditions migrants still face today at the European external borders, from the Mediterranean to the Balkans.

16 June 2023 Migration

Johanna Tirinelli 7 min

Selon l’Organisation Internationale de la Migration en 2015, plus d’un million de migrants sont arrivés sur les côtes de l’UE. Cette hausse du flux migratoire fuyant la guerre, la famine, la répression, fut qualifiée de « crise migratoire » ou de « crise des réfugiés » dans les médias. Cette crise a mis en évidence les limites du Régime d’Asile Européen Commun, établi en 1999 pour le traitement égalitaire des demandeurs d’asile. Différentes ONGs ont dénoncé ses déficiences structurelles et demandé une réforme substantielle et drastique du RAEC.

14 June 2023 European Union

Jeanne Fabreguettes 4 min

In school textbooks, university courses on European integration, as well as in political and institutional discourses, the creation of the European political project is consistently , and exclusively, presented as a peace process. This predominant narrative is globally widespread and no serious dissenting voices seem to have emerged, so far, to challenge it. This article offers a retrospective analysis on the genesis of the European community and its colonial power project.

12 June 2023 European Foreign Policy

Ludivina Ordonez 8 min

L’UE a souvent été considérée comme manquant de pouvoir coercitif et de souveraineté, l’empêchant d’être une « véritable puissance » sur la scène internationale. Toutefois, l’UE a pu s’affirmer sur le plan international, grâce à sa capacité à imposer certains de ses modèles et influencer la conduite d’autres acteurs internationaux. Parmi ses valeurs, l’UE tend notamment à promouvoir celle de l’Etat de droit.

9 June 2023 Gender/equality

Joris Rouillon 9 min

The European Commission proposed a new directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence. The proposal aims to strengthen the protection of victims of gender-based violence in the EU and to ensure that the standards of the Istanbul Convention are implemented in all Member States.