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On 21 June 2019, I gave a short early-hours interview on the BBC News programme “The Briefing” discussing the result of the first day of the European Council on 20 June 2019, the nominations for the EU top job, and … Continue reading →

Why care about the European elections 2019? Why care about the European Parliament? I was talking to BBC Newshour and its host, James Coomarasamy on 26 May 2019. Podcast still available here

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This guest blog post appeared on 1 February on Active Learning in Political Science. It is part of a series linked to the publication of G. Pleschova & A. Simon (eds.) Learning to teach in central Europe: Reflections from early career … Continue reading →

why #Brexit negotiations are not about winning or losing. Why no-deal is no divorce but just running off and why taking no-deal off the table is no “win for the EU”: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06w5s16#play (from 2:17:35 onwards) a cut version is available … Continue reading →

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On 3 December 2018, we discussed Brexit and the future of the EU-UK special relationship in a NORTIA practitioner-academic event, organised by our colleagues from KU Leuven.

Commentary for Latvian newspaper project “DELFI” in celebration of Latvia’s Centenary