SWEDEN| ”I had to make sure my brother survived the weekend. He was just a baby,” says Caroline while describing her childhood as partly a struggle for survival. She is the daughter of an alcoholic, and was left uncared for during long periods of her childhood. ”Nobody dressed me in the morning. I could wear sneakers and a jeans-jacket in the middle of January. While my classmates and teachers...
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Weathering the storm of childhood
It’s just another day for lobbyists in paradise
BRUSSELS | In front of a small tree, just a stone’s throw from the magnificent European Parliament building is Martin Pigeon adjusting the sound on his early model portable...
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Getting the EU news right
By Jesper Ernlund Lassen: The EU-Commissions handling of faulty articles meets different opinions from experts, professionals and a European Parliamentarian. The EU-Commission daily has all European news monitored...
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City center on the water
SWEDEN | Gothenburg’s city centre lacks unanimity. The Gota Canal divides the city in two, and citizens seems to be mentally distanced between the banks and its neighbourhoods. The...
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Into Europe through Greece
Greece does not only have to worry about its failing economy, every day hundreds of illegal immigrants come into the country. But is it Greece or the European Union...
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Turkish enlargement: current and future events
Turkey’s EU-admission case is one of the most controversial, as well as one of the most exciting and interesting ones. Even though the country is trying to meet the...
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The EU is in a lonely climate fight
Right now the EU is pushing for a viable successor to the Kyoto Protocol at the COP17 conference in Durban. But a new deal on climate action is highly...
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The Powers That Be
Brussels, what about Brussels? What is so special about it, isn’t it just the capital of Belgium, a small country in Europe about to get a government to end...
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Child pornography should be tracked down – not hidden away
It is rare that the European Parliament is unanimous. But when the Parliament voted on a legal proposal on child pornography it was exceptionally concordant. Over five hundred MEP’s...
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