Articles, reports and other links I shared on Twitter this week.
I had the pleasure of meeting @V_Andriukaitis at #democracydrinks last week and his reaction to the UK Conservative leadership election is as direct and passionate as you would expect: ec.europa.eu/commission/com…
This article rests on the premise that the EU will do something that is fundamentally damaging for it, that it has said it won’t do, and that the UK has already agreed it won’t ask it to do. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Articles, reports and other links I shared on Twitter this week.
I had the pleasure of meeting @V_Andriukaitis at #democracydrinks last week and his reaction to the UK Conservative leadership election is as direct and passionate as you would expect: ec.europa.eu/commission/com…
This article rests on the premise that the EU will do something that is fundamentally damaging for it, that it has said it won’t do, and that the UK has already agreed it won’t ask it to do. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
There’s lots of good points here but I wish Brit analysts would look closer to home. Johnson isn’t Trump, he’s more like Orban – a liberal insider turned populist – not least because Parly and Pres politics are so different. inews.co.uk/opinion/boris-…
Articles, reports and other links I shared on Twitter this week.
“Freedom isn’t something to take for granted” – CDU #EUelections2019 video shows how non-UK nations often see the link between WWII and the EU: facebook.com/CDU/videos/227…
I’ve managed one of these (Bernina Pass – in heavy fog!) but also one that isn’t on the list but should be: Bar to Belgrade in Montenegro and Serbia. theguardian.com/travel/2019/ma…
I’ve managed one of these (Bernina Pass – in heavy fog!) but also one that isn’t on the list but should be: Bar to Belgrade in Montenegro and Serbia. theguardian.com/travel/2019/ma…
Today I’m at a conference on 21st century democracy (#SoU2019) in the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, specifically in the Salone del 500. I love the historical continuities and discontinuities of talking about that here.
The room was first constructed under religious fanatic Savonarola, decorated by Leonardo to glorify the Florentine Republic then repainted by the Medici dukes when the palace became their principal residence after they destroyed the Republic.
It feels like civic and local democracy, and some of those civic republican traditions, are a better starting point for the reconstruction of European democracy than the narrative of nation-states.
Going back to David Runciman on @TPpodcast_ the other week, this feels like a day where the long-story, medium-story and short-story democracy are close together.
It’s also positive (says this eternal optimist) that the conversations in the last two days have not been “we’re doomed” but “we’ve got to do things differently”. Yes. The momentum is building, but institutions like the EU, and organisations like ours, still aren’t ready.
We need sustained action and support to grow skills and capacity, to open civic space, and to ensure that the offer to citizens isn’t just about the what Europe is going to do for them, but how Europe is going to do it. #sou2019
Today I’m at a conference on 21st century democracy (#SoU2019) in the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, specifically in the Salone del 500. I love the historical continuities and discontinuities of talking about that here.
The room was first constructed under religious fanatic Savonarola, decorated by Leonardo to glorify the Florentine Republic then repainted by the Medici dukes when the palace became their principal residence after they destroyed the Republic.
It feels like civic and local democracy, and some of those civic republican traditions, are a better starting point for the reconstruction of European democracy than the narrative of nation-states.
Going back to David Runciman on @TPpodcast_ the other week, this feels like a day where the long-story, medium-story and short-story democracy are close together.
It’s also positive (says this eternal optimist) that the conversations in the last two days have not been “we’re doomed” but “we’ve got to do things differently”. Yes. The momentum is building, but institutions like the EU, and organisations like ours, still aren’t ready.
We need sustained action and support to grow skills and capacity, to open civic space, and to ensure that the offer to citizens isn’t just about the what Europe is going to do for them, but how Europe is going to do it. #sou2019
