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Marina Antony-Newman discusses the value of plurilingual immigrant parents and what we can learn from their linguistic practices. Continue reading Multilingual Europe and its plurilingual immigrant parents
Dr Andi Hoxhaj explores why so many people have left Albania, the impact this has had on the economy and accountability, and how more EU support could help transform the country into a healthier liberal democracy. Continue reading Albania’s ghost towns: the crisis that caused the exodus
Recent UCL graduate Valeria Topalo explores what the war feels like from the perspective of neighbouring Moldova. Continue reading Moldova and Russia’s War in Ukraine, and Why the EU Should Care
Based on an analysis of British mainstream print media coverage between 2006-2013, Dr Denny Pencheva examines how constructive engagement with EU nationals in the UK today is complicated by a history of divisive, racialised rhetoric, and persistent negative stereotyping of Eastern Europeans by the UK press, and argues for a more responsible approach to public debates on immigration, by politicians and the media. Continue reading What to do with (Eastern) Europeans after Brexit?
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Professor Ronan McCrea argues that an understanding of the EU as a polity based exclusively on shared liberal democratic values obscures the tension between universalist and specific influences within the Union, and explores the limits of the shared values the EU can insist upon, while sustaining the integration project. Continue reading The Values of Europe (Mini-series): Balancing universalist and particularist influences; Navigating uniformity and flexibility
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