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Scrapping Golden Passports
In my blog post for the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, I argue that Golden Passport schemes should be scrapped: "Member...
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Europe's 'soul'
The President of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, delivered the State of the EU speech on the 15 September 2021. In my blog post...
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How do we get through the abuse scandals?
For Catholics, every news item which deals with clerical sexual abuse elicits hurt, anger and disappointment. It is, and should be,...