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Getting together one year on: Celebrating the memory of British MP Jo Cox

JESC — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 10:23:18 +0000

June marks the first anniversary since the murder of the gifted social justice campaigner and British MP, Jo Cox. A series of events are planned to celebrate what unites communities. On 16th June, the UK will remember the day one year ago when the nation was left shaken as details emerged about the death of […]

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You shall not tell lies!

JESC — Tue, 14 Feb 2017 21:16:21 +0000

The spread of fake news has made truth and lies an urgent topic of political and social debate. The Association for the German Language chose the new idiom “postfaktisch” (post-truth) as its Word of the Year for 2016. The publisher of the Oxford Dictionary also chose the English term “post-truth” as its International Word of […]

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Rural depopulation – The harvest is rich but the labourers are few

JESC — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 13:08:13 +0000

Responding to ever-louder calls for a radical overhaul of the Common Agricultural Policy (‘CAP’), MEPs have recently voted in favour of measures to help small farmers. In this article, environmental lawyer Henry Longbottom SJ (JESC) considers a range of voices in a debate about public funding of rural activities. Few would deny the importance of […]

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Brexit and its impacts on environmental policy

JESC — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 14:25:39 +0000

Brexit’s impact on environmental policy will be felt not just in the UK but also in the European Union. While the UK risks sliding towards a lowering of its standards, the EU will be losing a Member State that has been extremely active in this field. While Brexit has put the strongest spotlight on its […]

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Brexit – A schism for Europe

JESC — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 13:41:17 +0000

“The curtain is closed while all questions remain open” – this Bertolt Brecht quote aptly sums up the situation after the UK’s referendum on 23 June. By a narrow margin of 51.9% the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. With a turnout of 72% of the electorate, this corresponds to 37% of all […]

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UK dilemma after Cameron’s victory

JESC — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 10:24:11 +0000

One way to interpret the UK General Election of May 2015 is that some kind of status quo has been restored. The coalition of 2010 to 2015, between the Conservatives (Tories) and the Liberal Democrats (Lib Dems) was the first such in British history. Throughout the twentieth century, it had seemed the natural order that […]

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