Blog – ARGO
Nils Thiessen – Climate Catharsis
(Note: This article was written before the coronavirus changed everyday patterns of behavior for billions of people around the world.) Currently, the climate crisis seems to be pushing humanity towards serious problems, if not outright disaster. The emotions this can result in should be the seed for activism, not result in paralysis. Never in its…
Read moreLiving the present with an eye on the future
Imagine this scene. You take a deep breath, relax your neck. You just finished the last assignment and the exam period is over. You get up, exit the building, start riding your bike and finally, after an entire block, you have the feeling that the air on your face is purer and a weight has…
Read moreIntroduction: What is the ARGO blog?
Dear PPEople, Finally, after a long organization period, we are online. We are the PPE Editorial Committee and we are proud to unveil the first edition of ARGO namely, the new PPE Opinion Blog. Argo is the blog where you can find articles and opinion pieces about all those aspects of the four PPE subjects…
Read moreMarie Pöhlmann – Greek Hospitals – Or how the EU is defaulting on their promises
A family living next to my parent’s house in Germany recently told us about their vacation in Greece. They spend a wonderful time in Koroni, a picturesque town on the Peloponnese, swimming on the beach and drinking Ouzo. However, they also had an experience that tells much more about the daily lives of the Greek….
Read moreMario Parolari – Studying PPE means living in a bubble
In the rare situations in which happens that I meet new students from Utrecht University it is always a similar story. We introduce starting with names and nationalities, and then we arrive at a point in which we are both curious to know what the other studies. For more than one year I’ve been repeating…
Read moreJesse Magin – The decay of the EU
When having paid closer attention to EU politics in recent past one might have noticed that a rather new term has found its way into European politics: the so-called “coalition of the willing”. Countries that have an interest in extended European coordination and cooperation form alliances of the willing to deepen their relations while avoiding…
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