Defending Europe’s peace

In this blog, Joost Röselaers, a minister of the Dutch Church in London, makes the case that faced with a series of unprecedented crises we need more Europe not less. As part of this effort he argues for the development of a EU army to defend Europe’s peace against Russian aggression and Islamic terrorism.

04, 08, 2016
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Ben Ryan, Nick Spencer, solidarity, Subsidiarity

The elusive quest for subsidiarity, solidarity and responsibility

In this thought piece Ben Ryan and Nick Spencer reason that if the basis of European integration is to be that the EU will make people richer then it is doomed. Instead, they argue that the only sustainable basis for union is to be based on something more fundamental; something moral, perhaps even spiritual. They make the case that A recovery of the moral mission of Europe and in particular the courage to put solidarity, subsidiarity and responsibility back at the top of the priority list is not naïve utopian politics – it is the last best chance for the EU to really work.

03, 07, 2016
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Adrian Hilton, EU Referendum

Brexit apocalypse and the Bishop’s nightmare

Political commentator Adrian Hilton takes a closer look at the language used by those in favor of staying in the EU. He makes the case that language matters and that it is important that those Christians advocating staying in the EU argue their case from scripture and Christian principle rather than using apocalyptic imagery to warn against Brexit.

02, 16, 2016
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Innes, Unity and Diversity

A matter of hearts as well as minds

In his latest contribution from Brussels, Bishop Robert Innes - the Bishop in Europe - makes the case that we need to vote with both our hearts and our minds when it comes to the EU referendum. Nobody suggests that the EU’s structures are perfect, but the EU is a matter of give and take, and there is much which Britain can both give and receive from close relationships with its European neighbours

01, 21, 2016
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Christopher Jage-Bowler, Postcard from...

Postcard from Berlin

In this postcard from Berlin, Christopher Jage-Bowler explores the German attitudes towards Brexit. He writes that despite the natural impulse to show solidarity with Britain, the tendency by British politicians to talk of leaving the EU because its not in the national interest causes deep concern and alarm in Germany.

10, 26, 2015
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Culture, History, Loretta Minghella, Memory

A part of the main?

Drawing on Christian Aid’s post war history, Loretta Minghella argues that the challenges facing Europe today underline the importance of the EU’s foundational values.

10, 19, 2015
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Culture, Francis Campbell, History, Memory

Europe’s past invades the present

Francis Campbell shows that despite the EU’s evident successes, the asymmetry in memories across EU member states remains a source of division and tension.

09, 11, 2015
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Alison Elliot, Culture, History, Memory

We did that!

Why is it that we always see our relationship with the EU as a one way affair as something that is inflicted on us? Alison Elliot looks at why we negate or own human agency in Europe.