- 11, 07, 2015
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- Forgiveness, Jeanrond, Peace, Reconciliation
Remembering in Europe today
Professor Werner Jeanrond questions whether we need to reflect more critically and self-critically on what we do when we remember those whom we care to remember on Remembrance Sunday? How might we be able to remember the casualties of war in a way that furthers the path of peace in Europe?
Read More- 11, 06, 2015
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- Patrick Curran, Postcard from...
Postcard from Vienna
Patrick Curran, the Anglican Chaplain in Vienna, reflects on Austrian attitudes to the EU and the prospects for EU reform.
Read More- 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.
Read More- 10, 22, 2015
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- Culture, History, Memory, Paula Yates
Has Europe outlived its usefulness?
Paula Yates refutes the suggestion that we should allow the EU to quietly decay?
Read More- 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.
Read More- 09, 28, 2015
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- Culture, Current Themes, History, Memory, Tim Livesey
Be careful what you wish for
Former diplomat Tim Livesey examines whether in the rush to reform the EU we risk destroying the very platform that has contributed to Europe’s peace and security.
Read More- 09, 16, 2015
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- Brian Russell, Postcard from...
Postcard from Oslo
Norway has a population of five million people and voted decisively against joining the EU in 1994. With oil and gas reserves, Norway is the biggest European supplier and strong economically, even with uncertain oil prices of late. The Norwegian State has prudently invested the oil and gas surplus in a vast national fund to […]
Read More- 09, 04, 2015
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- Culture, Current Themes, History, Memory, Robert Innes
The EU – not as godless as you think
Robert Innes, Anglican Bishop in Europe, takes a fresh look at the origins of the EU and how it has been shaped by Christian thinking.
Read More- 09, 03, 2015
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- Culture, Current Themes, History, Memory, Suzanne Evans
The EU and the inevitable slide into secular authoritarianism
Suzanne Evans looks again at EU’s development and asks why so many of its policies are designed to inflame division rather than bring harmony.
Read More- 09, 01, 2015
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- Disagreeing Well, Welby
Learning to disagree well on Europe
Launching Reimagining Europe, Archbishop Justin Welby makes the case that we need to seek out new ways of disagreeing well on Europe that leaves us energised and revitatlised, not dispirited and divided.
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