The eurozone crisis challenge to democracy: which way forward?
Open Democracy
By Vivien Schmidt, College of Arts & Sciences
During the eurozone crisis, decision-making has become more and more remote from the citizens, as EU member-state leaders in the Council have taken most of the initiatives…
Europe: Between Technocracy and Democracy
Harvard Political Review
Vivien Schmidt, College of Arts & Sciences
The Eurozone’s tumultuous struggle to extricate itself from its sovereign debt crisis has dominated international headlines since 2009…
EU Austerity Measures: Why The Nobel Peace Prize Matters
WBUR “Cognoscenti”
By Vivien Schmidt, College of Arts & Sciences and
Cornel Ban, College of Arts & Sciences
In receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, the leaders of the European Union should not only take a moment to feel justifiable pride in the recognition of the EU’s past accomplishments, but they should also take a moment to reflect on what they’re doing today in the midst of the Eurozone crisis that may undermine that very achievement…
Eurozone crisis reveals lack of clear leadership
Boston Globe
By Vivien Schmidt, College of Arts & Sciences
Most of the attention to the eurozone crisis in the business pages of US newspapers is on economics…
Democratizing the Eurozone
Social Europe Journal
By Vivien Schmidt, College of Arts & Sciences
In recent months, more and more attention has been focused on the failure of the Eurozone leaders’ policies of fiscal consolidation, with growth presented as the alternative…
Long-time austerity is wise, but Europe should ease up
Boston Globe
Vivien Schmidt, College of Arts & Sciences
Three elections in Europe mark a turning point in the struggle to get the continent back on its feet financially…
The Meaning of President Francois Hollande
Social Europe Journal
Vivien Schmidt, College of Arts & Sciences
“Vous verrez, Antoine; dans quelques années ils feront comme si je n’avais jamais existé…” (You’ll see, Antoine; in a few years they’ll act as if I never existed…”) remarks the dying President Mitterrand to his idealistic young biographer in the Robert Guédiguian film Le Promeneur du Champs de Mars….
The French presidential election: an election crucial for Europe
Le Monde
Co-written by Vivien Schmidt, College of Arts & Sciences
As usual, the Europe bore the brunt of the campaign in France : too absent for some, she is accused by others of the evils of the country…
Thinking about the eurozone as a bar
Marketplace
Vivien Schmidt, College of Arts & Sciences
Spain chopped its budgets but now austerity is biting back…
French Presidential Elections
CRIEnglish
Vivien Schmidt, College of Arts & Sciences
The French people go to the polls on Sunday in the first round of the country’s presidential elections…
