
What do floods say about European climate change?
Photo credit: Boris Roessler/dpa/picturealliance Many European countries have recorded their worst wildfires in decades, including hundreds of fires across the Mediterranean. At the same time, parts of Europe were affected heavily by flooding. What are the lessons learned from those disasters for European climate change? This contribution will give some insights into the trajectory of the climate policy field. Why are the European floods situation so severe? In the south of F

The Catalan "procés" and the EU
On November 26th, the Vice-President of the General Court of the EU decided to dismiss the new request for interim relief submitted on behalf of MEP Carles Puigdemont. But, why is this relevant to the opinion of the Union? Between the months of September and October of 2017, the then president of the Catalan Government, Mr. Puigdemont, was the main political leader of the plan to organise a self-determination referendum aimed at declaring the independence of Catalonia from Sp