Questions tagged [europe]
Questions related to the politics of countries within Europe (i.e. comparing aspects of policy regarding various European countries).
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Did any other European leader praise China for its peace initiatives since the outbreak of the Ukraine war?
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping called on world
powers to help Russia and Ukraine resume direct dialogue during a
meeting Monday with Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, state
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Why is Britain moving left and France moving right? [closed]
I don't understand the recent elections in Europe (no surprise there).
How can Britain all of a sudden be radically left, but at the same time France all of a sudden goes radically right. Is there ...
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2024 UK election: What connects the regions where Liberal Democrats succeeded?
In terms of systematic differences such as demography, what connects the regions that turned orange and what connects those that turned red, during the 2019-2024 UK election cycle?
Looking at the ...
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Have some colleges shown tendency to meet the demands of protesters other than Trinity College?
Trinity College Dublin agreed to divest from Israeli firms acquiescing to the demands of the students' protest. It was the first college to meet such demands after college protests broke out across ...
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Why is Europe (at least France and the UK) less dovish than the US administration on Ukraine striking Russian oil refineries?
WaPo writes about the diverging views between Europe and the Biden administration on the conduct of the war by Ukraine, in re the Russian oil refineries:
When Vice President Harris met privately with ...
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Do a majority of European countries accept LGBTI+ asylum seekers?
According to this paper:
Even so, since 2002 the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR) has been working on issues related to gender identity and
sexual orientation through the ...
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Which European countries have laws that closely resemble the Russian law against discrediting the armed forces?
European countries have a more restrictive interpretation of free speech than the US in some regards, e.g. many criminalize Holocaust denial etc.
Are there some European countries whose laws (in that ...
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How can the ECtHR judgement on encryption be reconciled with the UK's Online Safety act?
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) recently judged against allowing law enforcement to bypass end-to-end encryption:
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) (sic) has ruled that weakening
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How does the inclusion of Finland in NATO make it difficult for Russia to use Kaliningrad to dominate the Baltics?
The threat from Kaliningrad has receded with Russia mired in Ukraine
and NATO welcoming Finland, and likely Sweden, into its ranks, experts
say. Russia’s goal of turning Kaliningrad into a launching ...
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What was the last time an EU member used its veto power to prevent a country from joining the EU?
“Hungary’s perspective is clear: Ukraine is not ready for us to begin
negotiations on its EU membership. It’s a completely illogical,
irrational, and improper decision,” Hungary’s prime minister said.
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Did a European country ever decide to not respect a ruling made by the ICJ?
Critics blasted these comments as hypocritical saying France’s recent
recognition of an alleged genocide in Ukraine is politically
motivated. Just last year, the French parliament voted with President
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Are economic fines often subject to trade disputes between the EU and the United States?
Last week the European Commission announced that it’s fining five big
banks for rigging the international foreign exchange (forex) market.
As many as 11 world currencies—including the euro, British ...
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Do Western governments or organizations control the media and newspapers to censor some news?
Many believe that mainstream Western newspapers such as WSJ, NYT, The Guardian, AP, etc. publish all the world's news without censorship (e.g. in the US perhaps due to freedom of the press).
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Rationale for illegal immigration to Europe?
I am trying to understand to what extent attempts to illegally migrate to Europe (EU,UK) are rational, or whether misinformation about the target countries is playing a crucial role. To clarify, ...
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Has the west debated the pros and cons of funding Ukraine war aid with the Russian funds they have confisticated?
With Ukrainian aid funds blocked in the U.S. Congress / Senate and other western countries struggling to financially pick up the U.S. share of this burden, talks are getting more serious in Europe and ...
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