Europe faces droughts, floods and storms as climate change accelerates
Europe and northern hemisphere are warming at faster pace than the global average and ‘multiple climatic hazards’ are expected, says study Arthur Neslen Guardian, Wednesday 25 January 2017 Europe’s Atlantic-facing … Continue reading
The European elite have developed a death wish
Paul Mason From the French right’s selection of Fillon to the Italian referendum and Austrian election, Europe’s centre is oblivious to its own existential crisis. They might want to dust … Continue reading
Interrailing for grown-ups – why now’s the time to explore Europe by train
“When I’d told friends I wanted to go on an InterRail, they’d doubted the pass still existed” Chris Moss, travel writer Telegraph 5 AUGUST 2016 Frseeeeeeeeefrong. I was on the … Continue reading
France, Germany and Austria hit by fatal flash floods
Bodies found of people trapped in houses, villages flooded and roads wrecked, with forecasters warning of more downpours and rising waters in coming days Debris from floodwaters that rushed through … Continue reading
Europe veers to the right at its peril. We should heed the lessons of 1913
Srecko Horvat Across the EU, countries are closing their borders and turning inwards. We must do all we can to avert an implosion • View all articles in our EU … Continue reading
Cheap vodka and giant castles: the joy of Interrail
Is the railway rite of passage really under threat, as Nicky Morgan suggests? Not likely, says one former train-powered adventurer Will French railways be off-limits to British youth? Photograph: Images … Continue reading
Paris attacks put dagger through heart of liberal Europe
Attacks threaten viability of Schengen agreement and the vision of tolerant, multi-cultural society that is “essence” of Europe, analysts warn A man pays his respect outside the Le Carillon restaurant … Continue reading
Paris terror attacks an alarm bell for liberal, borderless Europe
France could be one step closer to a far-Right president, Marine Le Pen, after the deadly Islamic State attacks in the French capital By Simon Heffer Telegraph 14 Nov 2015 The … Continue reading
Eurozone crosses Rubicon as Portugal’s anti-euro Left banned from power
Constitutional crisis looms after anti-austerity Left is denied parliamentary prerogative to form a majority government Portugal’s president: ‘This is the worst moment for a radical change to the foundations of … Continue reading
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