10/3/17 On Sunday, October 1, thousands of Catalans went out to the polling booths to vote on their independence. What they faced there was frightening. Riot police from around the country were waiting for them, ready to stop the vote. Yet despite bloody faces, billy clubs, and hundreds of injuries, the Catalans managed to vote overwhelmingly for their own independence…. Read more »
“”The president should listen to the people, understand them, rather than cause divisions,” Martinez told France 2 television.” I agree with this quote. Many people in France are protesting due to the presidents lack to listen to the people and its causing problems. If 24,000 people are protesting I think it would be beneficial to listen to their requests. The… Read more »
As a Roman Catholic, I strongly support the words of the Pope and many beliefs of the religion. While some words I don’t agree on, this issue, I do. I have lived in many places over the world and have since met so many people from different cultures that being opposed to immigration seems wrong to me. Personally, I believe… Read more »
The European Union, which was created in 1993 after the cold war, has served the purpose of establishing peace and economically uniting its now 28 member countries for the past 24 years. However, the United Kingdom has officially decided to leave the EU in March 2019 due to a desire for British sovereignty, defined borders and economic growth- things that… Read more »
Recently, in 2017, Europe has been hit with many terrorist attacks in major, highly populated cities. These cities such as London with around 4 attacks just this year, Paris with 2, and Brussels, all have been hit with terrorist attacks. The question arises, do you start to close these borders and have some sort of vetting, or do you keep… Read more »
Ever since I had to do the devolution packet in AP Human Geography I have been following this independence movement closely for the past couple of months, and the escalation between the Spanish government and Catalonia has risen a lot as October 1st, the day of the referendum, is supposed to occur. You don’t hear much about other independence movements… Read more »
In the article,‘New world order’ Juncker ally wants EU expansion to send bloc’s reach to Russia doorstep it talks about how Ukraine wants to be apart of the EU. This is a hard call to make because of the size of the country and its history with Russia. If the EU were to expand and accept Ukraine then any interference they… Read more »
9/18/17 Europe is in a trying time. Frequent terrorist attacks, Russian military exercises, internal independence movements, seemingly endless immigration, and a rise in nationalistic movements has the governments of Europe preoccupied. Yet the solutions Europe puts to amend their problems have been overwhelmingly ineffective. This ineffectiveness of the governments to solve their problems (mainly terrorism) has led to a rise… Read more »
Nationalism as a concept has only held prevalence for a little less than 150 years, a minuscule amount of time when compared to the entire history of human civilization, which stretches back to over 20,000 years ago. With the way nationalism is often detailed, you would think it an eternally-binding concept of societal and political organization. However, it would not… Read more »
Since 2007, Greece has faced a debt crisis as a result of the financial plight that plagued the world. This past week the government in Athens and creditors agreed to a bailout reforms needed to unlock loans from its 86 billion euro rescue package. Both the European Union (EU) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have started negotiations regarding Greece’s… Read more »