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For decades those within the EU took rising standards of living for granted, the EU was seen as the driving force behind this economic advancement. The crash of 2007 and subsequent fallout has questioned this orthodoxy. Europe is now at a crossroads, disintegration and break up down one pathway, or an injection of reinvigoration, reform…

In 2016 as the re-run of the Austrian presidential election loomed, for the first time in Europe since before 1945, the possibility of a far right country leader appeared a distinct possibility. Riding a wave of populism sweeping through Europe the far right has seen a renaissance in recent years. Both Jobbik and Perusuomalaiset (True…

Penniless and down on my luck monetarily speaking I walked into the first job that would provide me reasonable income in Turku, the job every small boy dreams about, and the profession every girl finds irresistibly attractive, dishwashing. My thoughts were taken back to adolescent days, and leafing through the pages of Orwell’s seminal autobiography…