Pablo Jimenez (ANU): EU Citizenship and Political Identity: The Demos and Telos Problems. Marek Hlavac (Georgetown): Less than a State, More than an International Organization: The Sui Generis Nature of the European Union. A "Manifesto of the Appalled Economists" offers a critical presentation of ten premises that still inspire decisions of public authorities all over Europe every day — these are pseudo “obvious facts” which are in fact unfair and ineffective measures, against which we propose twenty-two counterproposals. Barry Eichengreen on how resolving the euro crisis is both easier and more difficult than is commonly supposed. How to resign from the euro club: The barriers to leaving are high but could still be crawled over by a country determined to leave. All together now? Daniel Gros on arguments for a big-bang solution to Eurozone problems. A review of When the Luck of the Irish Ran Out: The World’s Most Resilient Country and Its Struggle to Rise Again by David J. Lynch. Halla Tomasdottir on a feminine response to Iceland's financial crash. Religious Poland sees rise in secularism. Finland loses its religion: In a mass exodus following a gay rights debate on national television, over 40,000 people have given up their membership of the church. Founded in Minsk, Belarus, the European Humanities University may be unique in the world in that it operates today completely as a university in exile. German comic writers are departing from the seriousness of their own lives and discovering humor.
