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Lowering the Minimum Age for Voting: Good or Bad Idea?

On March 31, 2017 By European Student Think Tank
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  • Elections
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In this term Spain’s Parliament refused to give to those who areRead More

HAVE REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACIES COME TO AN END?

On October 19, 2016 By European Student Think Tank
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After three years of brutal civil war and more thanRead More

Democracy in the Baltic States: Achievements and Unused Opportunities

On October 2, 2016 By European Student Think Tank
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  • EU Policy Process
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Algimants Kontauts, EST Ambassador to Latvia, graduated from the UniversityRead More

The European Union: a Powerful Influencer or an Over-Ambitious Meddler?

On April 24, 2016 By European Student Think Tank
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By Sietse Blom, Secretary of the EST Think Tank. Sietse isRead More

Government of the People? The lack of input legitimacy in the decision-making process of the European Union

On December 13, 2015 By European Student Think Tank
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  By Onna Malou van der Broek, Master’s student ConflictRead More

To what extent does the European Parliament play a role in CSDP and does this enhance democratic accountability?

On November 24, 2015 By European Student Think Tank
  • EU Policy Process
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By Onna Malou van der Broek, Master’s student Conflict StudiesRead More

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