A Quick Look at the EU Citizenship

By Nikolas Spanoudakis  Being a citizen and holding citizenship is something relatively new in human history. The two concepts were first introduced during the ancient Athenian democracy. Fast forward to our modern times, another citizenship that was “invented” was the EU citizenship, which will be the focus of this article.…

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Ursula von der Leyen: Like a Bolt Out of the Blue!

By Nikolas Spanoudakis Ursula von der what? If this is your reaction, don’t worry. You are not the only one. Before writing this article I asked several friends if they had heard about Ursula von der Leyen (hereafter Ursula vdL) and the results were rather disappointing. Only a few of…

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€uron: mer än en valuta

Av Nikolas Spanoudakis I Sverige finns ett motstånd mot att införa euron som valuta. Enligt Flash Eurobarometern 453, från april 2017, vill 62 procent av svenskarna som deltog i undersökningen inte att Sverige ska införa euron. Även om jag är medveten om att finns argument mot den gemensamma valutan, fortsätter…

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Can the EU be more than just a guardian of peace?

By Nikolas Spanoudakis Those who love to read the online version of Uttryck Magazine have recently noticed the article “The little union that could – what the European Union means to me” written by Joakim Ydebäck. In this article he presents the point of view that the European Union (EU)…

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Margrethe Vestager: a genuine European champion

By Nikolas Spanoudakis Until five years ago I didn’t know her. Although she has had a long career in Danish politics, she was a complete stranger to me. But then gradually she started to attract the attention of the media for some good reason. Thus, when the editors of Uttryck…

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Borde EU ha skattebefogenheter?

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Av Nikolas Spanoudakis USA har nyligen infört en “global skatt” som beskattar alla företag som har ekonomisk verksamhet i flera  delstater. Denna policy har som syfte att minska skatteflykter inom USA. Just detta överraskade mig då införandet av nya skatter i USA brukar bli illa bemött av befolkningen. Sedan blev…

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How to take the EU power into your own hands

By Nikolas Spanoudakis The globalisation has definitely changed our world in many aspects. In fact, the rise of the internet along with the increasing transport connectivity have made the creation of international communities or organisations possible which have never been imagined before the last century. Nowadays you can connect to…

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