Guest post by Shauna Aminath On December 17, 2015, 563 Members of the European Parliament passed a harshly worded resolution calling for sanctions against officials of the government of Maldives. The resolution calls on the European Union and its member states to “Introduce restrictive measures in the form of targeted sanctions to freeze the assets […]
In recent weeks, there has been discussion of EU efforts to increase the proportion of women in Europe’s boardrooms. The EU Commission proposal will oblige publicly listed companies to ensure that 40 percent of their boards are female. Under the plans being discussed in Brussels, companies would need to set a target of making 40 percent of […]
With this weekend’s EU-Turkey summit, we asked two guest bloggers, who know Turkey well, to share their thoughts on recent elections and what the victory of the Justice and Development Party means for Turkey. AKP: How Understanding Voters and the Opposition Was a Winning Formula – by Elmira Bayrasli Elections are more than […]
Guest post by Marlene Mizzi, Member of the European Parliament November 25, is designated as the International Day for the Elimination of violence against women. The origin of this day started in 1960 when three Dominican sisters were cruelly assassinated for opposing the Trujillo dictatorship. Since then, 25 of November has become the International Day […]
Guest post by Frank Talbot Forty years ago in Helsinki, international leaders signed an agreement on mutual security and cooperation in Europe. With the involvement of the superpowers of the day, one can assume that arriving at an agreement was no easy task. However, the superpowers were not the only prominent voices in the room. […]
Guest Post by Roberta Metsola, Member of the European Parliament The terrorist attacks in Paris shocked us all. Less than a week later we know that grief and anger must give way to a grim determination to counter this terrorist threat and to address both the immediate danger of more attacks and the causes of […]
The Valletta Summit – a stepping stone towards more solidarity Guest post by Miriam Dalli, Member of the European Parliament Malta has, throughout its history, been at the crossroads between Europe and African. Millions of years ago, Malta was indeed a land bridge between the landmasses we today recognise as two of the world’s continents. […]
Now that the world’s media has had fun with writing and talking about whether Canada’s new prime minister is the sexiest or is the only world leader with a tattoo, it is time to ask what the consequences of Canada’s new government might be, particularly on the international scene. The new government and its leader […]
As former political party “hacks” from Canada the BCI team has, naturally, followed the Canadian federal election campaign very closely. We were pleased to have Paul Adams contribute a guest blog to provide a synopsis of Canada’s longest election campaign in modern history. As political communications experts, we are interested to see how the parties […]
BCI invited Paul Adams to explain one of the longest election campaigns in Canada. The big question in the Canadian election, to be held October 19, is whether the electoral system and the political parties can give the voters what they want: a change in government. Most Canadians are telling the pollsters that they have […]