Albrecht SONNTAG
Professor of European Studies - ESSCA
A selection of contributions to various blogs with a focus on European Studies. The vast majority of them were published on the multi-blog "Ideas on Europe", a stimulating forum of exchange run by UACES, the London-based, but very international, University Association of Contemporary European Studies. It provides food for thought beyond what academic journals and their classical article format can offer. The list below does not include the 25 pieces of the "The France 2017 election chronicles", which you can find on a special page here.
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- "Forty years of green", Ideas on Europe, 17 January 2020.
- "Striking", Ideas on Europe, 22 December 2019.
- "Breaking: The truth about the EU!", Ideas on Europe, 9 May 2019.
- "EU-China: the origin and future path of the new doctrine", Ideas on Europe, 8 April 2019.
- "Should French SMEs be better prepared for a no deal scenario?", UK in a Changing Europe, 26 February 2019 (also here).
- "Deeply conservative", Ideas on Europe, 17 October 2018.
- "Keep calm and worry on. Transatlantic relations in the Trump era", Ideas on Europe, 27 September 2018.
- "EU sport diplomacy gathers momentum, step by step", Ideas on Europe, 7 December 2017.
- "Mr Macron goes to Germany", Ideas on Europe, 4 June 2018.
- "Weakened leadership, but undiminished potential", Ideas on Europe, 3 May 2018.
- "The railwayman's dignity shall be inviolable", Ideas on Europe, 26 April 2018.
- "Germany need some Gegenpressing", Ideas on Europe, 17 November 2017.
- "Brexit and the German elections: a tale of two countries", Ideas on Europe, 18 September 2017.
- "Nation-building. Participant observation, June 2015.", Ideas on Europe, 6 October 2017.
- "A slow train coming up around the bend", Ideas on Europe, 11 July 2016.
- "Brexit: what does France think?", Ideas on Europe, 17 June 2016.
- "Inspired by Spain?", Ideas on Europe, 10 April 2016.
- "Of human resources and sheer luck", Ideas on Europe, 2 April 2016.
- "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier ... Brexit!", Ideas on Europe, 1 February 2016.
- "The poisonous heritage of François Mitterrand", Ideas on Europe, 8 January 2016.
- "Jealous of Spain", Ideas on Europe, 21 December 2015.
- "Imagine all the people", Ideas on Europe, 14 December 2015.
- "Post-materialist politics in Portugal: the left is back!", 8 December 2015.
- "The pause button", Ideas on Europe, 28 November 2015.
- "His Europe", Ideas on Europe, 11 November 2015.
- "Don't mention the EU!", Ideas on Europe, 10 November 2015.
- "A voice that will be missed", Ideas on Europe, 29 October 2015.
- "More than a car accident", Ideas on Europe, 25 September 2015.
- "Total Recall", Ideas on Europe, 16 September 2015.
- "Border Blues", Ideas on Europe, 24 August 2015.
- "An antidote to any nostalgia of grandeur or glory", Ideas on Europe, 18 June 2015.
- "30 years ago: The Heysel, European football's major lieu de mémoire", Ideas on Europe, 29 May 2015.
- "Brussels will be 'sexy tomorrow'!", Ideas on Europe, 1 May 2015.
- "Undiscouraged, but also uninspired", Ideas on Europe, 29 April 2015.
- "10 years ago, Giscard defends the constitutional treaty at ESSCA", Ideas on Europe, 21 April 2015.
- "Memories of Cold War I", Ideas on Europe, 5 March 2015.
- "Against the stream", Ideas on Europe, 10 February 2015.
- "All alone", Ideas on Europe, 21 January 2015.
- "Unanimous respect, ambiguous legacy", Ideas on Europe, 14 January 2015.
- "European Values", Ideas on Europe, 8 January 2015.
- "Three wishes for 2015", Ideas on Europe, 1 January 2015.
- "Please remain faceless!", Ideas on Europe, 4 December 2014.
- "How to kill a premium brand", Ideas on Europe, 26 November 2014.
- "A growing feeling of hysteria", Ideas on Europe, 17 November 2014.
- "Is the peace narrative really obsolete?", Ideas on Europe, 22 September 2014.
- "Scottish referendum - a humble opinion from France", Ideas on Europe, 8 September 2014.
- "A Missed Opportunity", Ideas on Europe, 1 September 2014.