Category: The Euroculturer

he video games sector is constantly growing, creating new opportunities for Europeans. Esports could be the future of international sports competitions in Europe and beyond. So what is the stance towards esports in the European Union (EU)?

Video games have become a huge industry in Europe. The EU market is estimated to be worth over €21 billion in 2020, having grown 55% since 2014. The EU is home to some of the biggest companies in the world. But the EU barely pays attention to this industry. Here is why they should pay more attention.

Ever since Alexander Lukashenka rigged the results of the Belarusian elections in 2020, his country has been mired in turmoil. The state has doggedly persecuted activists and protestors and increasingly committed grotesque Human Rights abuses. These actions have led to harsh condemnation from Western powers and some action, chiefly imposing sanctions against leading figures in Minsk. But to what degree have powers such as the European Union (EU) confronted Lukashenka’s regime? 

Swedish politics have a reputation for being boring and predictable. Not anymore. Read more about Sweden's deepest political crisis since World War 2.

Created in 1956, the Eurovision Song Contest, was meant to unite European Countries after World War II. In its essence, it is supposed to be a non-political event, but is it really?

Laïcité, the well-loved term referring to secularism in France, has been under excruciating pressure after the recent string of attacks in France, but President Macron’s rhetoric and actions cannot be justified solely on the basis of secularism as Macron’s rhetoric challenges the established relationship between the “West” and the “East.”

Although the European Union (EU) is now based “on the principles of democracy and the rule of law,” some scholars consider that democracy was not acknowledged at the beginning of the integration. This has caused the disconnection between European citizens and the EU, and led to questions on the democratic nature of the integration. Thereby, according to EUR-Lex, the phrase “democratic deficit of the EU” is now being used to indicate that European “institutions and their decision-making procedures (…) seem inaccessible to the ordinary citizen due to their complexity.”