Centre for Britain and Europe blog

All the latest British and European politics news.

Welcoming CBE’s new Visiting Research Fellow, Dr. Graziella Piga!

We are pleased to welcome the our new CBE Visiting Research Fellow Dr. Graziella Piga, a Senior Expert in Gender Equality and Social Inclusion, Women Peace and Security who has worked with numerous impactful institutions including UN Women, UNHCR, and OSCE. In her own words: “I’m delighted to announce that I’ve joined the Centre for Britain […]


Government Strategies for the Greener Good – CBE-MHA Lecture Series

Written by Kieran Davies. Kieran is currently a BSc International Relations student at the University of Surrey On the 20th of March 2024, the Centre for Britain and Europe (CBE), under the University of Surrey, invited students to attend a joint event in collaboration with MHA, an independent member firm of Baker Tilly International, hosted […]


Political Upheaval in the Netherlands: Unraveling the Controversial Dutch Elections of 2023 and the Rise of Geert Wilders

Written by Mateo Suarez-Mash (International Relations MSc) and Theano Ntokou (Public Affairs MSc) both authors have been awarded CBE Studentships An unexpected fall of the Dutch government in July 2023 resulted in an interesting electoral battle that appears to trouble the national political scene. More specifically, citizens of the Netherlands cast their votes on 22 November […]


Holding it all together: leadership and party cohesion

Jeremy Pattison graduated from the University of Surrey in 2023 with an MSc in Public Affairs and was awarded the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence postgraduate prize for the best dissertation produced on one of the four CBE substantive themes. The summer of 2022 was, as far as British politics was concerned, all about leadership […]


Beneficiaries of Populist Rights’ Quran Burning Tour in Europe

2023 in Europe started a bit tumultuous with anti-Islam and Muslim demonstrations of the radical far right movements in European capitals. Far-right politician Rasmus Paludan1, the leader of the Danish far-right political party Stram Kurs (Hard Line), has started a campaign of burning copies of Koran, the holy book of Islam. He has embarked upon […]


CBE Winter Long Read

EU Climate Action: Will Europe’s New Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism Make a Difference? Amelia Hadfield and Tea Zyberaj[1] The EU remains committed to its green credentials. Doing so in practice however is tough. Policies and tools, as well as a clear goal, all have to come together to inspire change. The EU’s latest approach has […]


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