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How did the election look from Europe?
Society, Politics & Law

How did the election look from Europe?

...German media was largely preoccupied with the possible negative impacts of the election for the Brexit process. Brexit fears Although the campaign proved more exciting than anyone could have anticipated, the European media was wearily resigned to two possible outcomes. If, in spite of a disastrous campaign, May secured a narrow victory, the Brexit negotiations would be...
Italy: What happens next?
Society, Politics & Law

Italy: What happens next?

...German levels, and the institutional Maastricht criteria and their domestic responses that introduced deflationary incomes policies in all prospective eurozone members). A small mutual adjustment between Germany and Italy would, in that context, hardly register on the map of German exports. I explained the basic mechanism underlying that in a EUROPP blog post over six...
Airbus and Brexit: What do you need to know?
Money & Business

Airbus and Brexit: What do you need to know?

...German governments came together to create a consortium to challenge US dominance in the market. UK airline BOAC (now part of British Airways) did not support it, and the consortium largely developed around Franco-German leadership. But the British manufacturing group Hawker Siddeley still retained design and supply of the wings to Airbus. Then, when the UK aerospace...
The Celtic origins of the Welsh language
Languages

The Celtic origins of the Welsh language

...German all belong to the Germanic branch, while French, Spanish and Italian belong to the Italic branch. This means that the Germanic languages all evolved from a common language and the Italic languages from another. Yet both of these had evolved earlier from a much older common language which is now called proto-Indo-European. In the same way, all the Celtic languages...
English Loanwords – Interactive World Map
Languages

English Loanwords – Interactive World Map

...Germanic tribes, Vikings and the Normans. More recent globalisation, including colonial activity, has brought even more words into the language. Each of the ten words below has originated from another language, sometimes by a complex route. Tomato, guitar, pyjamas, juggernaut, slogan, taboo, shaman, mumbo-jumbo, raccoon, embargo. Can you guess the geographical origin of...
Using data visualisation to track climate change
Nature & Environment

Using data visualisation to track climate change

...German team have created a tool to show the scale of effort required to beat climate change - and to help stakeholders understand challenges and responsibilities...[The NDC explorer tool in action] A new interactive online tool that helps countries to access and compare their priorities and ambitions related to climate action plans has been developed. The Nationally...
The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn
Education & Development

The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn

...courses (English, French and German) and those relating to workplace skills. In response to this, the OpenLearn team curated a set of resources for displaced Ukrainians in May 2022, which became the seventh most popular page on the platform within a month. Resources were allocated to translating some of this content - articles and whole courses carrying digital badges -...
Terrorism in Europe and beyond: A reading list
Society, Politics & Law

Terrorism in Europe and beyond: A reading list

...course of the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s as a response to the experience of mass violence after two world wars. And despite their reputation, Germans have a libertarian streak, evidenced by their suspicion towards surveillance. Security has therefore also meant security from the state. This security arrangement now appears under existential threat as a result of these...