Anna Elena Maria Ferrari Electorate databases and voters targeting are nowadays part of the political campaign professional research techniques. We live in the era of ‘market-oriented’ political parties, where voters are viewed as customers. In this context, many researchers believe that electorate databases are essential in the development and efficient use of methods such [...]
Anna Elena Maria Ferrari Juana Lahousse has been in charge of the communication of the European Parliament since 2007. In February 2017 she left the office to former Parliament’s spokeperson Jaume Duch Guillot. I had the chance to interview her when she was still in charge, in occasion of the European Youth Event 2016 at [...]
Anna Elena Maria Ferrari There is little doubt that the dream of the full realization of the European project passes through the creation of an European public sphere. Information, in this regard, is key to foster a sense of European belonging. The question is then: how much European do the citizens of the EU [...]
Anna Elena Maria Ferrari The present agricultural policy is almost exclusively made at European Union level, but it is managed at national and regional level. In 1984, the EU introduced milk quotas to limit milk production in every member State, in order to end structural surpluses that outreached by far the demand. The limitation [...]
Anna Elena Maria Ferrari There is a country in the European Union where it is feared that an ongoing attack to democracy and the rule of law is now in place, by undermining the Constitutional Tribunal and by putting under control of the Government the public tv an radio. Is it George Orwell’s 1984? [...]
Anna Elena Maria Ferrari The referendum on the UK membership to the EU made me deeply reflect on the tools for democracy and question the referendum as the truly highest democratic tool. It made me think that sometimes direct democracy is not the best solution. Image credit: Martin Deutsch via Flickr. Don’t get [...]