Anna Kyriazi

Anna Kyriazi

Anna Kyriazi

Anna Kyriazi

anna.kyriazi@unimi.it

5 March 2022

Transnationalism fosters more engagement in European politics

By Anna Kyriazi and Francesco Visconti

How often do you discuss European Union (EU) political matters with others? Do you feel that your voice counts in the way the EU conducts its business? Did you vote in the latest elections for the European Parliament (EP)?
In a newly published article, we explain that the way people answer these questions depends, in part, on the extent to which they live their lives “across” the national borders of EU member states. Transnational citizens are more likely to engage in such forms of political behaviour.

19 March 2021

Keeping the EU together after Brexit: an evolving challenge

By Anna Kyriazi

Despite the extraordinary challenge that Brexit has posed for the EU, the integrity and unity of the polity has been maintained until now. Even so, Brexit continues to carry a destabilizing potential for not only the EU, but also the UK.

16 January 2021

Article 50: self-destruct button or safety valve?

By Anna Kyriazi and Niccolo Donati

As the Brexit process has finally concluded, this post goes back to the beginning asking why the EU has established the right to unilateral withdrawal, in the first place?

12 June 2020

Emigration in Eastern and Southern Europe: the awakening giant

By Anna Kyriazi

Governments in Eastern and Southern Europe struggle to reverse emigration. Will emigration become the new big political issue in the region?

24 April 2020

Immigration, free movement and the politicisation of demography. The move of Hungary to demographic nationalism

By Anna Kyriazi

Hungary faces adverse demography due to low birthrates and large-scale emigration. The government’s skewed focus on pronatalism puts the burden on the most vulnerable and undermines emancipatory politics.

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