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TALES OF EUROPE

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People and #Brexit: an analysis of public opinion at the time of Twitter

Vittorio Vergano

28 feb 2020
7 min

People and #Brexit: an analysis of public opinion at the time of Twitter

The fateful day has come; on the night of 31st January, the United Kingdom officially left the European Union. Since the 2016 referendum, many political experts have speculated about the possible consequences of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU and the measures which should be adopted in response to it. However, the majority of the actual outcomes won’t become visible in the short run; in particular, the effective implementation of post-Brexit policies both on the side of the

What to expect from Christine Lagarde’s monetary policy strategy review

Umberto De Vito

18 feb 2020
6 min

What to expect from Christine Lagarde’s monetary policy strategy review

On January 23th, 2020, Christine Lagarde, Mario Draghi’s successor as President of the European Central Bank, announced that the ECB Governing Council is going to launch a review of its monetary policy strategy. A similar measure has been taken in the past; in 2003 the annual inflation target was raised from a range between zero and 2 percent to the current “below, but close to, 2 percent”. The reasons why this review has been announced are that, since 2003, the euro area, an

Cambridge Analytica: meddling with elections and what this means for internet users

Anastasia Arseni

7 feb 2020
5 min

Cambridge Analytica: meddling with elections and what this means for internet users

“We exploited Facebook to harvest millions of people’s profiles. And built models to exploit what we knew about them and target their inner demons. That was the basis the entire company [Cambridge Analytica] was built on.” Cambridge Analytica and US elections I can say with absolute certainty that we have all heard the name Cambridge Analytica at least once or twice in the past year. After all, when Mark Zuckerberg testified before the US Senate Judiciary Committee about Camb

Brexit Diaries #6: Watford (February 1, 2020)

Gioele Giussani

4 feb 2020
1 min

Brexit Diaries #6: Watford (February 1, 2020)

Watford - Situated just outside Greater London, from an administrative point of view, but still within the M26 boundaries, from a socio-demographical one, Watford would be a totally unknown city if weren’t for its football team and for the Harry Potter studios. By looking at the results of the 2016 Referendum, it was one of the most divided constituencies: Leave won with less than 1% margin over Remain. An unexpected result if we consider that the city has been ruled for seve

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