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Guest article by Carla Laudien, Fundraising and Events Executive at Maastricht Goes to Calais At the beginning of the last academic year,...

In November 2020, almost unnoticed between a second wave of Covid infections and the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court...

In the closing months of 2020, over a quarter billion people have taken to the streets of India to protest the new farming bills that...

“Hey, you, the unfair tyrants… You the lovers of the darkness… You the enemies of life… You’ve made fun of innocent people’s wounds, and...

“When poison becomes a habit, it ceases to injure” Assassinations are as old as all human societies. Whether you wish to replace a...

Sometimes the perception of power is more important than physical might. It seems Santa Claus will no longer have a monopoly on business...

The vast majority of sport club fan bases have a formed identity and culture which permits them to differentiate themselves from others,...

Since February, societies worldwide have found themselves in a downward spiral of crisis. Negativity is all around and difficult to...

From Ginsburg’s era of freedoms and equality to Coney Barrett’s conservative reign of dismantling minority rights. On September 18th of...

“Globohomo”, “Le Happy Merchant”, "Identitarianism », « Jogger », « Kalergi Plan », « Magapede », « Power level », « Shlomo », « Three...

The year 2020 has sprung numerous surprises and geo-politics has certainly not been spared. If you have been following the political...

Right now, as you are sipping your cup of tea, someone is out there in the bureaucratic wilderness representing you..

I’m often asked what the EU does. This question can be, and usually is, a loaded one. However, I do very much understand the need to know...

Ever since the impressive actions of the Suffragettes in the early 20th century, a standard has been set for women activists. Women have...

Happy Holiday’s! Here’s an airstrike for you. What’s better than starting off a new decade than the possibility of another conflict in...

The Dark Side of the Meme Memes really are quite something. Ubiquitous to most, but some of us still remember a time when they weren’t a...

A few weeks ago, Greece witnessed one of the most interesting military parades in the last decades. A few female students in Athens...

Photograph by Sebastien Le Derout Before you start reading, I would like to mention that this post was originally made for a course I am...

After 8 years playing with our emotions, making us laugh, scream, jump and cry, Game of Thrones is over. The last episode divided the...

The European elections are coming up fast, a few days only separate us from the time we’ll have to go voting. In a recent article, we...

Our Podcast 101-Guide The MD is proud to publish its first ever Podcast pilot episode. This is the first time we’ve ever done something...

One week is left until the EU parliamentary elections. It has been a long way to get to this point, especially with Brexit, as there was...

This series presents argumentations for why students of Maastricht could choose to vote for certain European Parties at the European...

Orban & the Elections Recently, the conservative EPP party of the European Parliament has suspended the Hungarian conservative Fidesz...

In a sense, I was born thanks to the EU. Without it, my parents would have never met, and I wouldn’t be here today to write this article....

This is the MD’s first instalment of a series, that presents argumentations for why students of Maastricht could choose to vote for...

Surprise, surprise. Brexit isn’t going to plan. The past week or so has proven to everyone in- and outside the EU that the members of the...

The internet: that wonderful place in the sky where you have access to all sorts of weird and wonderful information. Looking for the best...

Do you know who to vote for, or what do the European parties stand for? If your answer is “no”, this article will serve as a guide to the...

US spy allegations should be taken seriously. So too, should the motivation behind them. These days, the arena of geopolitical strife is...

From the 23rd until the 26th of May, the European Parliament elections will take place. For many of us students, it will be the first...

In a couple of months, from Thursday May 23rd to Sunday May 26th, Europeans from all over the European Union get the chance to vote....

Credits: European-Parliament – Strasbourg Do you recognize this building? Don’t worry if you don’t: when asked about the European...

Jean-Claude Juncker – Consilum of the European Commission (E. Zucchi) If there is one hot and confusing topic surrounding the European...

When Mr Trump recently unilaterally announced the withdrawal of US troops from Syria on December 19, 2018, he opened up a whole new can...

Following the recent events in Venezuela one has to wonder just what the heck is happening in that beautiful country with the world’s...

Brexit; the divorce of the decade, an affair which has kept Europe on its toes for more than 2 years. The long process which is...

This is a counter-opinion to our previous post “Sorry, Macron, but a European Army is not happening”. Our friends at the Young...

This the fourth installment of ‘Lessons from History’, where we reflect on the big anniversaries of significant historical events and...

And a blue wave followed. The results of the United States midterm elections were in some ways par for the course in the current era of...

Global diplomacy has been stirring with chatter about a pan-European military. A unified European defence force, how would that be? Just...

Some of us students probably do not remember a time when Angela Merkel was not a figurehead in German and European politics. This past...

This is the very first article of a series reflecting on anniversaries of historical events. Examples include a reflection on 100 years...

On October 9th, an auditorium packed to the rafters welcomed Mr. Frank Furedi, emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Kent,...

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Italy: The government of change or a(nother) government to change? Since 1946, the year when Italian citizens chose republic over the...

Of course, other factors were involved too. The Middle East is a warren of intentions, and nothing is ever what it seems. In the fight...

It’s been all over the news, in bar conversation, on your Facebook feed, and perhaps in class too; but what exactly is going on in Syria?...

Helen Clark is one of those women, and sadly one of the few, who have been able to reach the highest positions within the world’s social,...

On April 7th, 2018, Douma, the closest rebel-held stronghold near the capital Damascus, was heavily bombed in a chemical weapons attack....