Last year, we asked you for ideas on how to make the internet safer for kids, and, in response, you sent us several innovative suggestions (including forcing users to solve a difficult maths challenge before they can access content inappropriate for children – despite …

Social media can be something of a double-edged sword for politicians. Obviously, here at Debating Europe we rely heavily on social media (and, if you aren’t already, you really should be following us on Facebook and Twitter), so we want to encourage European policy-makers and citizens to take to this …

Yesterday, European Commissioner for the Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes, signed a Joint Declaration in London with Janet Napolitano, the US Secretary of Homeland Security. Both the United States and the European Union are now committed to making the internet a “safer and better place for …

European healthcare is under the microscope right now. With savage cuts in the wake of the eurozone crisis, will Europeans be forced to abandon cherished public healthcare models? Or are there ways to save universal healthcare in the face of shrinking budgets? In Greece, new austerity …

This is a first for Debating Europe. We’ve interviewed over 350 politicians, academics, journalists, civil servants and business leaders, but last week’s interview with Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason marks our first foray into the world of rock music. As …

Equality between women and men is one of the European Union’s founding values. In 1957, the principle of equality was enshrined as a key right in Article 119 of the Treaty of Rome, which declared: Men and women should receive …

In January 2011, Hungary found itself at the centre of a controversy over a new media law that threatened to overshadow the country’s EU Presidency (and saw thousands take to the streets in protest). Rather than being an isolated incident, however, …

We’ve already looked at several issues related to cyberspace on Debating Europe, including whether or not we need governments to protect us online (or whether they do more harm than good), whether the EU should ratify ACTA and whether digital piracy is killing …