POINT DE VUE. La fin de l’histoire européenne n’est pas encore devant nous

August 24, 2018November 7, 2018Evan O'Connell Leave a comment

A l’occasion des 50 ans du soulèvement du « Printemps de Prague », des militants associatifs et politiques pro-européens appellent à se mobiliser pour la construction européenne. Tribune co-signée avec Alexis Prokopiev, co-fondateur de l’ONG Russie-Libertés, Anna Garmash, présidente de l’ONG Ukraine Action, Franziska Brantner, députée verte allemande, Blaise Gonda, militant pro-européen franco-hongrois et Małgorzata Szuleka, responsable plaidoyer, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, Pologne. Lien ici.

Prague Spring a reminder of threats to Europe

August 21, 2018November 7, 2018Evan O'Connell Leave a comment

The European project faces increasing attacks, from inside and out. I co-authored this Politico op-ed with Franziska Brantner (a Green member of the German parliament), Alexis Prokopiev (founder of Russie-Libertés, a Paris-based NGO focused on democracy in Russia), Anna Garmash (founder and chair of Ukraine Action, a Ukrainian diaspora NGO), Małgorzata Szuleka (advocacy officer at the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights in Poland) and Blaise Gonda (a Franco-Hungarian pro-EU activist and academic). Link here.

Make ’em pay: Can Europe agree on a common corporate tax?

October 5, 2017October 6, 2017Evan O'Connell Leave a comment

I debated Paul MacDonnell (Executive Director, Global Digital Foundation), Ross Gerber (President and CEO, Gerber Kawasaki Wealth & Investment Management) and Kate Moody (France 24 business editor) on Amazon, Apple, tax justice and transparency.

BFMTV UK election night

June 8, 2017September 8, 2017Evan O'Connell Leave a comment

I was on BFMTV, analysing the UK election results live, with Mark Deen of Bloomberg, Jeremy Stubbs (British Conservatives in Paris), Hugh Schofield of the BBC, and Ulysse Gosset and Jean-Baptiste Boursier of BFMTV. Links below: