During the past fifty years the European Union has gone a long way, even though some would like to have gone even further. It is possible to look at the EU as a social ecosystem, and as such as different from other ecosystems. This is a result of the fact that human populations, contrary to...

One of the most recurring themes about immigrants in Western Europe is their effect on national culture and identity. When anti immigrant parties gain votes in Member States one of the enduring responses is to question the role of immigrants themselves in eliciting their separation from the main...