Opinion
22.05.2019

“The future of democracy is my biggest concern“

Alina Mungiu-Pippidi says research about Europe should focus on democracy in coming years.

 “As an Eastern European living in Berlin, I am concerned about the scant academic interest in the gulf between the northwest of Europe and the rest of the continent. As a scholar of governance, I’m puzzled that two-thirds of Europeans think that connections, not merit, explain success in our common market. As a Romanian, I wonder how a country such as mine can plan its European future when its main export is, and will remain, brainpower.”

Read the full article in scientific magazine nature here

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