Maria Antica

Maria Antică studied political science and international relations at the National School of Political and Administrative Studies in Bucharest. She covered Central Europe and the Baltics at the Centre for Conflict Prevention and Early Warning and occasionally contributes to Foreign Policy Romania. She is presently an intern at the Centre for European Policy Analysis.

Thank you, Eurosceptic parties! Now back to work ‘cause this time is different*

As the euro-elections are over, pro-Europeans are worried with the outcome and see the big gains anti-EU parties have made as a danger to the European project and its core

By Maria Antica

/ 6 Jun 2014

Thank you, Eurosceptic parties! Now back to work ‘cause this time is different*

As the euro-elections are over, pro-Europeans are worried with the outcome and see the big gains anti-EU parties have made as a danger to the European project and its core

By Maria Antica

/ 6 Jun 2014

Mistrust and lack of knowledge: two reasons for this state of apathy

If one looks at the European Parliamentary elections over the years, it is striking that the turnout gets lower and lower: from 62 percent in 1979 (when the EU had

By Maria Antica

/ 31 Mar 2014

Mistrust and lack of knowledge: two reasons for this state of apathy

If one looks at the European Parliamentary elections over the years, it is striking that the turnout gets lower and lower: from 62 percent in 1979 (when the EU had

By Maria Antica

/ 31 Mar 2014

The EU Roadmap for LGBTI rights: talk to the hand?

It is hard these days to talk about anything else but the crisis in Ukraine, about Russia and the ongoing tensions in Crimea. I here lay my regrets for the

By Maria Antica

/ 6 Mar 2014

The EU Roadmap for LGBTI rights: talk to the hand?

It is hard these days to talk about anything else but the crisis in Ukraine, about Russia and the ongoing tensions in Crimea. I here lay my regrets for the

By Maria Antica

/ 6 Mar 2014

Back to the basics: let's talk democracy out

People have more rights and freedoms than ever before, so why do they feel so estranged from the political processes around them? Read more from our You Tell Us bloggers.

By Maria Antica

/ 21 Feb 2014

Back to the basics: let's talk democracy out

People have more rights and freedoms than ever before, so why do they feel so estranged from the political processes around them? Read more from our You Tell Us bloggers.

By Maria Antica

/ 21 Feb 2014

Ask me whether I feel European or not

Five years ago, when I began to study political sciences in Bucharest, I was asked ‘why?’ by a professor. I had pretty much no idea, although I mumbled something about

By Maria Antica

/ 17 Jan 2014

Ask me whether I feel European or not

Five years ago, when I began to study political sciences in Bucharest, I was asked ‘why?’ by a professor. I had pretty much no idea, although I mumbled something about

By Maria Antica

/ 17 Jan 2014