sergio.marx
French-Spanish journalist based in Berlin working on Germany, Eastern Europe and the EU. I don’t like peanut butter.
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Latest posts
Should we still believe the IMF?
Since the end of the 1970s, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank have advised developing countries to adopt pro-growth policies, supposed to be a vector for jobs [...]
A neighbourhood garden in Berlin, Germany
As part of our coverage on “The New City” we asked our bloggers for some pictures from their cities. Are there any places in their cities that are prime examples for [...]
What did we learn from the Ehec outbreak?
During the Ehec outbreak in Germany last year, the government was unable to locate the origin of the bacteria for more than two weeks. The British Council‘s panel discussion on [...]
Slideshow: Discussing future global threats
Three experts came together at the British Council in Berlin to discuss how to deal with future global threats. The panel discussion speakers were Elke Hoff, Member of Parliament, Terence [...]
How to improve our reaction to future global threats?
New technology can improve our living standards but, if misused, it can also become a threat. In a continuously globalizing world, there is a growing concern around being able to [...]
Is there a “Home” to return to?
Migrants who come back home can return with valuable new skills and contacts that can positively affect their home countries’ job market. But matters of identity, questions of belonging and [...]
Crowdfunding the Syrian revolution
Ten months after the beginning of the Syrian uprising, the world continues to see protestors being killed by their own government. To go beyond the ineffectual international response, a German-based [...]
Europe’s double standard
The European reaction to 9/11 was very strong, much more so than to other catastrophes and massacres. Why ? As an idealistic 16 year old high school student at that [...]
Migrants in Spain: More remittances, worse conditions
The amount of remittances sent from Spain is rising again after two years of fall. Even if this could imply an improvement of the situation of migrants, it actually proves [...]
A Western Look at Migration in the Financial Crisis
Migration is increasingly seen as a threat to Western democracies. A mistake, as it could allow these countries to stay strong in the multi-polarized world. At the beginning of December, [...]
