Alejandro Tauber

Amsterdam

Publisher and Editor-in-Chief at EUobserver

Publisher/EiC @euobs, Brussels' premier non-profit news media on EU affairs. Small team, big ambitions. Open DMs for gossip.

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Articles

Katherine Kondor - Watching the far-right culture ‘influencers’

1 week ago | euobserver.com | Alejandro Tauber

Katherine Kondor is used to being an outlier. While many of her colleagues study the far-right through voting patterns and party policies, her research covers clothing brands, Instagram aesthetics, food, and the top 40 music charts. “Culture creates the conditions for political movements to thrive,” she says. “It’s not just about who you vote for.
Laura Espinosa — Europe’s first line of defence against contagious diseases

1 week ago | euobserver.com | Wester van |Alejandro Tauber

“To put it briefly, we are the detectives of potential public health threats”, Laura Espinosa tells EUobserver. Espinosa is an expert on epidemic intelligence at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), a group few people have heard about — thankfully.
Why it matters that the EU is pushing to offshore asylum: 10 questions

2 weeks ago | euobserver.com | Alejandro Tauber

ExplainerFor years, EUobserver has been tracking the European Union's increasing efforts to move asylum processing and responsibilities beyond its borders — a policy euphemistically referred to as "externalisation" and “border management”. This controversial trend raises significant legal, ethical, and humanitarian questions — but recently has been gaining increasing political acceptability.
Esther Lynch - A shy but unwavering force for Europe’s workers

3 weeks ago | euobserver.com | Alejandro Tauber

This article features in The EU's Unsung Heroes, read the full magazine here. Four minutes before the interview was due to start, a call from the comms department: Esther Lynch is hesitant to be featured in a magazine about unsung heroes, because she doesn’t see herself as a hero. Which is exactly why she’s featured in this magazine. Lynch never imagined herself in the spotlight.
10  reasons why you should support  EUobserver

1 month ago | euobserver.com | Alejandro Tauber

We won't lie: EU democracy is not dependent on journalism, but on a well-informed public. By supporting EUobserver you are contributing to that mission. Our coverage of overlooked pan-European stories is not controlled by corporations or billionaires and as a non-profit, any support goes straight back into reporting. But there are many other reasons to support EUobserver.
We are looking for 2,500 new members to ensure EUobserver's next 25 years

1 month ago | euobserver.com | Alejandro Tauber

This year, EUobserver turns 25-years old. A quarter century. Since our little online newspaper was founded in Brussels in 2000, we have covered the EU through its ups and downs. Through treaty changes, enlargement, the financial crisis, the euro crisis, Covid-19 and Russia’s war in Ukraine, our small but dedicated team of reporters have strived to provide straight reporting.
The rule of law paradox at the heart of the EU

Oct 29, 2024 | euobserver.com | Alejandro Tauber

The European Union prides itself on rule of law, branding it as a foundational value that binds its member states into a cohesive, democratic bloc — yet it leaves itself out of its yearly rule-of-law report. An Get EU news that mattersBack our independent journalism by becoming a supporting memberAlready a member? Login hereAuthor BioAlejandro Tauber is Publisher of EUobserver. He is Ecuadorian, German, and American, but lives in Amsterdam.
Embracing far-right framing renders the EU summit migration debate meaningless

Oct 15, 2024 | euobserver.com | Alejandro Tauber
Rule 241: the EU’s hidden ‘bombshell’ measure against anti-democratic forces

Oct 8, 2024 | euobserver.com | Alejandro Tauber

FeatureHidden in plain sight within the European Parliament's own rules of procedure is a little-known provision that could dramatically alter the Union's ability to defend its democratic values from internal threats. Legal scholars have dubbed it a "sleeping beauty" and “bombshell” — a potent yet practically unused instrument akin to the EU's own Article 7, de... Get EU news that mattersBack our independent journalism by becoming a supporting memberAlready a member?
Gift away: Supporting members can now gift EUobserver articles

Aug 5, 2024 | euobserver.com | Alejandro Tauber

Last week, we quietly released a new feature for EUobserver's supporting members: gift articles. It works just like gift articles from the New York Times, Financial Times and The Atlantic. If you're a supporting (ie, paying) member of EUobserver, you can click the little gift icon at the top an article. This copies over a unique URL to your clipboard, which you can then share with your colleagues, friends, kids, partners or enemies, so they can read an article that's normally behind the paywall.