EU

GDPR

We're all data subjects now: the citizen in the European GDPR

Column
Jan Blommaert
21/05/2018
7 minutes to read

The new European GDPR generalizes the notion of the "data subject". But what exactly is the data subject? And how does it fit into a regulation which is fundamentally about the trading of Big Data?

How and why Wallonia and Brussels oppose the CETA Treaty

Article
Jan Blommaert
21/10/2016
10 minutes to read

Two small regional parliaments in Belgium have caused a crisis in the EU by raising objections against the CETA treaty. Why and how did they do that?

Brexit and its consequences

File

In this file we look at the Brexit from different perspectives. From political online activism, the framing of the voters and the opinions of writers before the Brexit to the linguicide afterwards.