Review: Cartoons of Congo
By Joëlle VerstraetenPhotos: © vzw ASD (Association pour la Solidarité et le Développement)Throughout history Belgium has always been connected to The Democratic Republic of Congo, but this year, as it’s celebrating its fiftieth year of indepen...
On George Lee
Image via Wikipedia So George Lee has resigned from Fine Gael and from the Dáil. This isn’t good news for Fine Gael, George Lee or the people of Dublin South. Its not exactly good news of Fianna Fail either. Labour will probably win the sea...
Setting up of a Panel for the partial renovation of the Judges and Advocates General of the Court of Justice
One of the least known provisions of the Treaty of Lisbon is Article 255 of the TFEU[1] which foresees the creation of a panel who gives an opinion on candidates’ suitability to perform the duties of Judge and Advocate-General of the Court of...
Further reading: Brussels
Greece and the Eurozone: Halcyon no more (Ralph Atkins and Kerin Hope, FT) French language losing its cachet? Au contraire! (Harvey Morris and Stanley Pignal, FT) Europe needs to show it has a crisis endgame (Wolfgang Münchau, FT) EU debt crisis hig...
Why let the facts get in the way of a good EU scare story?
Following a post about so-called Euro-myths last year I read with interest that the Daily Express has been forced to publish an apology following its latest half-baked EU scare story, which made page one last Wednesday.The story (now removed from the...
Two more acts chosen. [Eurovision 2010]
Image via Wikipedia After I finished my post last night, Cyprus and the Netherlands completed their selections for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. Cyprus went for Jon Lilygreen & The Islanders with “Life looks better in spring”.
“Teens Love Facebook, Hate Blogging, Are Always Online, and Don’t Use Twitter
Pew Survey: Teens Love Facebook, Hate Blogging, Are Always Online, and Don’t Use Twitter Rent vs. Own: The Streaming Music Debate Continues from MediaShift The exponential growth of Internet bandwidth combined with the ability to significantly...
American authorities access to banks data: challenges…and perspectives
The EU parliamentary Committee on Civil Liberties provoked a certain sensation by deciding on the 4 February to suggest to the European Parliament plenary not to conclude the interim agreement which allows the Treasury Department of The United State...
Some weird parallel EU communications universe
A retweet from @belitabrux drew my attention today to a Mostra e-book called Opinion Corner. Take a look – it’s well researched, looks smartly designed… but why does it exist? It’s not that different from the (pape...
Unveiled: winning logo design soon to be displayed on all EU organic produce
The European Commission has this morning unveiled the logo that from July 1st will be obligatorily displayed on all pre-packaged organic products that have been produced in EU.The "Euro-leaf" design, shown below, by Dusan Milenkovic, a student from G...
Main ACP-EU events for the week 8th-12th February 2010
European Parliament: -8th-12th February (Strasbourg): Plenary session of the European parliament, MEPs will vote Tuesday on whether to approve or reject the new Barroso II European CommissionEU Presidency:- 10th February (Albacete) : II Conference...
A small victory over the eurosceptics
A small victory for the forces of light against the Dark Empire today, with a retraction by the Daily Express of its ludicrous allegation that the European Commission wanted to ban milk jugs. The London representation of the Commission explains it...
Re-instate Gita Sahgal
Crossposted from Stroppyblog:- Below is a statement by Gita (pictured on the left at last years 20th anniversary of WAF) : Amnesty International and Cageprisoners Statement by Gita Sahgal 7 February 2010 This morning the Sunday Times published an ar...
Our video guest: Carl Haub, Population Reference Bureau, Washington
Our video guest this week is Mr. Carl Haub is a senior demographer and holder of the Conrad Taeuber Chair of Population Information at the Population Reference Bureau in Washington where he has been employed since 1979.On the occasion of his interven...
And here’s to you Mrs Ohlsson…we’d like to know a little bit about you for our files
Last week Birgitta Ohlsson Klamberg was nominated as Sweden’s new Minister for EU Affairs, stepping into the shoes of Cecilia Malmström, EU Commissioner-designate for Home Affairs. The Lobby takes a closer look at Mrs Ohlsson, who could potenti...
Sudan / CPA
Sorry to sound like a stuck record on the importance of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in Sudan, but it is key and needs to be advanced. Glad the FT agrees. ...
Fear that shadows the euro
Once again this week the euro is set to unsettle markets and unnerve politicians. Public sector workers in Greece will strike, so giving an indication as to whether last week's austerity programme can be implemented. Pressure will grow on Germany...
EU against tax fraud
The work programme of the Spanish presidency of the Council of the European Union has described as unfocused and full of good intentions, but the part concerning taxes, under the ECOFIN Council, is quite concrete: Taxation: The fight against fraud (p...
Ukraine: the Beauty and the Beast?
Yanukovich appears to have won, not least because outgoing president Yuschenko played his cards against Tymoschenko. I prefer to call those players by their names, instead of adding ‘tags’ to them. The Western coverage of the Ukraine elec...
Burying an apology
Remember last Wednesday's fictitious Express story about an EU ruling banning milk jugs?They took some research from Spanish academics about milk served in restaurants and cafes in Spain and turned it into another 'EU meddlers' myth.The fact the Expr...
Report on the Public Goods Provided by Agriculture
A new, comprehensive report by the Institute for European Environmental Policy evaluates the concept of public goods as applied to agriculture in Europe and assesses the feasibility of policy support for the provision of public services by agricultur...
