The Other Side Of The Skills Mismatch
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Several of my recent posts have related to the “skills mismatch” in Europe. In these times of high unemployment it seems right to do so and I clearly recall the emphasis placed on education during the eSkills launch a few weeks ago (I wro...
Democracy and the eurozone’s fiscal pact: are they compatible? (16 April 2012)
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5.30 for 6.00 pm – 8.00pm, followed by a reception, National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2HE Throughout this year, the Federal Trust is jointly organising a series of conferences on European economic themes together with the Konr...
Ayşe Özer: Süpürün!
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SÜPÜRÜN! Çocuklarımız ateist, tinerci filan olup da 900’lü hatları aramasınlar diye icat edilen yeni çağrı merkezimizin numarası 444 le başlıyor. Aradığınızda sizi şuh sesli “hanım arkadaşlar” değil, kaygan ve yapışkan...
When panic-buying makes sense
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The queues outside petrol stations last week tell us something important about the way politics is conducted in this country (or, for that matter, anywhere else). The lesson is that panic-buying sometimes make sense, which means that the purpose of...
A true union of peoples? - Part 2
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It’s always been easier to determine what does not contribute to a true union of peoples - and there were some examples which I heard at a conference last week which reflected on the Lisbon Treaty.• Turf wars between the European institutions do...
Book Review: The Labour Party in Britain and Norway: Elections and the Pursuit of Power Between the World Wars
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Glen O’Hara finds The Labour Party in Britain and Norway to be an excellent and bracing study of two nations and two parties struggling with the implications of a restive mass democracy between the World Wars. David Redvaldsen’s work is...
Book Review: A Transatlantic History of the Social Sciences: Robber Barons, the Third Reich and the Invention of Empirical Social Research, by Christian Fleck
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A Transatlantic History of the Social Sciences helps us better understand how and in what way the social sciences came to occupy a central place in universities across Europe and North America. Author Christian Fleck shows that the social sciences w...
London Liberal Democrats’ Spring Conference
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With just over a month to go to the London Mayoral and GLA elections, London Liberal Democrats had their minds firmly focussed on campaigning when we gathered in the East Wintergarden at Canary Wharf yesterday, chaired by (Baroness) Susan Kramer. Th...
Waste, waste, waste…..
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It is always pleasing when you look below the surface and see real change in a market, city or organization. No more so than with the low-carbon economy, a market that is growing rapidly and creating a more sustainable model of development. Although...
Ukraine and Georgia: Between the Wider Europe and the New Russian Geopolitics
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Ukraine and Georgia, two states between East and West, are of interest for the European Union, for Russia and for the United States. Kiev and Tbilisi have not written their future yet, but we could make some prospects according to the current geopoli...
Ways To Train Your Cat Numerous Cat Tricks
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Individuals train their very own dogs to do some tricks. You may want to teach your kitten to carry out tricks as well and even show up the dogs. It's possible to discover ways to train your cat to perform some tricks. Exactly what tricks would your...
Britain’s Olympic Hopefuls – Chrystall Nicoll
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Chrystall Nicoll was born in Dorset in 1986, but now trains at Brentwood in Essex. Chrystall was known as a gifted sportsperson who took up fencing aged 10 at her local club. It was a weekly social activity with friends … Continue reading ...
No April Fools’ Day joke: Waiting eight months for one EU document
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I would love to say that this is an April Fools’ Day joke, but it ain’t. Eight months ago, I have requested 1 document from the European Commission, and I still have not received anything. Initially, access was refused and the ordinary de...
Europe in search of an identity
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Our own European Parliament is finally realizing that Europeans need an identity:The European Parliament is trying to cultivate a "European identity," with top officials saying that it is the only way to ensure a lasting union between member sta...
Creating an organized exchange of ideas (by using Twitter)
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Dear reader,while reading Discussing EU blogging and the unlinked EU blogosphere by Ron Patz the idea was born to speed up the process Bruegel blog wanted to inspire. From personal experience it is known that while in general European professors of...
Just when you thought it was safe to get back in the water
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What a horrible night Thursday was. I had vaguely expected to hear of another humiliation for George Galloway on the electoral trail, and with that, and Press TV being shut down I thought he would disappear from sight and hearing. But he comes sc...
Just when you thought it was safe to get back in the water
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What a horrible night Thursday was. I had vaguely expected to hear of another humiliation for George Galloway on the electoral trail, and with that, and Press TV being shut down I thought he would disappear from sight and hearing. But he comes sc...
What is the opposite of synergy? EU2020 and Single Market Act
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What is the opposite of synergy? Why do we need to pose the question with regard to the European Union and its member states? EU2020 In EU growth and prosperity through EU2020? I collected some blog posts in English about the national political l...
5 secrets the Irish Government don’t want you to know.
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1. In Fr Patrick Ryan Park, in Merrion Square, a large rise in the middle of one of the greens is where the emergency government bunker is kept. It’s accessed from a hidden manhole in nearby bushes, and was commissioned in the early 1970s when...
Barroso working on a plan to bring UK closer to the European Union
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This is how European stamps could soon look , if the new Barroso plan is implementedThe leaders of two of the most powerful European Union member countries, Angela Merkel and Nicholas Sarkozy have lately been worried about David Cam...
Bulgaria: Sofia Students Plan to Protest if Officials Impose Curfew
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The accidental killing of a student in the student district of Sofia sparkled a debate in Bulgaria. The government ended up with a quick and controversial solution: to impose a curfew on the district. This is mostly seen as a wrong solution to the wr...
Tom Gilmartin New ireland
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It is clear from the treatment of Tom Gilmartin that Ireland was closed for business save for a few gougers in the 1980s and 1990s.I found the same to be true in my own affairs in those years in Ireland. I would hope that given the Mahon report Gilma...
ΔΙΑΣΩΣΗ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΩΝ - Ο ΦΙΛΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΟΣ ΤΡΟΠΟΣ (UPDATE no. 3)
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ΠΡΟΣΟΧΗ: ΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΕΙ ΣΕΝΤΟΝΙΑΔΑΤους τελευταίους μήνες ξεκίνησε στο διαδίκτυο μια ενδιαφέρουσα συζήτηση για τα ηθικά διλήμματα των Ελλήν
Is Europe prepared for the new world order?
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In the first time since centuries, Asia’s military spending will surpass that of Europe in 2012 according to London based International Institute for Strategic Studies, which is preparing to launch its annual Military Balance publication. With Asia...
Russia: US Envoy's Use of Twitter to Further Transparency
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Michael McFaul, the US Ambassador to Russia, used his Twitter account to voice his concerns that diplomatic protocols had been violated when it appeared his schedule had been leaked to journalists at the NTV television network. Donna Welles reports.
Slovakia: Paying More Due to Corruption in the Area of State Tenders
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Tibor Blazko highlights the ongoing public debate on corruption in the area of state tenders in Slovakia.
Economists discover solution to financial crisis
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A guest post from Jerome Booth, Head of Research, Ashmore Investment Management Limited read more...
Europe’s imagined financial centres III – financial agglomeration in Europe as cultural phenomenon*
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* This is the third part of a shortened and revised version of a paper published as Centres of Finance, Centres of Imagination: On Collective Memory and Cultural Identity in European Financial Market Places, in: GaWC Research Bulletin 92, 20th Augu...
Europe’s imagined financial centres III – financial agglomeration in Europe as cultural phenomenon*
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* This is the third part of a shortened and revised version of a paper published as Centres of Finance, Centres of Imagination: On Collective Memory and Cultural Identity in European Financial Market Places, in: GaWC Research Bulletin 92, 20th Augu...
Vaga General – caçant mosques a trets
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Això de fer vaga trobo que és una reliquia, tan arcaïca com la sobirania nacional i la democràcia tradicional. I no ho dic perquè hi hagi “violents” o no violents a una i altra banda que acabin capitalitzant l’esforç d’una pila de gent...
PPP - Moving towards a mature debate?
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The rapid expansion of the use of PFI in the United Kingdom was not underpinned by a prior analysis of the approach which best accorded primacy to the public sector’s aim for whole-life value for money in the achievement of its service delivery obj...
Europe’s Periphery: A postmodern version of Britain in the 1930s?
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While it is quite correct to draw parallels between the Crashes of 1929 and 2008, it is important to distinguish not only between the two eras but also between the different experiences of different nations within the same era. The simple, but not in...
Europe’s Periphery: A postmodern version of Britain in the 1930s?
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While it is quite correct to draw parallels between the Crashes of 1929 and 2008, it is important to distinguish not only between the two eras but also between the different experiences of different nations within the same era. The simple, but not in...
