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No Ryan, no Hillz
No Ryan, no Hillz over here… Filed under: Opinion Tagged: boring, EU, Europe, Hillary Clinton, hillz, meme, Ryan Gosling...
Be careful…
Hard to know who they really are… Filed under: Opinion Tagged: Banker, Banks, EU, Euro, Eurocrisis, Europe, eurozone, politics...
On freedom
We say we are free, but are we really? What makes us free? The fact that we can go to the polling station every couple of years? Not being thrown in prison because of our beliefs or without prior, proven, wrongdoing against others? Or because we can...
Thank god, there is a crack: Conservative Europe
Sarkozy is trailing Hollande in the polls and we are only 5 weeks away from the first round of the French presidential elections. Thank god. For too long has a conservative alliance determined the course of European politics. Germany, France and the...
Growing together
A new ad by the EU on enlargement. Italy? France? No, its the Balkans. Very nice idea to make the case for Europe united in diversity (and hey that’s actually the official motto of the EU ) Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Balkans, enlargem...
75 percent?
75% in tax for everyone earning over one million € per year. Francois Hollande, socialist candidate for the French Presidential election, recently added this proposal to his campaign platform. What irritated Left or Social Democratic parties in ot...
Give Greece a Chance
Campaign by Peter Economides. I think he is right. Whether giving them a chance translates into austerity, austerity and austerity...
A Greek ‘Thank you’
Good to see pictures like this in times like these… Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: crisis, debt, EU, Europe, eurozone, Greece...
Eurovision in Baku
Azerbaijan is no 152 out of 178 when it comes to press freedoms. Other violations of human rights are of also nothing unusual. Can Europe simply ignore this and happily travel to Baku in May this year and ‘celebrate’ the continents music?
Two recent European Parliament videos
Martin Schulz, EP President A Year in Pictures at the EP Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: 2011, ep, EU, European Parliament, Martin Schulz...
On greek austerity
The path of austerity for Greece seems inevitable. The country needs to reign in the excessive spending and borrowing of the last years. However, more and more criticism has been voiced, outlining that austerity measures have been driven to an unacce...
Updates on Syria
Updates on situation in Syria BREAKING: Activists tell AlJazeera #Syria military helicopters bombing #Homs, which has been pounded by artillery for 6 days — CBS News (@CBSNews) February 9, 2012 Updated: Schedule for Worldwide Protests for #Syria Ch...
How much longer can we stay out of it? – Syria
After the Russian and Chinese veto in the UN Security Council, Civilians in the Syrian city of Homs are more and more hopeless. They feel betrayed by the international community. Sure, Russia and China will be the ones loosing the most credit among t...
Heard of your EU Commissioner?
Have a look at the Financial Times Blog entry by Peter Spiegel. Turns out the Finns know their commissioner. I assume that is largely due to the lack of other current internationaly active politicians. (Same as with other small member states appearin...
What needs to be done in Europe’s neighbourhood
For decades the EU has supported repressive regimes in North Africa and the Middle East. The Arab Spring did not occur because of EU support for pro-Democracy movements. It happened despite the EU! It is time for the EU to stop perceiving its Souther...
For a different democracy in Europe
Let’s make a step towards more democracy in Europe, using all the new tools we have available now. In the short-term that means allowing for more direct democracy. Of course we need elected officials for the day-to-day decision making. But why...
West lost leverage
As the UN Security Council gets ready to take another vote on a resolution condemning the violence in Syria later today, one (again) has to ask whether actors such as the EU are still capable to apply pressure on Russia or China. Both have blocked re...
French presidentials not just a domestic affair
Reblogged from Frenchonomix: There is a fascinating play of transnational dynamic going on in this election. As France’s presidential candidates continue to brandish their manifestos, Europe’s other top two economies – Germany and...
