"Turkey: Human Rights Concerns in the Lead up to July Parliamentary Elections
Turkish result: Your views
Turkey's governing AK Party have claimed a comprehensive victory in the country's general election. Send us your reaction....EU talks to thrash out new treaty
The European Union launches talks on drafting a new treaty to reform the 27-member bloc.
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Interview: Enlarged Europe 'still a learning process'
Both Eastern and Western Europeans must deal with similar challenges brought by globalisation. And the threat of dangerous over-reactions by unhappy populations led by populist governments is real across the continent, says Dr András Inotai of the Institute for World Economics in Budapest.
Economic patriotism fuels populism and demagogy
Central and Eastern Europe has seen tremendous changes since the fall of the Berlin Wall, moving from state-sponsored socialism to market democracy and EU membership in less than 15 years. EurActiv spoke with a leading academic about the legacy of enlargement, political and social realities in the new member states, and future challenges....
EU to adopt nanotech code of conduct
The Commission is set to put forward a voluntary code of conduct for responsible nanotech research in late 2007, as lack of scientific knowledge about the risks of the emerging technology is impeding the development of specific legislation in the field.
Human Rights Watch Turkey: Human Rights Concerns in the Lead up to July Parliamentary Elections Download PDF file (21 pages, 197 kb )
Background Reports on Turkey Available Freedom House
A New Transatlantic Relationship? European Response to US Global Hegemony DIIS A 21-page Danish working paper examining how Europe has responded to changes in US strategic and military policy
Hamastan vs. Fatahland: A Chance for Progress in the Middle East?
SWP An 8-page German commentary on the implications of recent events in Gaza
ISS-EU This 116-page papper explores the scope and limits of 'transformational diplomacy'
Q&A: The Reform Treaty
Key questions answered on the EU's planned Reform Treaty, and the intergovernmental conference that will negotiate it.
EU Supreme Court: ISPs not obliged to reveille identity of people suspected of illegal sharing
The EU's 'Reform Treaty'
At the June European Summit, the German EU Presidency clinched a political agreement for a detailed mandate to launch an Intergovernmental Conference (IGC), which will finalise the text of a new Treaty to reform the EU's institutions. The details of the Reform Treaty still need to be agreed upon by EU leaders, with the incoming Portuguese Presidency hoping to sign a new 'Lisbon Treaty' in October....
Naughty EU Media
EU Commission uses sexy film scenes to show how it supports European cinema...
Mechanical Masturbation
In northern Europe, one out of two women uses a mechanical sex toy and 'Tupper-dildo' parties are increasingly popular...
Of mice, men and the language of EU reform
by Hugo BradyBeware the humourless, especially in politics. At a CER/Clifford Chance conference last week, Guiliano Amato, Italy’s interior minister, pronounced that the Reform Treaty was a return to familiar territory for the EU: an unreadable treaty. A few refused to get the joke, portraying Amato’s playful observation as an explosive revelation that the Reform Treaty is indeed the EU constitution encrypted. ("Loathsome smugness", seethes Open Europe’s blog).....
Identity and Change in the Network Society
Sociology of Public Intellectuals
Against Globalization and its Non-Emancipatory Responses: G8-Summit Protests in Germany
Brown and Sarkozy team up on 'green' tax
France and Britain have announced their support for reduced value-added tax rates for cars, efficient light-bulbs and other consumer products that are less environmentally damaging. But the issue promises to provoke controversy, as changes to EU tax rules must be agreed unanimously by all 27 member states.
EU opens up Treaty revision with launch of IGC
The EU is set to launch an Intergovernmental Conference in Brussels today (23 July) to revise its institutions and power-sharing system amid growing calls in the UK to submit the draft 'Reform Treaty' to a referendum.
