Reconstructing Europe: Two Alternative Proposals for a European Constitution
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Reconstructing Europe: Two Alternative Proposals for a European Constitution
ZEI A 106-page German discussion paper offering a 'visionary' constitutional project and a 'realistic' one, relying on the current draft of the Constitutional Treaty
Racisms, Migration & Citizenship in Europe
1. Seminar I: Etienne Balibar and Sandro Mezzadra in Conversation [Audio-English] - 25 May 2007 With Chetan Bhatt and Manuela Bojadzijev (Goldsmiths, London University) Hosted by Centre for the Study of Invention and Social Process (CSISP), Dept of Sociology, Goldsmiths.......
Libya sales deal fuels French row
News of a huge Franco-Libyan arms deal reignites a controversy in France about how the release of medics by Tripoli was secured.
DOSSIER: Were the Bulgarian medics freed in exchange for arms? | 03/08/2007
On Thursday, August 2nd, a number of Libyan sources announced that a major arms deal had been signed with France, fuelling the controversy about compensation payments to Tripoli in exchange for the liberation of the Bulgarian medics. The French state is meanwhile claiming that no contract was signed during the negotiations. The press regrets the lack of transparency in this thorny affair...
Financial Times: Transatlantic travellers on 48-hours notice Western European business travellers will be forced to give 48 hours’ notice of their plans to visit the US under legislation signed by President George W. Bush
Call Her Angie von Bismarck - by Josef Joffe
Most of the headlines about Europe in U.S. newspapers these days have been going to Britain's doughty new prime minister, Gordon Brown of Labor, or France's hard-charging new president, the conservative Nicolas Sarkozy. But the most influential European leader, at least for now, is Angela Merkel. The first female chancellor in German history has been having a very nice run as the uncrowned queen of Europe. She is a staggering 40 points ahead of her Social Democratic rival for the chancellorship. So why has Angie, as so many of her 82 million subjects fondly call her, been doing so well?
A look at how rightwing Nicolas Sarzoky is pursuing a political strategy learned from Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci.
Forbes: Who Paid for Sarkozy's Vacation in US? - Estate owned by former Microsoft Executive
Chicago Tribune : Europe's top ten tourist attractions (as published by TripAdvisor.com) by Phil Marty
Europe's top ten tourist attractions (as published by TripAdvisor.com) by Phil Marty
The top European attractions, according to traveler popularity and TripAdvisor editors:
1. London Eye, London
2. Tower of London, London
3. Eiffel Tower, Paris
4. Musee du Louvre, Paris
5. Colosseum, Rome
6. Anne Frank House, Amsterdam
7. Musee d’Orsay, Paris
8. State Hermitage Museum and Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia
9. Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen
10. The Alhambra, Granada, Spain
The British press hits the hysteria button
Whipping up the sceptics...
The Spectator: EU faces a religious divide
Central and Eastern Europe: Caught between the EU, US and Russia
Wilson International Center
New British Leader's Tightrope With Bush: Be Close Yet Apart
Gordon Brown faces a quandary as he arrives at Camp David tonight for his first sit-down with President Bush as Britain's prime minister: How does he distance himself from a U.S. president who helped sink the popularity of Brown's predecessor but preserve a political relationship that is essential...
The Observer: Outcry as British Council quits Europe to woo Muslim world - by Helena Smith
New York Times On an Ancient Sea, Europe Dreams and Schemes By IAN FISHER A Mediterranean Union where all are rich, none are immigrants. Looks great. Won’t happen.
The Rise of Islamists in the Near East:The EU, the US and Hamas ISN-ETH This Swiss paper describes how the resurgence of the Islamists in the Levant has changed the balance of power and confronted the West with various challenges
The EU's environmental policy is under threat | Spain - El País
DOSSIER: Extreme weather as a harbinger of global warming | 30/07/2007
A summer of extreme weather is testing the endurance of Europeans, with sweltering temperatures and forest fires in the South and floods in the North. Commentators and experts see the extreme weather conditions as a clear sign of global warming, which is still not being taken seriously. They discuss its consequences....
