"Commissioners to plan next EU projects...
EU gives up on 'metric Britain'
The European Union is abandoning plans to force Britain to phase out the imperial measurement system.
Russian pressure 'saved Karadzic'
Russia blocked the arrest of most-wanted Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, an ex-UN aide says.
In pictures: Sheep invade Madrid; Images from the Spanish capital where farmers invade chic streets to defend ancient grazing routes.
Divergences remain despite call for EU unity on Kosovo
Member states remain split on the issue of the future status of Kosovo, following an informal meeting of European foreign ministers in Viana do Castelo on 8-9 September 2007.
Polish elections hang over EU Treaty talks
The EU is hopeful of finalising its new 'Reform Treaty' in less than six weeks, despite renewed worries over the upcoming Polish elections to be held on 21 October, foreign ministers announced after an informal meeting on 7-8 September.
Commissioners to plan next EU projects
Last election week in Greece
Ariana FERENTINOU
DOSSIER: Ang Lee wins the Golden Lion | 10/09/2007
The 64th Venice Film Festival came to an end last weekend. Winner of the Golden Lion was Taiwanese film director Ang Lee with his wartime spy thriller "Se, jie" (Lust, Caution). The newspapers criticise the festival and express their concern about its future in the face of toughening competition.
Qantara.de - Islam and Muslims in Germany - The Changing Image of Turks in Germany
British mosques under control of hardline sect An investigation by The Times has found that almost half of Britain's mosques are controlled by a hardline Islamic sect...
An Adeuquate EU Response Strategy to Address Situations of Fragility and Difficult Environments ECDPM
A 109-page report for the EU President on the issues facing the EU in dealing with failing states
BERIL DEDEOGLU: The EU's Belgium problem
The fall of the Berlin Wall, symbolizing the end of the Cold War, has allowed the unification of a nation driven apart by antagonistic political regimes.Daily Telegraph Would we miss Belgium? Three months after the election, there is still no Belgian government, which prompts the question: would it matter if there were never a Belgian government?
Eurosceptics are swimming against the tide
Roland Rudd Don't be fooled: Britain could only lose from a referendum on the EU reform treaty.Radio Netherlands : 'Dutch left must be more articulate in Islam debate' - by Michel Hoebink
Most European Nations Keep God Out of Constitution
IN Europe | Deutsche Welle | 09.09.2007
Newsweek: "American Meritocracy Catches on in Europe"
Joerg Wolf
"Europeans are adopting American values, but slowly and selectively," writes Jacopo Barigazzi in Newsweek:
Nobody would argue that Europe has become an American-style meritocracy, but the concept is no longer as alien as it once was. When I was in high school, 20 years ago, teachers went on strike for a salary increase. I mentioned a strange, American conceptpay raises linked to performanceand was accused of being a right-winger. Now this alien term appears in the manifestos of all would-be prime ministers for the next Italian elections.
Populism in eastern central Europe
by Jacques Rupnik
Directly after the fall of communism, hopes burgeoned for democracy and capitalism in a "new" eastern central Europe. What does the current climate of populism mean for these hopes and how does it affect these countries' relations with the EU?
Merkel supports Sarkozy on future of EU debate
[Comment] What do the referendum campaigners really want?
Europe's favourite pastimes - Bringing you the obscure and traditional sports of Europe
by Mark Humphreys
If there is one thing that really brings people together, it has to be sport, whether you practise it yourself or prefer to watch it. Yet few people know that many of today’s "modern" sports find their origins in the various historical and cultural traditions throughout Europe that make up our great continent.....
How will MEPs use the internet in 2009?
by fhbrussels
It is of course with interest that we follow developments in the current US Presidential election primaries. We love gun toting YouTube questioners and rejoice at the plethora of blogs, websites and social media that our US friends use to build their databases, motivate supporters and of course harvest small individual donations for campaign coffers. The question we keep asking ourselves is will our MEPs follow suit and adopt some of these tactics in 2009? Signs are looking good, even at this early stage.
The EU-US healthcare divide
by beccaet
The New Treaty and Britain
I have noted with interest the recent exchanges in the Comments section of my last couple of posts between Ben Murphy (who seems to be new – welcome), Robin, Max and others. You may also be interested in this website I found today where there is to be an open exchange of letters between Neil O’Brien of Open Europe and Richard Corbett MEP: A debate on Britain and the EU
MORE ON ISLAM IN EUROPEMcClatchy Germany considers increased spying on Muslims
Arrest of One Turk in Germany Brings New Scrutiny to a Society of 2.7 Million
Are Muslim Immigrants Different in Terms of Cultural Integration?
IZA
This 23-page discussion paper compares the determinants of religious identity for Muslims and non-Muslims in the UK
Islamizing Finland
Boston Globe Editorial An antiterrorism lesson
THE ARREST Tuesday of three suspects in a plot to carry out bombings in Germany offers crucial lessons about preventing terrorism. Some of those lessons have to do with the tactics of law-enforcement and intelligence agencies. But the most beneficial insight Americans could gain from the German example is that war is the wrong metaphor for a nation's defense against ...Washington Institute Turkey's Headscarf Dilemma: Is There a Way Out? By Soner Cagaptay
