"Expansion without enlargement
At Home in Europe
The latest edition of LabforCulture's newsletter asks what it means to be 'at home in Europe'. Guest edited by Clymene Christoforou, Co-Director of ISIS Arts in the UK, the lead partner of the project At Home in Europe, the newsletter features contributions from some of the artists and organisations involved in the project and invites you to join in the debate.
Expansion without enlargement
by Georg Vobruba
In order to protect its core, the EU is creating a buffer zone at its periphery. But these states are perceived as a source of problems as much as a solution. [English version added]
This week in Network Europe
- EU wants mandatory safety tests on some toys
- Film censor steps down in protest agaisnt censorship in Sweden
- Republicans in Northern Ireland want to encourage talking in Irish through new bill
- OSCE slams Poland for refusing to issue an invitation to watch parliamentary elections
- Cycling in Prague only for the brave?
- Marceau said much with his silent act
Sarkozy weighs US and Europe
The French president's impulsive new strategy may see him win America only to lose Europe, writes John Thornhill
European Policy Analysts Want the United States to Stay in Iraq
by Joerg Wolf
I have interviewed 14 policy analysts from ten European countries regarding the US debate on Iraq. In a nutshell the main conclusions are:.......
“I want a referendum” in the shadow of Open Europe
by Thomas Lefebvre
Ukraine crisis and a passive Europe
Elections called by presidential fiat take place on 30 September. Europe needs to sit up and pay more attention for the country to be an effective stabile democracy
