"Remind me, why do I blog about the EU?
Hahaha writing about EU through Turkish perspective is of course more exciting:p Anything anytime possible to write about:D
Seconded
Jon Worth on the futility of being an EU-focussed blogger.
The only thing I’d say he’s missed is that the EU is also insanely boring, which makes getting up the motivation to write about it even more tricky than the minute readership and constant feeling that your few good ideas are being nicked by people who are then getting paid for it…
Remind me, why do I blog about the EU?
I invest a large amount of time keeping this blog up-to-date. Wherever I am, whatever I’m doing, I think up things I might write, most often matters with an EU-angle. But is it actually worth the effort?
Mardell's Europe
Treaty No vote hands Sarkozy an Irish hot potatoEU countries obstructed investigations into CIA renditions, report says
Majority of French pessimistic about their country's EU presidency
Interview: Irish 'no' affects Polish ratification
Polish President Lech Kaczyński will complete the ratification procedure of the Lisbon Treaty only once there is no doubt that text will indeed enter into force, Polish Permanent Representative to the EU Jan Tombiński told EurActiv in an interview.France hints at Lisbon Treaty reopening
For the first time since the failed referendum on the Lisbon Treaty in Ireland, France has hinted at the possibility of reopening the text to address specific concerns that the Irish may have. A clearer picture could emerge following a fact-finding mission to Dublin by the French EU Presidency on 11 July.Survey: Irish citizens 'positive' about EU
65% of the Irish believe the EU carries "a positive image", according to a survey published on Tuesday (24 June), which contradicts suggestions that the rejection of the Lisbon Treaty in Ireland amounted to a widespread public defiance about the benefits of EU membership.Spotted elsewhere
Catching up on various blogs (and as part of my drive to post more frequently here, even if they are shorter pieces), a couple of interesting pieces from Cicero’s Songs - seemingly one of the few left(ish) liberal British political bloggers to have noticed the Irish Lisbon Treaty referendum result (perhaps because left(ish) liberal British political bloggers rarely seem to notice the EU - a bit of an elephant in the room, than…). In any case, both posts are well worth a read, whether you agree with them or not:
MAIN FOCUS: Pro-European coalition in Serbia | 25/06/2008
Serbia is drawing closer to the EU. Just a few weeks after early parliamentary elections, former president Slobodan Milosevic's Socialist Party of Serbia has agreed to form a coalition with the pro-Western forces rallied around Boris Tadic. What does this amalgamation bode for the Balkans, and for Europe?
Serbia almost has a government!
It looks like Boris Tadic’s Democrats have hammered out a coalition with the small but crucial-for-a-majority Socialists. They tried to convene Parliament a couple of days ago, but the soon-to-be-opposition parties disrupted it. They’re trying again today.
