Police in Belfast arrested the former IRA activist and current Irish parliamentarian Gerry Adams on Wednesday. The leader of the Sinn Féin party is suspected of involvement in anIRA killing committed in 1972. Commentators talk of an important step in the Northern Ireland peace process and praise the efforts to clear up the crimes of the Troubles in which no one is seen as being above the law.
MAIN FOCUS: 10th anniversary of EU’s eastern expansion | 30/04/2014
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The EU celebrates the 10th anniversary of its enlargement towards the East on May 1. Commentators assess the results as positive and stress the advantages of an enlarged Union, particularly in view of the Ukraine crisis
European Parliament elections are almost always marked by tension between pro- and anti-Europeans. But what really is at stake ? and thus should be the focus of electoral debate ? is how Europe can generate sustained economic growth
Our young bloggers from across the EU discuss the rise of the far right in Europe. Part twohere.
- Who are you calling a Nazi?
- Celebrating the Polish way
- Croatia’s flammability
- How the rise of the front national is reshuffling the political game and endangering France?s relationship with Europe
Who are you calling a Nazi?
by Marcus How
Our young bloggers from across the EU discuss the rise of the far right in Europe. Part onehere.
- What’s left when you are (far) right in Bulgaria?
- Which way is ‘right’?
- We have to complete Europe. We must make Europeans
- Why the left is responsible for the rise of the far right
What’s left when you are (far) right in Bulgaria?
Press freedom index reveals a divided Europe
EurActiv.com
Sanctions will not impress Vladimir Putin enough to persuade him to change course on Ukraine, because he and his cronies are isolating Russia economically and financially more effectively than most sanctions could. Peaceful yet tangible political steps within the EU, including the creation of a European energy union, just might
The divided house of anti-Europe
open Democracy News Analysis – by Cas Mudde
Right-wing Eurosceptic parties will have more MEPs than ever before in the next European Parliament. But this doesn’t mean they will be able to form a united Eurosceptic front.
Kiev ‘helpless’ in east Ukraine
BBC News | Europe | World Edition
Ukraine’s acting President Olexander Turchynov admits his forces are helpless to quell unrest driven by pro-Russia activists in parts of the east
The ?equality economy?: tackling labour-market insecurity in Europe
open Democracy News Analysis – by Michaël Privot
While since ?9/11? a militarised conception of security has dominated the world, the global economic crisis has seen insecurity in the labour market mushroom. Marking international workers’ day, could Europe lead the way to a more secure ?equality economy??
IMF approves $17bn Ukraine bailout
BBC News | Europe | World Edition
The International Monetary Fund approves a bailout for Ukraine, to help the country’s beleaguered economy
Banana-throwing fan in Spain faces charges
Spanish police said Wednesday they have laid criminal charges against a football fan for throwing a banana at Barcelona defender Dani Alves, a slur that has sparked a global storm of anti-racist protest
The Eurosceptic Surge and How to Respond to it
Source: European Council on Foreign Relations Ahead of the European elections in May, Europe?s far-right parties are forging an anti-EU alliance…The so-called European Alliance for Freedom aims to form a group in the European Parliament (which currently requires 25 members from seven EU member states). It is also reaching out to the
Ukraine And EU Enlargement 10 Years After Big Bang
Social Europe Journal by Jan Marinus Wiersma
While the world watches nervously the developments in Ukraine, one cannot but ask oneself what would have happened if the EU (and/or NATO for that matter) had incorporated this country following the events of 2004, the Orange Revolution. Then as now Brussels refused to consider the country a viable candidate for membership. In fact the EU looked in other directions for further enlargements: Turkey, the Western Balkans and Iceland
French far-Left divided for European elections
EurActiv.com by Kelly Thomas
How does Europe wean itself off Russian gas?
BBC News | Europe | World Edition
How does Europe wean itself off Russian gas?
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