EU summits/meetings

Davutoğlu rhetorically fantastic, but I wonder what Libyan resistance thinks about.. A Foreign Policy roundup…

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Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu speaks during the Leaders of Change Summit in Istanbul March 14, 2011. NATO member Turkey on Monday held out against growing international calls to impose a no-fly zone over Libya, saying such operation would be unhelpful and fraught with risk. “Military intervention by NATO in Libya or any other country … Read more

Cengiz Aktar: Mor Gabriyel

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Mor Gabriyel Avrupa Parlamentosu?nun (AP) son raporu şu kayda değer ifadeyle başlıyor: ?(AP) Türkiye?nin daha demokratikleşmesine destekleri ve açık ve çoğulcu bir toplum hedefine bağlılıklarından ötürü Türk vatandaşları ve sivil toplumunu kutlar?. İstanbul Tophane Depo?da İnsan Hakları Vakfı?nın 20. yılı için düzenlenen müthiş sergi bu övgünün kanıtı. Çoğu genç onlarca sanatçının çalışmalarını 22 Nisan?a kadar muhakkak … Read more

What’s up in Libya and in Arab World. A massive roundup.

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  Thinking strategically: Libya from Ideas on Europe by European Geostrategy By James Rogers and Luis Simón US sees Gaddafi going, going… nowhere by Mark Mardell (the Reporters) President Barack Obama has said repeatedly that Col Muammar Gaddafi should go, now his top adviser on intelligence has said the Libyan ruler will probably win his … Read more

European Parliament report slams Turkey; Gov’t still in denial

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  European Parliament adopts critical report on Turkey from Hurriyet Dailynews by ANKARA – Hürriyet Daily News The European Parliament expressed serious doubts about press freedom in Turkey in a criticism-laden report it adopted Wednesday. (UPDATED)   Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (C) and his counterparts, Franco Frattini (L) of Italy and Carl Bildt of … Read more

by the way, Paris G20 was targeted by a Cyber attack

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VIDEO: Cyber attack targeted Paris G20 from BBC News | Europe | World Edition The French finance ministry has confirmed it came under a cyber attack in December that targeted files on the G20 summit held in Paris in February. It appears that somebody was trying to sneak a look at documents ahead of the … Read more

by the way, Belgium has a record

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photo source Belgium beats Iraq from Brussels Blog by Stanley Pignal Belgium sets a dubious record on Thursday when it overtakes post-war Iraq as the country that has gone longest without a government. It?s a surreal achievement greeted with a mix of amusement and quiet despair in the streets of Brussels. (I speak of ?Brussels? … Read more

by the way, EU had a summit…

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Calling Europe’s bluff in north Africa, Fabrizio Tassinari from open Democracy News Analysis – by Fabrizio Tassinari Europe has taken too little interest in the political path of its southern neighbours, argues Fabrizio Tassinari. An old Moroccan legend has it that the people of Andalusia, in Southern Spain, once complained to king Alexander of Macedonia … Read more

Another Davos without PM Erdoğan, Davos and social media etc.

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Davos summed up in one photo from FP Passport by Joshua Keating Turkey’s deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Coordination of the Economy Ali Babacan attends a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, January 28, 2011. Organisers and CEOs at the annual Davos meeting projected cautious confidence in the global economy as … Read more

Euro roundup: Hungarian Media Law comes with anxieties

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Hungarian Media Law Translated from Stephen Spillane by Stephen The National Media and Infocommunications Authority Hungary (Nmhh) have published the Act on Media Services and Mass Media on their website in PDF format. Hungarian media law and EU Council presidency: Evolving European opinion by Grahnlaw A measure of European public opinion is already reflected on … Read more

Euro roundup: Open Europe’s 2011 brief, EU and Switzerland, Hungarian media law…

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The EU in 2011 from Open Europe blog by Open Europe blog team For those of you who can’t wait to see what 2011 has in store for European politics, Open Europe has published a briefing looking at the issues facing the EU – and most importantly the eurozone – next year. Read it here. Nationalism: the European bogey-man? … Read more

European personalities of the year from Cafe Babel

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Italy: Nichi Vendola, future leader of Italy?

Catholic, homosexual, communist and ecologist, the Bari-born politician is the only credible alternative to Berlusconism. The problem is that the democratic party (the main opposition party PD) doesn?t like the 52-year-old or his Sinistra, Ecologia e Libertà (?left ecology freedom, SEL) party. Nor has Vendola any representatives in parliament. But the young generation see hope for the future via the left in him. The BBC is dubbing him Italy?s Obama whilst the Italians call him a ?left-wing Berlusconi? (?Berlusconi di sinistra?) (Federico Iarlori, cafebabel.it/ Image: (cc) GhostSwann/ Vincenzo Fiore/ Flickr)

check out the rest which includes a Turkish one!

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Euro roundup: EU Summit ends, European eGovernment Action Plan in 22 languages etc…

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http://www.simonfernandes.com found here: céu EU summit: The conclusions from Brussels Blog by Peter Spiegel We now have a full copy of the conclusions reached by the European heads of government. Not many surprises in there, but I thought I?d post an annotated version below for those interested in EU arcana EU summit: The view from … Read more

EU Summit begins, new Eurobarometer reports and a Euro roundup

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Riot police guarded a bank in Athens yesterday during a nationwide protest against the government?s latest austerity measures. (Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images) EU summit: The early betting line from Brussels Blog by Peter Spiegel The EU?s final two-day heads of government summit of 2010 starts Thursday and early betting is that it will be much quieter … Read more

Euro roundup: EU labour migration, Germany losing friends, Europe’s carbon trade, London protests etc…

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Germany flexes muscle, loses friends from FP Passport by Cameron Abadi At next week’s EU summit in Brussels, you can expect the usual photos of backslapping European leaders sharing broad laughs and whispered asides. But behind closed doors, things are likely to be a lot frostier: by all indications, personal relations among EU power players … Read more

More of Sarkozy’s ugly face: “Sarkozy to journalists: ‘See you tomorrow, paedophile friends’

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Sarkozy to journalists: ‘See you tomorrow, paedophile friends’ from FP Pasaport by Joshua Keating Sarko’s temper flares again in response to a reporter’s question about allegations that he took kickbacks from a weapons deal with Pakistan to fund his presidential campaign: Access to scientific data: European Court of Human Rights judgement from Ideas on Europe … Read more