European Parliament

Euro roundup: Greek crisis + the acquittal of Geert Wilders and more…

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A protester in front of the Greeck parliament during a rally against the new austerity package. Reuters VIDEO: Greek crisis dominates EU summit from BBC News | Europe | World Edition The threat of a Greek debt default undermining the euro is overshadowing the European Union summit in Brussels. What’s the worst case scenario for … Read more

Euro agenda: Greek Crisis. A Euro roundup…

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Grassroots Politics Flourish In Greek Turmoil | The New Significance from Social Network Unionism by OrsanSenalp The #SpanishRevolution discussed at IN3, Barcelona from media/anthropology by John Postill Quick notes in preparation for a discussion that will use an op-ed by Manuel Castells, one blog post by Pedro Silverio Moreno, and two other short pieces, as … Read more

Massive Euro roundup: Mladic arrested, deepening Eurozone crisis, Spanish riots, Grek worries…

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WLCentral will be providing news coverage from Spain on the ongoing #spanishrevolution trough this liveblog. Contact us at @wikileaks_world or wikileaksworld@wikileaksworld.org to help us with footage, information and opinion.15MayRevolution.com provides information in English about the 15M movement. An updated agenda of related protests around the world can be found here. Serbia: Arrest of Ratko Mladic … Read more

rethinking death penalty may another sign of leaving the EU dream… A FP roundup..

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From the Bosphorus: Straight – Renewed death penalty no answer by HDN Turkey formally abolished the death penalty in 2002. It was the right decision then. It is the right decision today. The return of the death penalty by FATMA DİŞLİ ZIBAK The brutal killings of three children in Kayseri as well as one in … Read more

Another EU summit right now. new eurozone bail-out system and more… A Euro roundup

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FT video: Eurozone crisis nears crux from Brussels Blog by FT Portugal?s prime minister has resigned on the eve of an EU summit that is supposed to move towards a ?grand bargain? to bolster the eurozone and strengthen its crisis prevention ability. The currency bloc is in a bind. Lex?s Edward Hadas and Vincent Boland … 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

Twitter and European Public Intellectuals (by Jon Worth) [and a Euro roundup as usual]

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Public intellectuals on Twitter ? where are the Brits (or even the Europeans)?

from Jon Worth

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EP condemn France on Romas, France doesn’t mind…

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Parliament demands France immediately stop Roma expulsions from EUobserver.com – Headline News Sarkozy, EPP lose Parliament vote on Roma from EurActiv.com The centre-right European People’s Party (EPP), which houses French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s troops in the European Parliament, failed to bloc a resolution today (9 September) strongly condemning France’s expulsions of Roma. Euro MPs condemn … Read more

Euro roundup: Belgian EU Presidency begins

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MAIN FOCUS: Divided Belgium takes over EU presidency | 01/07/2010

from euro|topics

Belgium takes over the EU Council Presidency for six months today, Thursday. But the country is deeply divided politically and has only a provisional government led by former Premier Yves Leterne, who was voted out of office in June. The press, however, is confident of the strength of the EU and believes the current Belgian regionalism is a model for Europe.

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Euro roundup: European Digital Agenda etc

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http://www.diskursdisko.de/2010/04/juan-leguizamon-nautische-geschichten/ http://www.behance.net/jflegui found in  Juan F. Leguizamon ******************* Improving EU economic governance: Impressive Herman Van Rompuy by Grahnlaw Winston Churchill is said to have quipped that the Labour leader Clement Attlee was a man who had much to be modest about. At (s)election time British tabloids, which pray at the shrine of John Bull, were … Read more

France’s e-cars, EP’s request for better trains…

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European parliament demands better trains

from FP Passport by Joshua Keating

France awaits clearer EU strategy on e-cars

from EurActiv.com by paul

France’s ambitious national strategy on electric cars is awaiting a clearer position from the European Union, EurActiv France reports.

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“European Innovation Scoreboard 2009

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European Innovation Scoreboard 2009

Source: Pro Inno Europe
From Europa Press Release:

Most EU Member States until 2008 were steadily improving their innovation performance. The economic crisis may, however, be hampering this progress, according to the 2009 European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) published today. Early indications show that the worst hit are Member States with lower levels of innovation performance, potentially reversing the convergence process witnessed over recent years. Meanwhile, the latest statistics show that the EU is having difficulty in catching up with the US in innovation performance, although it maintains a clear lead over the emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China, despite rapid improvements in China.

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Roundup: “The decline of Europe’s social democratic parties” and more…

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MAIN FOCUS: EU may help Athens | 17/03/2010

from euro|topics

The financial ministers of the Eurozone countries have not as it turns out presented a concrete bailout plan for Greece, but merely agreed at the beginning of the week on “technical modalities” for the approval of such a plan. The Eurozone countries lack a strong leadership, say some commentators, while others see progress and call for still more cooperation.

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Looks like Sarkozy has a problem

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French voters deliver blow to Sarkozy

from FT.com – World, Europe
French voters deliver a rebuke to the government of Nicolas Sarkozy with opposition parties winning an unprecedented share of the vote in the first round of regional elections

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EP against ACTA measures

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EU Parliament votes 663-13 against ACTA’s enforcement measures

from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow

The European Parliament resoundingly voted against the secret Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), in a resounding 663 to 13 tally. The parliamentarians defied the EU executive and threatened to take the issue to the European Court of Justice if the EU doesn’t reject ACTA’s provisions on disconnection for infringement and other enforcement provisions.

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