EU institutions on Twitter
from EU Pundit by Andis Kaulins
The E.U. as a surveillance society,
from open Democracy News Analysis – by Anthony Barnett
For the first time the EU wide moves towards a surveillance society and a database state set out in all their appalling glory. A major report has recently been published NeoConOpticon. It has its own webpage . The authors, with Ban Hayes of Statewatch in the lead, have put together the military and the domestic aspects of the European Security Research Programme.
Berlusconi is ‘rock star of 2009’
Italy’s PM Silvio Berlusconi has been named ‘rock star of the year’ by his country’s Rolling Stone magazine.