full report here. EUROPEAN YOUTH: PARTICIPATION IN DEMOCRATIC LIFE INTRODUCTION The primary objective of the Flash Eurobarometer survey ?European Youth: Participation in Democratic Life? (No 375) was to study young EU citizens? participation in society, with special reference to attitudes towards participation in elections and intentions to participate in the European elections in 2014. Only … Read more
France top AAA credit rating lost from BBC News | Europe | World Edition France loses a top AAA credit rating as nine eurozone governments are downgraded by Standard & Poor’s prompting markets to fall. Sarkozy braced for political impact of downgrade from FT.com – World, Europe There is no escaping the stigma of France … Read more
Tezcan: ?Why Have You Naturalized 110,000 Turks?? from ACTURCA by acturca Die Presse (Austria) 10 Novembre 2010 Deutsch Interview with Kadri Ecvet Tezcan, Turkish ambassador to Austria, by Christian Ultsch Kadri Ecvet Tezcan – Do you want me to respond in the interview as a diplomat, which will be boring? Or should I respond as … Read more
Surprise Result ? The most influential European Thinker is an American! from Social Europe Journal by SEJ In our recent readers ballot we asked you who you think are the thinkers with the most influence on the European left-of-centre political agenda. Here are the top 50 of your vote: 1. Paul Krugman MAIN FOCUS: Viennese … Read more
Barroso?s ?State of the Union? speech: A comedy of errors (The trailer) by Grahnlaw Part of our common European cultural heritage is The Comedy of Errors, by the great William Shakespeare. Then we have a comedy of errors, by and for us lesser mortals, ?a dramatic work in which the action usually features a series … Read more