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Europshere roundup: More spying row as “Fresh claims emerge in US-Germany spying row…

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  Morning Brief: NSA Monitored 60 Million Calls in Spain in One Month NSA Monitored 60 Million Calls in Spain in One Month Top News: A report that the National Security Agency monitored 60 million Spanish telephone calls over the course of a one-month period prompted calls from Spain that that the United States must explain the extent of … Read more

Eurosphere roundup: No new pope yet, Snow brings chaos to Northern Europe …

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Cardinals fail to elect new pope from BBC News | Europe | World Edition Black smoke emerges from the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating that cardinals have failed to elect a new pope on their first day of voting. The Great Graphics Glut of the 2013 papal conclave from FP Passport by Elias Groll VIDEO: … Read more

Eurosphere roundup: France at war in Mali…

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MAIN FOCUS: France’s bold offensive in Mali | 15/01/2013 from euro|topics UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon on Monday welcomed France’s military intervention in Mali. The French armed forces joined the fight against the Islamist rebels on Friday at the behest of the Malian government. Commentators admire the courage of the French President but note … Read more

Europeans fighting against ACTA and snow… A Eurosphere roundup

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ACTA activates European civil society (News) from EurActiv.com Growing ACTA protest online and on the ground by Grahnlaw By now, more than 1.526 million netizens have signed the Avaaz.org petition for the European Parliament to reject #ACTA. The call is also directed at the parliaments in the EU member states, where most of the governments … Read more

Euro roundup: The Franco-German axis takes some hits recently

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Frosty

by Open Europe blog team


The Franco-German axis, which for so long has defined the European Union, has taken some serious hits lately. Following the trauma of the eurozone crisis, the relationship between the two countries is heading towards a historic post-war low – to the point that Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy are no longer on speaking terms according to whispers in Brussels. This wasn’t helped by Sarkozy’s comments the other week that “95 percent” of the bailout package deal agreed corresponded to French demands.

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Barroso II Commission announced

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Copenhagen: the next Seattle?

from FP Passport by Joshua Keating

Some environmental groups are planning disruptive protests for the upcoming climate talks in Copenhagen, taking cues from the anti-globalization movement:

“We feel that right now in Copenhagen there is a real opportunity for things to come together a little bit like they did 10 years ago at the World Trade Organization protest in Seattle,” Müller told SPIEGEL ONLINE….

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Mr. Klaus; the last naughty boy of the EU

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Czech President Vaclav Klaus (left) and Russian President Dmitry ...

Czech President Vaclav Klaus (left) and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev hold a press conference in Barvikha, outside Moscow. Klaus said he would not drop objections to the European Union’s Lisbon reform treaty, despite mounting pressure from EU leaders to sign. (AFP/Natalia Kolesnikova)

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