“A Time Bomb For Civil Liberties”: France Adopts a New Biometric ID Card from EFF.org Updates by maira This post has been authored by Angela Daly, international legal fellow On Tuesday March 6, the French National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) passed a law proposing the creation of a new biometric ID card for French citizens with … Read more
Massivity: over a million protest labor reforms in Spain from Social Network Unionism by OrsanSenalp From: ROARMAG.org They said the movement was dead. That the indignation had subsided. That rage and frustration alone was never a sustainable motivation for continued resistance against the scourges of financial capitalism and the farce of our so-called representative democracy. … Read more
Booklet: Why You Should Care About ACTA 14 November, 2011 » Campaigns | Intellectual Property Enforcement The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is a plurilateral agreement which proposes international standards for enforcement of intellectual property rights. The Agreement, negotiated by a handful of countries1 in coordination with certain parts of industry, is controversial in both process … Read more
Black Women in European Politics: from Struggle to Success from Global Voices Online by Vivienne Griffiths Nowadays, it is a common occcurence to witness African-born women having successful careers in Europe. Despite the evident challenges, many of them have also distiguished themselves in politics. Still, it was not so long ago that such success would … Read more
The EU got sued by a lot of dictators this year from FP Passport by Joshua Keating Happy Holidays! Highlights from 2011 from Atlantic Community RSS-Feed Editorial Team: We would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your excellent contributions and to remind you of some of the stand-out achievements of our … Read more
Bye-bye, Bunga-bunga: “Addio Berlusconi” by Jasmina Tesanovic MAIN FOCUS: Economist Monti to form government | 14/11/2011 from euro|topics After the resignation of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Saturday, Italy’s President Giorgio Napolitano on Sunday evening tasked economist Mario Monti with forming a transitional government. Berlusconi’s reign is finally over, commentators write, but Monti faces an … Read more
MAIN FOCUS: Berlusconi announces gradual resignation | 09/11/2011 from euro|topics After losing his parliamentary majority, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced on Tuesday evening that he was ready to resign. But he wants to give up his office only after the new budget law has been passed. That is too late because the country badly … Read more
Papandreou to step down, interim cabinet to take charge (News) from EurActiv.com Berlusconi struggles to hold coalition together (News) from EurActiv.com Greeks agree coalition government from BBC News | Europe | World Edition Greek leaders meeting in Athens agree to form a new coalition government, with a fresh prime minister replacing the beleaguered George Papandreou. … Read more
France: New Visa Restrictions for Foreign University Graduates from Global Voices Online by Julie Owono If the United States’ immigration law had ever been similar to the one France recently decided to apply, Yahoo would have been a Chinese company (founded by Jerry Yang from Taiwan), Google would now be a successful Russian business (set … Read more
Schengen Wars 2 from The European Citizen by Eurocentric Romania and Bulgaria’s Schengen aspirations are being put on hold again, with the Netherlands and Finland opposing the phased introduction of the two countries into the border-free zone due to concerns over their levels of corruption. Before the vote, Romania blocked tulips from being imported across … Read more
The new order in the systemic Euro crisis from Ideas on Europe by Protesilaos Stavrou * If things stay as they are then we will reach a dead end that will signal the start of the collapse of the euro and of everything that took decades to build. Image Source: The Telegra ‘Swift action needed … Read more
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
Five reasons why Europe is cracking up, José Ignacio Torreblanca from open Democracy News Analysis – by José Ignacio Torreblanca In Germany, France and Italy, but also in many other places, we find ourselves confronted with a generation of leaders ever more shortsighted and given over to electioneering: among them, none speak to Europe nor … Read more
EU has reached its ‘lowest point in history’ from EurActiv.com Despite having achieved peace and prosperity, the European project has reached its “lowest point in history,” according to policymakers gathered in Florence to celebrate the 61st anniversary of the Schuman Declaration. Why there is no serious blogging scene in Brussels from Ideas on … Read more
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