MAIN FOCUS: EU opponents forge an alliance | 14/11/2013 The right-wing populists Marine Le Pen from France and Geert Wilders from the Netherlands announced on Wednesday in the Hague that they would forge an alliance and form a parliamentary group in the EU Parliament after the 2014 elections. Commentators warn against underestimating right-wing nationalists and advise politicians to … Read more
Leaders gather in Warsaw for climate talks Delegates expected to make only modest progress in halting global warming, but could lay the groundwork for comprehensive agreement in two years? time ‘Realism’ to dominate climate talks Over the next fortnight, negotiators from all over the world are meeting in Warsaw in the hope of advancing discussion … Read more
Remembering Aaron: activism and the effective citizen This morning, I gave a speech to a gathering of public media executives from around the world, Public Broadcasters International. This evening, I will open a hackathon at the MIT Media Lab in memory of Aaron Swartz. The more I thought about it, the more I realized I wanted to talk … Read more
Mass Surveillance of Personal Data by EU Member States and its Compatibility with EU Law Source: Centre for European Policy Studies Abstract: In the wake of the disclosures surrounding PRISM and other US surveillance programmes, this paper assesses the large-scale surveillance practices by a selection of EU member states: the UK, Sweden, France, Germany and the … Read more
Sweden is Europe’s most innovative economy, Commission says Sweden is the best country in the EU when it comes to getting new ideas to reach the market, according to a new innovation indicator launched by the European Commission. The new indicator measures innovation output, which creates better jobs and makes Europe more competitive, the … Read more
French journalists killed in Mali Two journalists for French radio station RFI have been killed after being kidnapped by gunmen in the northern Mali town of Kidal. France says its journalists “coldly assassinated” in Mali Two French journalists killed in Mali on Saturday were “coldly assassinated” by the “terrorists” that France is fighting in the west … Read more
German coalition talks cast long shadow over EU elections German chancellor Angela Merkel said there was no ?automatic link? between the party that wins next year’s EU election and the next European Commission president, casting doubt over a pledge by the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) to “put a face” on the election. … Read more
Burhan Kuzu: Başkanlık olmayacaksa bu anayasa yeter de artar Memurlar Hükümet sisteminin ne olacağıyla ilgili bizi çok eleştirdiler, “Başkanlık modelini dayadınız tıkadınız” diye. Biz başkanlık sistemini savunacağımızı hep söyledik, yeni bir şey değildi. Eğer yeni bir anayasa yapılacaksa, hükümet modelini tartışmaktan . Bu anayasa yeter de artar! Vatan Başkanlık sistemine geçilmezse anayasa değişikliğinin çok … Read more
Kosovar Prime Minister Hashim Thaci (R) and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, inspect an honour guard in Pristina’s main airport in Slatina on Oct 23. AP Photo Serb president wants Turkey’s apology on Kosovo Serbia’s president says he won’t take part in a Balkan initiative with Turkey in protest over reported remarks by Turkey’s … Read more
EU summit: Leaked draft conclusions Herman Van Rompuy during a public appearance at the European Council building on Wednesday EU leaders are gearing up for their first summit in four months tomorrow ? the longest hiatus since the outbreak of the eurozone crisis three years ago. MAIN FOCUS: NSA scandal reaches France | 22/10/2013 The US’s NSA … Read more
EU lawmakers vote stricter data privacy rules Lawmakers in the European Parliament?s civil liberties committee voted to strengthen Europe’s data protection laws on Monday (21 October), including plans to impose fines of up to ?100 million on companies such as Yahoo!, Facebook or Google if they break the rules. The vote in parliament’s civil … Read more
EU approves opening new chapter with Turkey European Union?s General Affairs Council has confirmed the opening of Chapter 22, on regional policies, with Turkey Entre Turquie et Europe : la grande dérive Les Echos (France) no. 21547, lundi 21 octobre 2013, p. 1-9 Dominique Moïsi * Prise à revers par les révolutions arabes, la crise syrienne … Read more
Turkey denies claims on disclosure of Israeli spies, intelligence chief Turkish government officials were quick to deny claims reported by Washington Post columnist David Ignatius that Ankara blew the cover on a group of Israeli spies Washington Post columnist claims Turkey blew Israeli spies? cover Erdoğan disclosed information to Iranian intelligence about 10 Iranians … Read more
Identity and Migration: A European Problem Firstly, let me apologise for the length of this post. I simply couldn?t have written this more concisely. I wanted to start this week?s instalment to say that I thought that various official reactions to the crisis in Lampedusa was funny. However, the more I thought about the situation the … Read more
Turkey blows Israel’s cover for Iranian spy ring washingtonpost.com ? David Ignatius ? 10/16/13 ? The Turkish-Israeli relationship became so poisonous early last year that the Turkish government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is said to have disclosed to Iranian intelligence the identities of up to 10 Iranians who had been meeting EU … Read more