The German Pirate Party’s national conference was a riot of colour and noise Germany’s Pirate Party riding high from BBC News | Europe | World Edition Germany’s Pirate Party sets sail for a role in national politics Fear grows of Greek euro exit from FT.com – World, Europe ECB council members? comments indicate risk of … Read more
French elections: what normal stands for?, Nilüfer Göle from open Democracy News Analysis – by Nilüfer Göle The vote for Hollande is not so much as a radical desire for change as a possibly illusory desire to go back to the pre-crisis period. The socialists, however, have also opened up a new alternative approach to … Read more
Sarko No More from Mavi Boncuk by M.A.M Mavi Boncuk | EU Watch on Sarkozy Loss… Election Hollande: Ankara espère améliorer ses relations avec Paris by Acturca Agence France Presse Lundi 7 mai 2012, Istanbul Ankara espère améliorer ses relations avec Paris avec le départ du pouvoir de Nicolas Sarkozy, figure impopulaire en Turquie et … Read more
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Hollande ‘wins French presidency’ from BBC News | Europe | World Edition Socialist Francois Hollande has been elected as France’s new president, early estimates say, in a vote that has wide implications for the eurozone. Hollande takes French presidency from FT.com – World, Europe François Hollande becomes first socialist to occupy the Elysée palace … Read more
Fransa?nın seçimi Bu Pazar Fransa?nın seçim maratonunun ilk ayağı sonuçlanıyor. Fransızlar cumhurbaşkanını seçtikten sonra Haziran 10 ve 17?de milletvekillerini seçecekler. Sonra da artık tatile çıkarlar herhalde. Sarkozi ya da Hollande seçilirse ne olurdan önce 22 Nisan?daki ilk turu ve sonuçlarını gözden geçirelim. On aday arasında kayda değer altı aday vardı. Bunlar arasında en az oy alanla başlarsak, yeşillerin … Read more
May day protests highlight Europe?s pain from FT.com – World, Europe Tens of thousands of workers take to the streets for annual marches, demonstrating against government spending cuts and rising unemployment How real is Hollande’s veto threat? by Open Europe blog team As has been widely reported, Francois Hollande – the socialist contender for the … Read more
Turkey too rich to get EU aid: Report British lawmakers called for tougher standards on the distribution of Europe?s development aid budget after a report released on April 27 revealed more than half went to ?middle-income? countrie Turkey has been one of the top five recipients of European Commission aid, the report says from turkey … Read more
Sarkozy rules out far right deal from BBC News | Europe | World Edition Nicolas Sarkozy rules out a re-election deal with the far right as Socialist Francois Hollande sets out plans to revise the EU fiscal compact. Hollande in the driving seat from Blogactiv by nucleus MAIN FOCUS: Le Pen’s election victory a … Read more
Can pirates shake up European politics? Pirate Parties On Course for Historic Election Wins from TorrentFreak by Ernesto Founded in September 2006, the German Pirate Party has already booked several successes in its relatively short existence. German Pirate party overtakes Greens in new poll from Hurriyet Daily News Germany’s upstart Pirate Party has overtaken … Read more
French President Sarkozy Sees Opportunity for Censorship, Seizes It from EFF.org Updates by jillian In the wake of a horrific rampage, in which Mohamed Merah (now dead after a 32-hour standoff with police) reportedly murdered three French soldiers, three young Jewish schoolchildren, and a rabbi, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France has begun calling for criminal … Read more
EU halts ACTA ratification from Hurriyet Daily News The European Commission, facing steep opposition, is suspending efforts to ratify an international anti-counterfeiting agreement 10 things the EU should probably know about social media from Blogactiv by Mathew Lowry The ever-excellent For Immediate Release (episode 638) put me onto 10 things you still need to know … Read more
German president quits in scandal from BBC News | Europe | World Edition German President Christian Wulff announces his resignation, after prosecutors called for his immunity to be lifted amid a home loan scandal. Is the troika punishing Greece? Why? from Blogactiv by Protesilaos Stavrou Ever since September 2011 or even earlier, we have all … Read more
A protestor waves a GMB union flag alongside an Egyptian flag from a statue in Trafalgar Square. Photograph: Getty Images. In What really happened in Trafalgar Square Sarkozy faces test as Socialists triumph from FT.com – World, Europe The Socialists secured about 36 per cent of the vote while the National Front fared less … Read more