Merkel faces home truths Brussels Blog by Alex Barker To receive the Brussels Briefing in your inbox every morning, sign up here. It is Angela Merkel’s home state. There aren’t even many refugees there (23,000 in 2015 to be precise). But on Sunday rural Mecklenburg-Vorpommern earned a small footnote in post-war history, becoming the first state … Read more
France burkini highest court suspends ban BBC News | Europe | World Edition France’s highest administrative court suspends a ban on controversial full-body “burkini” swimsuits in a town on the Mediterranean coast. The burkini as a mirror open Democracy News Analysis – by Adam Seligman Unless we are willing to live with the discomfort of what is … Read more
How Europe can win in the global app economy EurActiv.com As the European Union prepares its plan for a Digital Single Market, policy-makers must take full account of the fastest growing segment of that market – the app industry, writes Sophie Mestchersky. MAIN FOCUS: Croatia and Serbia fail with genocide claims | 04/02/2015 euro|topics The International … Read more
If EU opposes Islamophobia, it must accept Turkey as member: Erdoğan ‘We are testing Europe. Will Europe be able to digest and to accept Turkey, whose people are Muslims?,” Erdoğan has said, claiming that dominant powers and the EU ‘strike at Muslims.’ In Djibouti, Erdoğan also vowed to visit Somalia on Sunday despite the recent bombing. … Read more
At least two killed in hostage-taking in Paris Jewish store At least one person was injured when a gunman opened fire at a kosher grocery store in eastern Paris on Friday and took at least five people hostage, sources told AFP. Former President is the only exception in condemning the attacks without any Islamistic apology… Former Turkish president … Read more
Prosecutor says 12 dead in attack on French satirical newspaper At least 12 people were killed in a shooting at a satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo in central Paris 11 dead in shooting at satirical newspaper in Paris: police A French police official says 11 people are dead in a shooting at a satirical weekly newspaper … Read more
Churnalism: discover when the “news” you’re reading is a press-release from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow Syrian Electronic Army takes credit for hacking AP Twitter account from FP Passport After the Associated Press tweeted, “Breaking: Two Explosions in the White House and Barack Obama is injured,” it literally took only seconds for people to … Read more
Turkey’s Prime Minister and leader of ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Tayyip Erdogan holds carnations as he enters the hall during his party congress in Ankara September 30, 2012. REUTERS/Murad Sezer Erdoğan calls on Germany, France to take action against Islamophobia from Hurriyet Daily News Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan today called on France … Read more
Why the upcoming presidential election is one of the most important in US history: an interview with Theda Skocpol, Theda Skocpol from open Democracy News Analysis – by Theda Skocpol This interview conducted at the Kennedy School in Boston was first published in Juncture, the new international journal of the Institute for Public Policy Research. … Read more
?Evil can murder a person, but never defeat a whole people? from Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology ? A Group Blog by simone Recent events in Norway have been utterly shocking. The mass killing of young, politically-engaged people at summer camp means that the effects of the murder travel back to each district … Read more
The euro pact and Germany: Triumph or a coming bust-up? by Open Europe blog team The Telegraph‘s Ambrose Evans-Pritchard describes the weekend deal at the EU summit as a “total German triumph”. He paraphrases Chancellor Angela Merkel saying that “whoever wants credit must fulfil our conditions”. 2011-03-18 Bulgarian Organized Crime Uncensored from WL Central by … Read more
2011-01-21 Ben Ali has used Europe’s prejudices Today, The German news outlet Frankfurter Rundschau reported on some comments made by Jebali Hamadi. Hamadi was the leader of the Islamic party Al-Nahdha just prior to the fall of the Ben Ali government of Tunisia. In the brief interview, Jebali Hamadi is reported to have said: Tunisia … Read more
Hungarian Media Law Translated from Stephen Spillane by Stephen The National Media and Infocommunications Authority Hungary (Nmhh) have published the Act on Media Services and Mass Media on their website in PDF format. Hungarian media law and EU Council presidency: Evolving European opinion by Grahnlaw A measure of European public opinion is already reflected on … Read more
A Bird’s Eye View – Halloween Ghosts for Christmas – Lisbon resurrected from Hurriyet Dailynews by HDN On the eve of Halloween, EU Heads of State met and decided to bring out the ghost of the Lisbon Treaty once again. EU citizens and European law ? Introduction by Alain Lamassoure MEP by Grahnlaw One of … Read more
Member of the European parliament of the Austrian right-wing Freedom Party, FPOE, Andreas Moelzer and the party’s leader Heinz Christian Strache, from left, attend a press conference after a meeting with European right wing parties in Vienna, Austria, on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak) (Ronald Zak – AP) Far-right parties to push for … Read more