A massive Eurosphere roundup… After Greek elections and more…

MAIN FOCUS: Greece poised to form government | 19/06/2012 from euro|topics Following the parliamentary elections in Greece the conservative Nea Dimokratia party and the socialist Pasok plan to form a government today, Tuesday. Both support the country’s austerity programme. The result of the election may have bought Europe some time but the country’s bankruptcy is … Read more

a series from John Postill: “Democracy in the age of viral reality” and a roundup academicus

Democracy in the age of viral reality (and 5) from media/anthropology by John Postill Continued from Democracy in the age of viral reality (4) Postmodernism as Rigorous Science from Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology ? A Group Blog by Rex My field methods seminar is wrapping up today and something happened in it … Read more

by the way, it was the Europe Day nobody cared about around here… A Euro round…

  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

an interview with Judith Butler at the Immanent Frame blog.. and more…

  Implicated and enraged: an interview with Judith Butler from The Immanent Frame by Nathan Schneider Judith Butler, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, is among the leading social theorists alive today. Her most recent books are Frames of War (2009) and The Power of Religion in the Public Sphere (2011), an SSRC … Read more

Organized crime in Bulgaria, EU 2020 Strategy… What else in Europe? A Euro roundup

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

Euro roundup: The EU won the Olympics, the World Cup, an Oscar … but still in pain

The EU won the Olympics, the World Cup…and now an Oscar by Open Europe blog team The EU won the 2006 and 2010 World Cups in football (at least according to Romani Prodi and Jean-Claude Trichet, so it has to be true). Interview with Olivier Roy on ‘Islam in Europe’ by Reflection Cafe New Perspectives … Read more

by the way, Belgium has a record

photo source Belgium beats Iraq from Brussels Blog by Stanley Pignal Belgium sets a dubious record on Thursday when it overtakes post-war Iraq as the country that has gone longest without a government. It?s a surreal achievement greeted with a mix of amusement and quiet despair in the streets of Brussels. (I speak of ?Brussels? … Read more