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Eurosphere roundup: “Record unemployment in Europe…

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MAIN FOCUS: Record unemployment in Europe | 26/04/2013 from euro|topics According to figures published on Thursday, for the first time more than six million people are currently out of work in Spain, and France also has record unemployment, surpassing a 1997 peak. Commentators fear the ongoing crisis will provoke a rebellion of the masses and … Read more

Eurosphere roundup: Italy?s centre-left fails in presidential vote…Penguin agrees ebook pricing deal with EU

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Italy?s centre-left fails in presidential vote from FT.com – World, Europe Berlusconi supporters celebrate ?death? of rival party after more than 100 Democrat MPs vote against Romano Prodi, dashing hopes of an end to political deadlock   Italian centre-left leader ‘to quit’ from BBC News | Europe | World Edition Italy’s centre-left leader, Pier Luigi … Read more

Turks ready! Germany suffers worker shortage… Google EU settlement.. a Eurosphere roundup..

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Germany suffering worker shortage from FT.com – World, Europe For Ursula von der Leyen, solving that dilemma will require fundamental reforms in the heart of the eurozone, and its periphery   The Google EU settlement: Full details from Brussels Blog by Alex Barker Google?s three year tussle with Brussels over its search business is almost … Read more

French President recognises 1961 massacre of Algerian protesters in Paris…Europe’s separatists on the rise…… Euro roundup…

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French President recognises 1961 massacre of Algerian protesters in Paris from Hurriyet Daily News French President François Hollande has officially recognised the October 17, MAIN FOCUS: Paris on collision course with Berlin | 18/10/2012 from euro|topics In an interview with six European newspapers French President François Hollande called for more solidarity in the Eurozone. With … Read more

Eurosphere roundup: Danish Presidency, state of Hungary,

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Danish Presidency Press Trip from Jon Worth by Jon Sometimes unexpected doors open thanks to blogging, and next week is one of those circumstances. I am spending four days (Monday-Thursday) in Copenhagen on theDanish Presidency Press Trip. Growth and jobs: Denmark’s EU Council presidency by Grahnlaw Prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt and the rest of the … Read more

Euro roundup: Stress test passed, most Europeans banks are ok.

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MAIN FOCUS: No stress for Europe's banks | 18/07/2011 from euro|topics Only eight out of ninety banks failed the bank stress test, the European Banking Authority announced in London on Friday. But the press says the test ignored the risk of a state going bankrupt and will therefore hardly calm Europe's financial markets. Why Europe … Read more

Permanent crisis in Europe..now Italy… a Euro roundup

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Silvio Berlusconi has said Italy is "in the front lines of an economic battle"   Italy's economic battle from BBC News | Europe | World Edition Growing concern over euro member's debt crisis Morning Brief: Debt crisis threatens Italy from FP Passport by Joshua Keating VIDEO: Will Italy's debt crisis worsen? from BBC News | … Read more

Poland takes over EU presidency; Greek woes continue…. Euro roundup…

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Poland takes over EU presidency from BBC News | Europe | World Edition Poland assumes the six-month rotating presidency of the EU for the first time since it joined the bloc in 2004. Polish PM Donald Tusk: New EU visionary? from Nosemonkey’s EUtopia by nosemonkey European Council: ?Ambition and additional efforts? by Grahnlaw In the … Read more

Euro roundup: Internet giants against France, France banning full-face veil and more…

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Internet Giants Take France to Court Over Personal Data Policy by Stan Schroeder Moderate secularism: a European conception, Tariq Modood from open Democracy News Analysis – by Tariq Modood The question of religion?s place in modern secular societies is intellectually contested and politically divisive. Here, the scholar Tariq Modood argues that European experience and institutional … Read more

Euroblogging roundup (and more from Europe…)

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Fundamental challenges for Euroblogging

by Grahnlaw

The Open Europe blog made the point that there is blogging on the fundamental questions of the future direction of Europe, as well as on EU politics in a narrower sense, the outcome of EU policies.

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Euro roundup: Corruption scandal that threatens Sarkozy

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Interactive graphic on France as aAllegations of illegal donations from the country's richest woman plunge Nicolas Sarkozy into the biggest crisis of his presidency, despite protests he is the victim of a smear campaign.

Interactive graphic on France as aAllegations of illegal donations from the country’s richest woman plunge Nicolas Sarkozy into the biggest crisis of his presidency, despite protests he is the victim of a smear campaign.

MAIN FOCUS: Corruption affair threatens Sarkozy | 07/07/2010

from euro|topics

According to media reports French President Nicolas Sarkozy and other conservative politicians have received bribes from L’Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt. The affair is seriously jeopardising Sarkozy’s re-election prospects and disabling the already crisis-ridden Europe, commentators write.

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Open Democracy: Is the EU too big to be democratic?

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Is the EU too big to be democratic?, Peter Baldwin

from open Democracy News Analysis – by Peter Baldwin

Back in the days ? let?s say 1932 just to pick a moment ? when European politics were really polarized, the spectrum ran from Moscow-faithful communists at one extreme all the way to monarchists and fascists. During the same time, the US political spectrum spanned all the way from Republicans to Democrats, which is to say from what Europeans would call center right liberals to center left liberals. Neither extreme questioned the premises of democracy, neither sought the embrace of the state in a socialist fashion, or even ? on the far left of American politics ? in more than a very moderate quasi-social democratic manner. The answer to Sombart?s classic query, why is there no socialism in America, also served largely as the answer to its necessary pendant: why is there no fascism in America? American politics in the twentieth century was a model of consensus compared to the ideological extremes found across the Atlantic.

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Euro roundup II: Greece surrenders, Belgium coalition collapses…

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IMF aims for swift deal on Greece

from FT.com – World, Europe
The announcement that Greece would be seeking help from the International Monetary Fund came as little surprise in Washington, where the fund’s spring meetings are opening

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The RAND Report: “EU Civilian Crisis Management”

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EU Civilian Crisis Management: The Record So Far

from RAND: Latest Publications from RAND
Examines the European Union’s record in deploying civilians in conflict and postconflict stabilization missions.

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Volcanic ash even clogs Facebook stream!

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Iceland volcano

photo credit: Reuters

European airspace closed by volcanic ash

from Wikinews

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Hundreds of thousands of air travellers had their travel plans disrupted in Europe by volcanic ash from the Eyjafjallajökull eruption.

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