Good news: Commission bottles it on olive oil ban
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As early as the twenty-fourth century B.C., the Romans introduced elaborate measures to counter-act fraudulent practices in the olive oil trade. Many amphora fragments bear stamped inscriptions or handwritten notes that record information s...
"If you had kept quiet, you would have remained a philosopher" - The Commission utterly fails to address participants' concerns over FTT
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There's an old Latin saying, "If you had kept quiet, you would have remained a philosopher." Reading the Commission's defence of its proposed EU financial transaction tax (FTT), that phrase immediately sprung to mind. It's not the strongest piece, to...
Eurosphere roundup: “Stockholm riots spread around city…
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Stockholm riots spread around city A fourth night of unprecedented riots in Stockholm sees unrest spread around the city, with a restaurant and up to 40 cars burnt. Wait, there are riots in Sweden? You’ve read the stories about Sweden’s e...
Greek Singers Learn Alcohol Isn’t Free
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A team of acclaimed Greek musicians is grousing that neither alcohol, nor food, is free in Sweden.
Cameron’s Petard
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After an eventful few weeks in the life of David Cameron’s EU policy, some of the heat has gone out of matters, albeit only in the sense that the heat shifted to the question of gay marriages. Interesting then, how much more willing Cameron has...
"Unpacking The 2013 Human Development Index" by Tony Payne
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The UNDP claims ‘the Rise of the South’ is having a significant impact on economic growth and societal change. In a notable challenge to the gloom of recession in the West and all the continuing and, indeed scarcely unjustified, talk of c...
No red lines on the EU-US free trade agreement, argues the ALDE Group
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Neil Corlett, Spokesperson for the ALDE Group, discusses the EU-US free trade agreement.No red lines on the EU-US free trade agreement, argues the ALDE Group appeared first on viEUws - the EU Policy Broadcaster.
Brezhnev Tops List of Most Popular 20th-Century Moscow Rulers
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Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev is Russia’s most cherished leader of the 20th century, followed by Josef Stalin, according to a poll published Wednesday.
Lobbying – what’s missing from the olive oil debate
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If you haven’t heard yet, you probably live under a rock or in a cottage in Northern Finland – the EU is to ban restaurants from serving olive oil for dipping in bowls from 1 January. Instead, olive oil has to come from tamper-proof bottl...
No Need for an Euro-zone Government à la Hollande
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In an almost three hour long press conference May 16th, President Hollande has called for a Euro-zone government to overcome recession in the EU. It should dispose of a separate budget and wide-ranging competence to harmonise taxes and economic and s...
European Parliament Elections 2009 in academic research
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After yesterday’s European Parliament decision, we are now exactly one year away from the start of European Parliament elections 2014. A good time to look into academic research on the past elections. Lacomeuropeene has already covered academic...
The Observer Effect- Europe is watching
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My experience in Bulgaria monitoring the parliamentary elections on 12 May served as a powerful reminder of...
Ireland's Top Economic Crisis Blogger Calls it Quits
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The anonymous blogger behind Namawinelake, a prominent watchdog blog that chronicled Ireland's efforts to deal with its economic crisis, has stopped publishing, triggering a wave of speculation as to the blogger's identity and his or her reason for q...
Think Global – Act European!
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FRIDE has participated in a project directed by Notre Europe – Jacques Delors Institute which presents recommendations for EU foreign policy developed by more than 40 experts from 16 European think tanks. The project report Think Global &n...
