Greece: not a simple fable about ants and crickets
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Greece is a real country, with tough politics and grim history...
Geert Wilders: The first truly European politician?
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I don’t like Geert Wilders, because, whereas I do agree with some of his conclusions, I’m loath to pigeonhole any group of people because of their religion. Muslims are no more all anti-democrats than Irish Catholics are all pedophiles. Y...
The forgotten Trio
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Among the institutional changes brought about by the Lisbon Treaty, some have been more present in the media and public debate than others. Three months after the Treaty entered into force, we can still read at least a couple of articles a day about...
The Week in Bloggingportal: March 1st – March 7th 2010
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Hello, and welcome to the first edition of The Week in Bloggingportal. This will hopefully be the first in a series of posts from the Bloggingportal editorial team that adds some context to our front-page choices and serves as a place for public disc...
The Falklands: the European Union’s Antarctic key
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The Falkland Islands have once again become a diplomatic storm-in-a-teacup between Argentina and Britain. But what is the geopolitical significance of the Falkland Islands? And why is it in the European interest that Britain keep hold of them?
The Antithesis of Justice : Criminal Convictions in Italy of Google Execs Point to Flaws in European Union (EU) Law
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We posted about this absurd case previously at EU Pundit.Struan Robertson, editor of out-law.com, writes on March 3, 2010 in Google convictions reveal two flaws in EU law, not just Italian law inter alia as follows regarding the inexcusable crimin...
The Karlsruhe factor
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As riot police today were forced to use tear gas against violent crowds in Athens protesting against further Greek spending cuts to narrow the country's budget deficit (and save the eurozone), we recieved another reminder of German opposition to any...
Europe 2020 - The missing points
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I was born in a socialist country, so I am no fan of 10-year plans unless they come from the European Union. With the Lisbon Strategy, the EU has invented the internet. It has reformed its agricultural policy and made it greener, more efficient, and...
Is Greece a natural disaster?
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Two years ago, Stephen Colbert wanted to convince the US to join the EU, but now he is happy "about the self-destruction of Europe". And he knows why P.I.G.S is a perfect acronym on our continent. The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Gree...
Belarus’ Aleksander Lukashenko, European Chessmaster
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BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — When Aleksander Lukashenko, the authoritarian president of Belarus, recently began a campaign to intimidate and punish members of the country’s disobedient Polish community, he opened a new front not only with neighbori...
ACTA leak: EU positions on the internet chapter
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On the blog of the German party "The Left" - a parliamentary party in the German Bundestag that also sits in the European Parliament among the GUE/NGL group - there is a leaked ACTA document prepared by the EU Commission on 12 February. The leaked d...
Impressive Van Rompuy speech sets out Europe’s challenges
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The most important speech delivered in Europe last week came from Herman Van Rompuy, the European Union’s full-time president. It had real depth and did not try to conceal the EU’s problems behind a mask of unconvincing optimism. The...
Triangularity: China, EU and US go head to head
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There has been much talk in the past about China and the European Union having more in common in a number of policy areas than either has with the United States. Thus Beijing saw the EU as a potential factor moderating US influence; Washington coul...
R.E.S.P.E.C.T. for Germany's Economic Model
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"It is high time the German economy got some respect. It has been faring much better lately than either the United States or Britain, despite the scornful predictions of Anglophone economic observers," writes Eamonn Fingleton in the America...
