The incredible shrinking EU press corps
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The answer is not tax breaks, or semi-official status...
Bosnia like Nagorno Karabakh, Serbia and Kosovo like FRG and GDR?
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I was quite impressed by the statement made by Hido Biščević, secretary-general of the Regional Cooperation Council for South Eastern Europe (RCC) in an interview, that the political situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina is “extremely worriso...
The Week in Bloggingportal: March 8th – March 14th 2010
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Hello, and welcome to the latest edition of The Week in Bloggingportal, our weekly round-up of the best of the Euroblogosphere! This week’s edition has been written by Joe Litobarski and Julien Frisch. First up, let’s introduce a new sect...
No Cancer Drugs for Bulgarian Kids
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I became recently aware of a really worrying problem: it appears that the Bulgarian National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) has stopped the delivery of some drugs against cancer for children under 18 years. Let me repeat: we don’t deliver some drugs...
Tories make nice with Europe, but is it genuine?
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When William Hague starts making nice with Europe, you know the Tories are getting very worried about their falling poll numbers. Over the past week the Conservatives have been bending over backward to rebut an increasingly successful line of attack...
Another UKIP MEP in trouble following anti-Ashton rant and childish hissy fit
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Less than two weeks after Nigel Farage, the UKIP party leader in the European Parliament, was fined €3,000 for his outburst before Herman van Rompuy, another of his political party members has made a scene, launching a tirade against the EU Represe...
Diane Wallis: Autocrat, tin pot liberal dictator
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Here we have another example of the complete lack of any concept of free speech in the European Parliament. In the President's chair for this part of the debate sits Diana Wallis, Lib/Dem MEP for Yorkshire (and how those words mean nothing in any sen...
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...
Groups in EU social media: not so ridiculously easy
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A while back I and a number of others were blogging about how a very light, bottom-up usage of Web2-style tools and techniques (bloggingportal, delicious, tagging, google alerts, etc.) could help build links between national and EU online discussions...
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...
