European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 3 February
A Daily Review Of International Online Media Europeans on this date in history:1809 Felix Mendelssohn,...
Turkish insurance company produces a Facebook St. Valentine day application
“Love expert” – a funny application by a real, serious insurance company: Anadolu Sigorta. Produced by an agency, Utopic Farm, in which one of my former students works… Related posts:Shoe-throwing- Turkish version last upda...
No red carpet for pope in Britain
Back in September I wrote about my surprise when, during a visit to Prague, I was prevented from entering Prague Castle because the pope was paying a visit. I wasn't surprised that they weren't letting visitors in during the papal visit, that stands...
Speed dating at the Mickey Mouse
OK, I will admit it from the start: this title is purely tailored to drive traffic to my site. But it also comes from a funny thought I had this afternoon sitting for 4 straight hours in the Mickey Mouse bar of the European Parliament. But first, a w...
Pierre Pescatore
Today, on 2 February 2010, Pierre Pescatore passed away. European Law, Law, Europe, has lost a great mind, a great man, a great European. Hardly any single individual has contributed to European Law in the way and scope that Pierre Pescatore did. We...
Meeting with UNISON and other unions representing University Support Staff
There are times in my job as an MEP when I get to do something very different from the normal run of European Parliament Committees, Socialist and Democrat Group meetings and voting in plenary sessions. Today was one of these times. I was pleased t...
Vladislav Inozemtsev – ”In economic terms, for Russia – 2010 will be a lost year”
According to renowned Russian economist Vladislav Inozemtsev: ”In economic terms, for Russia – 2010 will be a lost year” - Mr. Inozemtsev, please tell us how to predict the new year 2010 for Russia ? Of course, it will be a difficult year (...
Twittering the hearings
Just a short post to draw attention to one of the more interesting aspects of the hearings of commissioners-designate, one which may mark an important change in the way EP political groups communicate. I was fascinated to observe during the seven d...
Let’s hide the ugly truth underground?
“Could you be a bit more… flowery?” my boss asked me after having read a letter I had drafted. Flowery??? “Well, the text is perfectly alright but you are too much to the point… it is very short, very Nordic…”...
I’m a voter in the Leyton & Wanstead selection – make a case, but don’t spam me
A UK general election is on the horizon and my name is on the electoral register in the Leyton & Wanstead constituency in East London. As I’m a Labour Party member resident there for more than 2 years it means I have a vote in the selection...
NFU slams new CLA policy on CAP
Landowners and conservationists have launched proposals for a more environmetally friendly CAP: CAP When I attended a RASE lecture last year it was evident that there were some differences of emphasis between the approach of the Country Land and Bus...
Creating debates: The European Parliament on Facebook
There is nothing new in the fact that the European Parliament is on Facebook. But it is worth noticing that the daily updates by the great people writing for y(EU) are regularly provoking debates. Some just produce 3 comments, other like the one fro...
Consejos y críticas para una Presidencia
Hacia mucho que no escribia unas lineas en mi blog, pero la vagancia muchas veces y ahora los examenes dificultan mi compromiso de actualizar a menudo mi blog. Europa ha cambiado en muchos aspectos durante estos meses: nuevo Tratado, nuevos altos car...
Children´s Rights Education for Adults: DARE Focus Meeting, Brussels Jan 28-29
Children's rights education for adults: DARE focus meeting in Brussels, Jan 28-29, 201014 experts representing 10 European organisations gathered for a two-day exchange of best practices and dicussion of policy approaches in the field of children´s...
Model pupils
André Krouwel’s well received presentation at SSEES about party transformation – which drew on earlier doctoral research specializing on Otto Kitscheimer and the ‘ctach-all’ made a number of very valuable, and possibly long overdue points a...
EU spotlight on Greek woes
ATHENS: There is a sense in Athens of a key moment arriving over its debt crisis. The Greek Prime Minister, George Papandreou, is trying to meet the leaders of all the main political parties. There is an expectation that he'll...
1989 Regime Changes: Simulation Manual for free!
Understanding the Dynamics of the 1989 Regime Changes in Europe:A Simulation for Adult EducationA general climate of discontent and economic depression has emerged in "Allonia," a fictitious communist country. Due to recent food shortages, public dem...
