Capturing the mood
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At times in its history the Labour Party has captured the mood and appeared to offer the route to change – an Obama 2008 style hope for a better future. If capable and passionate people aren’t engaging now what are the reasons for this, and w...
Russia’s Post-Election Challenges
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One week on from the Russian presidential election, the various media outlets have been alive with commentary focused on some key questions in relation to the conduct of the election and what it will mean for Putin. Was the election free and fair, is...
Finkelstein on Israel: sometimes even an asshole tells the truth
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I have come in for some flak for quoting Benny Morris, an Israeli - Jewish historian who’s said and written some dodgy things about Arabs and Palestinians. I did not, of course, endorse Morris’s overall politics - I just quoted him as...
Finkelstein on Israel: sometimes even an asshole tells the truth
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I have come in for some flak for quoting Benny Morris, an Israeli - Jewish historian who’s said and written some dodgy things about Arabs and Palestinians. I did not, of course, endorse Morris’s overall politics - I just quoted him as...
General Motors: the unacceptable face of corporatism
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Have a look at this video and make sure you have a sick bucket handy. It shows Dan Akerson, CEO of General Motors, fawning, grovelling and abasing himself before the Climate Inquisition – and coming perilously close to endorsing the slander of...
Is Gender Equality a Male versus Female Matter?
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Women’s rights have made huge progress over the last decades, but in many sense gender equality remains quite uneven in the different parts of the world, including in the European Union and the most economically advanced countries.
Die Welt in Bratislava
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Verkehrte Welt in Bratislava: Dass mit Robert Ficos Sozialdemokraten eine Partei, die sich klar für eine Beteiligung am Euro-Rettungsfonds ausspricht, die slowakische Parlamentswahl gewinnt, schien vor einigen Monaten noch unvorstellbar. Schließlic...
Defecte en bevooroordeeld terrorisme studies veld achter NYPD radicalisering model
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De NYPD's 'radicalisering model "en het spionage-programma is ontstaan uit de orthodoxe terrorisme studie veld dat werd bekeken in het verleden van ondeugdelijke sociale wetenschappen, met behulp van labels en anti-moslim verhalen. De Orthodoxe...
Europe is the taboo subject in the French presidential election | Christine Ockrent
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It's a topic François Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy prefer to avoid. But Europe can't be sidesteppedParadoxically, the only country in the EU where the political debate is regularly stirred up by European issues is the UK. France prides itself, with...
Emre SEVİMBİGE: Bu Olanlar Da Ne! (1. Bölüm) @fable_edgar
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Emre SEVİMBİGE twitter.com/fable_edgar Bu Olanlar Da Ne! “Neden bu kadar ciddisin? Neden bu kadar ciddisin ki?” diye kendi kendine konuşuyordu salonun ortasında. Işıkları kapamış, tek başına oturuyordu kanepenin üzerinde. Saat gece...
Bradford West candidate selected
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After a quick fire selection process, Labour’s candidate for the Bradford West by-election was selected this evening by local members from a shortlist of seven. The candidate for the by-election will be Imran Hussain – congratulations to...
General Secretariat of the EU Council restructured
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According to a new Council document, the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union will be restructured as of 1 April 2012 – this is about 9 months after Uwo Corsepius took over the office of Secretary General from Pierre de Bois...
Sembla que no – la democràcia Europea haurà d’esperar…
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En l’entrada anterior em preguntava si hi havia voluntat per tirar endavant en la democratització de la Unió Europea. La resposta no ha hagut d’esperar ni fins a la votació prevista pel dia 14-15 de març; els grans grups del Parlament...
Introduction / Introducere
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Many things can be said about the European Union, its institutions and its political leaders. It has complex decision-making mechanisms, it ensures freedom of movement, it is too demanding or maybe not strict [...]...
What role for EASO with intra-EU relocation mechanisms?
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An article in today's Malta Independent on Sunday indicated that EASO will play a key role in evaluating the pilot project seeing beneficiaries of international protection relocated from Malta to other EU MS. The EUREMA project was set up in resp...
Portugal Gradually Shuffles Its Way Up Towards The Front Of The Debt Queue
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Well, a weekend during which Greece seems to have been finally able to pass muster on its bond deal, while Mario Draghi has given the official “all clear” on the debt crisis seems to be as good a moment as any to … Continu...
FTfm on AV
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Some highlights from Monday’s FTfm.Warning on high-yield ETF returnsIndustry figures blame the poor performance on high turnover and transaction costs that may be particularly...
Those noble, powerless Lib Dems…
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The three main intertwining idielogical strands that form the basis of the Liberal Democrats are liberalism, social democracy and a dislike of all power. It is often thought that the third in that list would be paradoxical for a political party which...
The Fiscal Treaty Alone Cannot Solve the Debt Crisis
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Far from being a bold, decisive solution to the Eurozone debt crisis, the new fiscal treaty is almost entirely beside the point. Assuming one is prepared to indulge in a fantasy world where all it takes to make sovereign states forget their national...
Πούτιν και Ερντογάν –βίοι παράλληλοι
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Διοικούν δύο μεγάλες, πολυεθνικές, πρώην αυτοκρατορίες, στις οποίες με τις –συχνά αμφιλεγόμενες- κινήσεις τους κατέστησαν και πάλι σημα...
What does the ’social’ in social innovation stand for?
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As it does every year, Forbes published its world’s billionaires: 1,226 people counting for 2% of world wealth (total $4.6 trillions). ‘The list is bigger than ever’ Forbes proudly proclaims. You can even follow your favourite billi...
Racist EU Ad
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A racist ad promoting the European Union has been withdrawn from circulation, but the embarrassment remains:By now, the viral disaster of a European Union TV ad, wherein various non-Western martial artists confront a white brunette, who symbolizes Eu...
