Seminar: Europe in crisis: the challenge of winning citizens' trust
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The European Ombudsman, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, is organising an even tomorrow (24th of April, from 10.00 to 12.30) in the European Parliament in Brussels: "Europe in crisis: the challenge of winning citizens' trust". The focus of the...
We hold the keys to the future – Mélenchon on first round Presidential election results
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Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Presidential Candidate, Left Front, Sunday, April 22, Place Stalingrad …The initial results allow us to draw some lessons The first lesson is that our people seem determined to turn the page of the ‘Sarkozy years̵...
Lost in IP Translator -- a trilogy of treatises: II
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Last week the IPKat asked where IP TRANSLATOR has gone? This fascinating case, otherwise known as Case C-307/10 Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, was referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) back i...
Europe’s image problem – a learning opportunity?
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Brussels was the last stop on our Scorecard tour 2012. The event took place at the Permanent Representation of Poland to the EU – and it was indeed a lively discussion. If you want to have your say about the results of the Scorecard and the EU&...
The unwitting move towards a global gold standard
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Professor Lew Spellman, from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin, has an interesting new post out on the changing role of gold in the global economy....
Les deux référendums anti-Sarkozy
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Article published on Le Monde, 23 April 2012 La crise a voté. Massivement. Les Français n’ont pas, dira-t-on, cédé au désenchantement démocratique. Read the article...
Funding Spain and the year of the negative feedback loop
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On Friday, FT Alphaville discussed the process of de-euroisation that is currently underway as foreign investors continue to withdraw from the sovereign bond markets of peripheral countries....
The race is on for Burma's resources
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Profile writers habitually compare Aung San Suu Kyi and Nelson Mandela for obvious reasons. Both have displayed immense bravery; both have endured many years of incarceration at the behest of brutal regimes; both are articulate and photogenic. I fear...
French far-right success after consistent backing from Mail writer
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While the rest of Europe recoils in horror, at least one person will be pleased by the record performance of the far right National Front in French presidential election – and they’re a columnist for the Daily Mail. Seduced, supposedly...
Without a referendum on the House of Lords, we risk a politicians' stitch-up
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The idea of a referendum on Lords reform is almost as old as the notion of Lords reform itself. In 1910, the Conservative Opposition wanted a plebiscite to break the deadlock between the two Houses. The then Tory leader, Arthur Balfour, drew on the a...
Joe Muranyi – last of the All-Stars?*
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“In 1971 Harry Dial came to visit during what turned out to be Louis’ last regular job with his All-Stars, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York. Pops [Louis Armstrong - JD] and Harry were chattering away as I arrived; Armstrong intr...
Joe Muranyi – last of the All-Stars?*
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“In 1971 Harry Dial came to visit during what turned out to be Louis’ last regular job with his All-Stars, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York. Pops [Louis Armstrong - JD] and Harry were chattering away as I arrived; Armstrong intr...
We do have a Social Agenda, however EU institutions have limited powers
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The social policy sphere has never been one where the European institutions were given much power to act. At most what the European Commission can do is recommend a line of action to the member states and fix, in various official documents and treati...
Latest ACP-EU updates
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Some of the most commented headlines from around the web last week focused on ACP-EU issues, notably on Africa. All seem to succumb Africa’s attractiveness: Ritesh Kumar Singh and Sudhakar Kasture, experts in international trade, say that t...
The Troika: 23 to 27 April 2012
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All eyes were on France yesterday for the first round of voting in the presidential election. The results were announced with little surprise, setting up a run-off between Francois Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy; the former holding the advantage in the...
La fin du modèle d’apprentissage tel que nous le pratiquons depuis des siècles
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Le modèle d'enseignement et d'apprentissage, en général, soit celui en vigueur également dans les entreprises, n'a pas évolué au cours des derniers siècles. Plutôt que d'être centré sur un professeur, l'enseignement et l'apprentissage de de...
Markets Live transcript 23 Apr 2012
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Markets Live chat transcript for the chat ending at 11:10 on 23 Apr 2012. Participants in this chat were: Bryce Elder/FT DuncanR BE Good morningBE And welcome to the first ML of the week....
French Election Results: First Round
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Hollande leads with 28.63% Sarkozy comes out with 27.08% (slightly better than the estimations that had him...
Democracy – the antidote to Eurozone austerity
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Over the last twelve months of Eurozone crisis, the politicians in Europe have in the main been talking to each other rather than their electorates. In fact the conversations have involved Northern Europeans (mostly from Germany) telling Southern Eur...
The (early) Lunch Wrap
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Good morning, New York…FT ALPHAVILLE The flash HSBC China PMI contained both good and bad news. The good news was that the index was only just below the 50 mark, but the...
Endorsing "a modest proposal for ringfencing Europe"
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Check out Varoufakis modest proposal for solving the crisis:1) Debt conversion program undertaken - and initially funded - by the ECB;2) Investment and Internal Imbalances Amelioration Program European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Investment F...
Shaping Europe - Civic Education in Action - Call for Applications – Closing date: May 31st 2012
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A Scholarship Programme for Young Professionals Active in Citizenship Education from Central and South-Eastern Europe (Closing date: May 31st 2012)Our purposeThe German Federal Agency for Civic Education (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung/bpb) a...
Language Lessons: French, Spanish and German Summer Lessons
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For secondary school pupils in Ireland, learning a language for either the junior cert or perhaps the leaving cert can be a challenging and frankly, potentially a subject that you really don't like. Obviously, on the flip side there are several that...
French Presidential Election: Preliminary Result Monday Morning
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There is still no final result but here is where the candidates stand this morning according to Election Resources: François Hollande (PS) 28.6% (10,159,385) Nicolas Sarkozy (UMP) 27.1% (9,600,543) Marine Le Pen (FN) 18.0% (6,397,778) Jean-Luc M...
