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Antonio Tajani: ‘Make industry a central priority for recovery’
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BlogAntonio Tajani is European Commissioner for Industry, a sector that has been hit hard by the crisis, and one which several member states are hoping will play a central role in their recovery. On the sidelines of the International Journalism Festi...
Tomáš Sedláček: “We have fetishised economics”
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BlogConsidered one of the most talented economists of the moment, Tomáš Sedláček believes that economics should be humanised. His international non-fiction bestseller, Economics of Good and Evil, has recently been published...
Mario Monti: “Economic policy must change, but not out of pressure from nationalists”
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BlogA lot can change in two years. When we interviewed Mario Monti on the sidelines of the State of the Union conference during the Festival d’Europa in Florence in 2011, the former European commissioner and president of Bocconi University spok...
‘Don’t be afraid of counter-democracy’
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BlogLuuk van Middelaar is what is called an engaged observer. Philosopher and historian, he is the author of one of the most exciting books on European Union in recent years, Le Passage à l'Europe, Histoire d’un commencement (The Transit...
Dacian Cioloş: Organic farming is my next mission
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BlogSupported by the right and the left, the Commissioner for Agriculture, Dacian Ciolos, defends his reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which is expected to be adopted this year. Presseurop met with him at the BioFach Organic Trade Fair...
Friedrich Moser: “There’s a democratic deficit in the EU”
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BlogThe Brussels Business, broadcasted on Arte on 12 January, explores the shadowy universe of the powerful lobby groups at work behind the scenes of the European Union institutions, revealing their opaque and crucial influence on decisions that aff...
Gianni Pittella: “It’s time to turn the page on austerity”
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BlogOn 29 November, the Commission on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament approved the assembly's position on the supervision of the European banking system. This position will serve as the basis for negotiations with the Mem...
European Youth Parliament | EU’s young generation tackling the crisis | Blog
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“Putting an end to the crisis”: the subject has preoccupied the minds of European leaders for many months without yielding any valid results. So why not embark on a quest for different ideas and take a look at the fresh perspectives in a...
Debate | Is democracy shrinking? | Blog
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With national leaders apparently unable to act, such institutions as the European Central Bank, the German constitutional court, and the European Court of Justice are playing an increasingly influential role in European affairs. French political anal...
What is news? | The prince and the public interest | Blog
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The Sun newspaper's publication of nude photographs of Prince Harry has reinvigotated the hue-and-cry about the antics of the British tabloids, but amid the complaints, the issue of what news is actually for is the buried lede. So far 850 compla...
Working hours | Cometh the hour, cometh the (same) man | Blog
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Recently published EU research says that full-time workers are pulling longer shifts in the face of ongoing economic slump, but hours worked do not equal productivity, says Jason Walsh. A study performed by Eurofound, the European Union's labour rese...
Hactivism | Hacked off with hactivism | Blog
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The honeymoon may be over for the alliance between protest politics and hacker culture, says Angela Nagle. In a move that will shock those who see computer hackers as the techno wing of the political left, a Danish group self-identifying as a wing...
Interview Part 2 | Martin Schulz - "The European Parliament acts, heads of government don't" | Blog
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The euro may yet be saved, Martin Schulz believes: at best, if Europe’s leaders can change their spots – give up their ex officio wheeling and dealing – and let their institutions act. In an interview with Presseurop the P...
Interview Part 1 | Martin Schulz - "Democracy in Europe needs to be defended" | Blog
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Martin Schulz speaks his mind. In an interview to Presseurop, while passing through Paris on an official visit, the president of the European Parliament noted that the institution is still struggling in the EU political landscape. It is strugglin...
Interview | Mariusz Szczygiel - "Only Czechs would celebrate a hero who never existed" | Blog
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For several years he has been mulling over the Czech national character and the distinctive Czech sense of humour. His numerous stays in the Czech Republic have resulted in several books, the best-known of which, “Gottland”, won the 20...
Media and democracy | Public uninterest journalism | Blog
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The failures of the press are not ethical in nature, but existential, says Stephen Rainey. Identity is very readily marked in the expression of ideas, insights and opinions. One expresses one’s identity in words and deeds. In public, if th...
Unwilling European unionists | Political union: time to take sides | Blog
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Europe continues to lurch toward ever-greater union, but few ever make a positive case for it, says Jason Walsh. Eurogroup head and prime minister of Luxembourg, Jean-Claude Juncker has come out in favour of an EU president – a real, elected-...
Europe disunited
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Everyone knows Europe is straining at its impoverished fringes, but there is disunity at the heart of the EU even as the "fiscal compact" draws European economies into greater political union, says Jason Walsh. Although most of the threate...
Thomas Nicholson: Why Slovakia's corruption scandal is good for democracy
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He is the man who shook Slovakia. For years, Thomas Nicholson, a Canadian investigative journalist living in Slovakia, tried to publish the “Gorilla” file about corrupted politics in the country. No one would pay attention to it, unti...
Thomas Nicholson: Why Slovakia's corruption scandal is good for democracy
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He is the man who shook Slovakia. For years, Thomas Nicholson, a Canadian investigative journalist living in Slovakia, tried to publish the “Gorilla” file about corrupted politics in the country. No one would pay attention to it, unti...
