Author Archives: Kosmopolit
Joschka Fischer, die Krise der EU und das Problem aus Karlsruhe
Interessante Rede von Joschka Fischer zur Lage der EU und der Rolle Deutschlands. Kurz zusammengefasst ist seine These: “Jeder ist sich selbst der Nächste” – vor allem in der Krise und das gilt auch fur Deutschland: Bedauerlicherweise hat unser Land, Deutschland, damals eher die Rolle der Bremse statt des die des Motors gespielt, und dieser [...]
Posted in Europe, European Debate, European Union Tagged EU, euroskepticism, Joschka Fischer, Karlsruhe, Krise Leave a comment
ACTA Recommendation: Ditch the Crazy Stuff
Here is a short ACTA explanation in “plain English” by Public Knowledge’s Legal Director Harold Feld. Five minutes with Harold Feld – because this stuff is important – and you need to know. Oh, and this is not only a matter for the US, in fact the EU has been quite active in the negotiations [...]
Posted in International Politics Tagged ACTA, Anti-counterfeiting, EU, Intellectual property, internet governance, trade, USA 1 Comment
Europe, the laboratory of the world?
Well, at least according to Jeremy Rifkin! He develops an interesting argument here linking climate change, economic recovery, energy, globalisation, the financial crisis with future opportunities: Despite the economic crisis and the struggle to save the euro, the European dream is not dead yet: what Europe needs is an “economic vision and game plan that [...]
Posted in European Debate Tagged climate change, economy, environment, financial crisis, globalisation, jeremy rifkin, oil 2 Comments
The future of bloggingportal
During the last weeks the editors of bloggingportal have been discussing the future of bloggingportal. The attempt to kick-start a public debate on our editors’ blog here failed, partly because we had some server problems last week. So I thought I should give it another plug here. So why do we need to talk about [...]
What if political scientists covered the news?
Read it here. So, what if political scientists covered EU news in newspapers in that way? (no, unfortunately I don’t have time to write something…possibly something for my to-do list
Posted in Europe Tagged academia, european studies, journalism, political science, USA Leave a comment
Simon Hix: The State of European Democracy After Lisbon
Simon Hix on The State of European Democracy After Lisbon at the IIEA – The Institute of International and European Affairs.
Posted in European Debate, European Union Tagged democracy, democratic deficit, EU, european democracy, lisbon treaty, simon hix 8 Comments
Großmacht Apple – Segen oder digitale Diktatur?
Posted in culture, internet Tagged apple, appstore, censorship, ipad, iphone, IT, media, steve jobs, zdf Leave a comment
EU rural development and 'semi-literate farmers'
An ambitious policy: “The EU’s rural development policy is all about meeting the challenges faced by our rural areas, and unlocking their potential.” Especially the ‘new’ EU member states hoped to benefit from these funding programmes after joining the EU. Here is Alina Mungiu Pippidi‘s ‘Romanian reality check’ taken from her forthcoming book “A tale [...]
Posted in Eastern Europe, Romania, culture Tagged CAP, EU funding, EU integration, literacy, rural development Leave a comment
How software patents broke the system