More youtube fame for Mr Farage but the “non -country” strikes back: http://idontwanttoberude.com/
Posts under ‘European Debate’
The first European Citizens’ Initiative is here!
Hooray! Every day some more Lisbon Treaty innovations. Today I came across a campaign for the first European Citizens’ Initiative. (Hat tip: Andrew Burgess) Good news is that it is not an animal rights campaign but a campaign for a “Free Sunday“. Regardless of the idea behind the “free Sunday”, the timing and the execution [...]
How To Report The News
and while we’re at it:
One year Bloggingportal.eu
Happy birthday to bloggingportal.eu! We are celebrating 1 year of Bloggingportal.eu! Last January we launched the page and it has been a great first year. More than 500 euroblogs, 25 editors and thousands of visitors! Thanks for all your support and help! Do continue to spread the word – and feel free to give us your [...]
Freedom of Movement – Yes, but…
I had a very interesting discussion on twitter with @npanayotopoulos, @EULondonRep and @MiaLeenaSofia about EU mobility and practical obstacles when moving around Europe.
If you are a regular reader of this blog you are probably aware of the fact that I am quite interested in this topic, see for example my posts about the Sainsbury [...]
Europa im Netz
Einer der ersten Artikel über “uns euroblogger” in einer traditionellen überregionalen Zeitung (oder ist das etwa der erste ueberhaupt?), und dann auch noch ausgerechnet in der Schweiz - einem nicht EU-Mitglied! Es würde mich natürlich interessieren ob es den Artikel auch in gedruckter Form gibt…?
Im Tagesanzeiger schreibt Tobias Moorstedt über die europäische politische Netzdebatte, [...]
Number10.gov.uk and the President of the…
…EU, Europe or European Council? Here we go again. We know that many journalists do not understand why it is European Council President and why it is important to get EU terminology right. But to be honest, journalists do not seem to learn (and they love the easy words that make the story sound good…) [...]
Europe: The view from the US
Here are two articles I came across today (what a coincidence…) that offer a quite surprising perspective on Europe by some rather well known US writers:
Stephen M. Walt (Foreign Policy):
I wonder what Americans would think if every single one of them could travel to Paris or London, go through the airport and ride the [...]
Peter Voß fragt…Juli Zeh
Sehenswertes Interview mit dem Titel: “Freiheit, Freiheit über alles?” (video in German only)
Peter Voß fragt die Schriftstellerin Juli Zeh from Netwatcher24 on Vimeo.
The European political web aka ‘Eurosphere’
Here is a presentation by Linkfluence about the European political web as known as ‘Eurosphere’. Check here for some more details about the project. I think it is quite interesting and innovative and can potentially be used to track political issues across Europe.
Map & Analysis of the European political web
