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Bloggingportal.eu – Editors’ choice- Jason O'Mahony: A President for Europe: How it could work. July 30, 2010So, here’s the thing: If people like me keep saying that the best way to deal with the EU’s democratic disconnect is an elected president of the EU, then it is incumbent upon me to try and explain how it would work, and how we deal with... […]
- Coulisses de Bruxelles (Libération): Le coût apocalyptique de l’éclatement de la zone euro July 29, 2010Secoué par la crise de la dette souveraine, l’édifice de la monnaie unique s’est fissuré. Les États estiment désormais qu’un retour aux anciennes monnaies nationales est inévitable, l’euro étant manifestement ingouvernable, les États... […]
- Se former à la communication européenne: Série d’été : quelle stratégie de l’UE pour communiquer dans les médias sociaux ? July 29, 2010Première salve sur le sujet avec la publication d’une lettre ouverte de la communauté des éditeurs et des webmasters de la Commission européenne au président Barroso et aux Commissaires entrants, en janvier. Nombreuses préconisations afin d... […]
- Unknown: God in Brussel - Journalist in Brussel July 28, 2010[…]
- Brussels Blog (Financial Times): Battle joined over new EU diplomatic service July 28, 2010Any day now the advertisements should go out for the top jobs in Brussels’ new diplomatic service – the European External Action Service, as it will be boringly known. If the optimists are right, the service will be anything but boring. It’s th... […]
- A Fistful of Euros: Interpreting The Stress Tests July 28, 2010Evidently there is now a considerable debate out there about the famous (or should that be infamous) CEBS stress tests. Methodologically all sorts of weaknesses have been identified, but in many cases these are decidedly beside the point. It is impor... […]
- Jon Worth's Euroblog: See no citizens, hear no citizens, speak to no citizens – the institutional approach to the European citizens’ initiative (ECI) July 27, 2010A friend pointed me to the Working Document on a proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the citizens’ initiative from the European Parliament’s Committee on Constitutional Affairs. Rapporteurs for this... […]
- Europa451.fr: La suite du débat autour de l'existentialisme des Euroblogs July 27, 2010Flickr/Daniel HenríquezDans l'idée de [...]... […]
- European Union Law: The Bulgarian Problem of the European Union July 26, 2010The European Union has a big problem with Bulgaria, and may not know it. Here is why. The purpose of the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) is to investigate the ways in which young people are prepared to undertake their roles... […]
- Mathew'sTagsmanian Devil: Bloggingportal2: What, Why, How … and When? July 25, 2010As I and other BP editors have hinted at recently, over the past 6 or more months we’ve had a series of email discussions about how to develop BloggingPortal. In fact, one such discussion - based around an idea I launched via a Google documen... […]
- Jason O'Mahony: A President for Europe: How it could work. July 30, 2010
- Bloggingportal – All posts
- Henrik-Alexandersson.se : Och nu: Polisen vill ha omvänd bevisbörda July 29, 2010
- CTA Brussels Weblog: Somalia: EC allocates €35 million for victims July 29, 2010
- Ideas on Europe: Can the EU stand a new wave of Enlargement? July 29, 2010
- Jason O'Mahony: An Occasional Guide to Irish Politics: The surprisingly cold candidate. July 29, 2010
- CTA Brussels Weblog: ACP chief Chambas commends outgoing chair July 29, 2010
- CTA Brussels Weblog: EU urged to promote 'territorial vision' of farming July 29, 2010
- Blog von Andreas Grieß: Flattr: Finanzierungsmodel mit Zukunft oder kurzfristiger Online-Hype? (Teil 4/4) July 29, 2010
- CTA Brussels Weblog: Old PCs - Do They Help Or Harm Africa? July 29, 2010
- Casa Europei Cluj-Napoca: iMagazine în afaceri europene July 29, 2010
- Marek Siwiec: Demokracja według prezesa July 29, 2010
Creative Commons
- More Kosmolinks
- Im Netz findet Europa noch nicht statt - News Digital: Internet - tagesanzeiger.ch
- How do I know China wrecked the Copenhagen deal? I was in the room | Mark Lynas | Environment | The Guardian
- The Rise of Public Diplomacy 2.0
- 29 Tips for Bad Writing on Afghanistan « Ghosts of Alexander
- In Defence of Principled Anonymous Blogging | The Wardman Wire
- Kosmopolito @ Ideas on Europe
- Blogging: A short introduction for academics August 2, 2009
- A new presence July 24, 2009
Quotes of the week (II)
Another post in this neglected “wannabe series“.
“I don’t want to run auto companies, and I don’t want to run banks. I’ve got two wars I’ve got to run already – I’ve got more than enough to do.” Barack Obama (via euromatt)
At first sight the idea of centre-right communists sounds as odd as “moderate Trotskyites” or “secular jihadists”. Economist.com
“The real European election happens on 27 September.” Timothy Garton Ash
“Erfahrung heißt gar nichts. Man kann seine Sache auch 35 Jahre schlecht machen.” – Kurt Tucholsky
“When your business depends on people paying for the privilege of being locked up, the prison better look and feel luxurious, and the bars better not be too visible.” Lifehacker
“Wetter, Verwandtschaft und Staatsoberhäupter hat man nun mal.” – Karel Schwarzenberg