Tag Archives: Brussels
Why Wolfgang Schäuble should not become EU Commissioner!
It seems as if my predictions about who will become the new German EU Commissioner were wrong. Spiegel Online reports today that Chancellor Merkel wants to nominate Wolfgang Schäuble, the current German Interior Minister, for the post in Brussels. This is quite a bad choice especially if he aims to get the Justice and Home [...]
Posted in European Union Also tagged EU, European Commission, Germany, nomination, Stasi 2.0, Wolfgang Schäuble 8 Comments
The "Festival of Europe": efficient communication or just a colourful marketplace?
Today it’s the 9th of May, Europe day. Like every year, celebrations are organised, with various intensities, throughout Europe. Of course, the main festivities are held in Brussels, where the European institutions open their doors to the public. Having attended the event for the last three years as a visitor (and enthusiastic collector of pens [...]
Posted in Brussels, European Debate Also tagged election campaign, elections 2009, EU communication, Europe, europe day, European Parliament, open day 7 Comments
The problems of EU debates
After reading recent posts by Martin Westlake and Julien Frisch I actually remembered a post on “EU debates” that I wrote a couple of months ago but somehow forgot to publish. It is rather an exploratory post, very general and patchy and open to new ideas. I want to look at the nature of EU [...]
Posted in European Debate, European Union Also tagged discourse, EU, EU myths, European Politics, European Union 6 Comments
European Youth Media Days 2008
This looks like an interesting event for journalists and bloggers. At the moment the programme looks still a bit general, but who knows, maybe it turns out to be exciting … Here is the official announcement: “Shape the future of European journalism” “New media. Open minds. From 15 to 17 October 2008, the next generation [...]
Remixing the Balkans
Ladies and Gentlemen, I am very pleased to introduce a new (hopefully regular) contributor to this blog: Tanchi This is the first round of enlargement (to use some EU speak) for the Kosmopolit blog. So stay tuned and witness some more accessions in the near future. But now let’s welcome Tanchi with her first post [...]
Posted in culture Also tagged Balkans, beats, dance, Enlargement, EU, Europe, European Union, Guca, music, Roma, Sevdah 4 Comments
Breaking News – Brown to visit Brussels this week!
So finally, after seven months in office British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to visit the European Institutions for the first time… well, it is about time! Read the story here.
Brussels and the EU institutions. How it all began.