Tag Archives: EU
The new High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Yes, this is really the official title of the position that will be created once the Lisbon treaty is in force. Why not “EU Foreign minister” you may ask – well, the British delegation successfully managed to lobby against the title of “EU Foreign Minister” in the negotiations (supported by quite a few others). Strange, [...]
Fortress Europe – War against refugees?
Via wikileaks I found this very interesting video, unfortunately only in German. If I had some time I would add subtitles (here is the text file). Although only a shorter version of the video was shown on German TV, it is quite a good example of EU related journalism. The video is about Frontex and [...]
Posted in European Foreign Policy, European Union Also tagged EDA, fortress europe, frontex, human rights, immigration, refugees 8 Comments
Dear Journalists…
Following the Yes vote on the Lisbon treaty in Ireland the media is full with articles and reports about the EU, the Lisbon treaty and the Irish vote. Unfortunately, journalistic accuracy for EU related topic is not that widespread. At least I get the impression after reading and watching a fair amount of material in [...]
Posted in European Union Also tagged EU reporting, institutions, Ireland, journalism, lisbon treaty, referendum 13 Comments
Ireland voted YES: But what’s next?
Finally, a YES for the Lisbon Treaty in Ireland. At least the second attempt was successful. So , what’s next? Now it is up to the Polish and Czech presidents to sign the treaty as well. Lech Kaczinski, the Polish president, promised to sign the text after the Irish voted ”yes’. So this leaves an [...]
Posted in Europe, European Debate, European Union Also tagged 2009, EU Reform, Institutional reform, integration, Ireland, lisbon treaty, referendum, Reform Treaty 6 Comments
EU Terminology for Dummies
A short guide for bloggers and journalists that write about EU affairs and are exposed to “Eurojargon“. Not only acronyms are an art form but also normal EU terminology can be tricky. Language plays an important role in constructing a certain image of the EU and journalists and bloggers should be aware of that. The [...]
Posted in Brussels, European Debate Also tagged EU reporting, eurojargon, institutions, journalism, language, terminology 9 Comments
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 Brussels, European Commission, Germany, nomination, Stasi 2.0, Wolfgang Schäuble 8 Comments
Quotes of the week (V)
Just a reminder: there were actually European Parliament elections last week… Francisco G. Basterra (El Pais) Global Vote, local mindset. Lykke Friis The EU elections are like a European soccer championship played in each national league with aggregated results. Evenimentul Zilei Send in the Clowns. NikOs To the 57% of Europeans: Not voting and at [...]
Posted in European Debate, blogging Also tagged EP elections, EU09, Europe, European Parliament Elections, media, quotes of the week 1 Comment
Blogging about the European Parliament elections
The EP elections 2009 are finally over! Results are in and being the author of a political EU blog I probably should be writing an election analysis including: … a critical look at the disappointing turnout figures and the reasons behind it. … a sharp analysis of the results in different countries preferably in a [...]
Posted in European Union, blogging Also tagged blogging, bloggingportal, election analysis, EP elections 2009, European elections, European Parliament Elections 1 Comment
European Parliament elections!
Here we go: it is the last day of the European Parliament Elections. I guess everything (for example here or here or here) has been said – no need to add anything. If you don’t know who to vote for – EUprofiler and Votematch might help. The only advice I can give you, is the [...]
Posted in European Union Also tagged elections 2009, EP elections, European elections, European Parliament, European Parliament Elections Leave a comment
What is the EU planning to do?
This is really useful – and an important step towards more transparency. The European Commission just launched a directory for legislative proposals as part of the Eur-Lex service (hat tip: Grahlaw) You can browse through 20 policy areas and discover what kind of EU legislation is in the pipeline! What exactly is included? ‘Preparatory documents’ [...]
Posted in European Union Also tagged Eur-Lex, European Commission, legislation, preparatory documents, proposed, transparency 2 Comments
EU/EP videos for Dummies
… not in a bad sense. More like in this book series (and there is even a EU dummy book!)… A couple of days ago the Austrian version of this video was all over twitter. Now, the producers fulfilled their promise and released an English version with a nice Austrian accent. (hat-tip: europeum). Great visuals [...]
Posted in European Debate Also tagged European Parliament, European Parliament Elections, online video, video Leave a comment
The Union of Subsidized Farmers
OK it is a couple of months old but I have not seen it yet… ArtWerks perception of Europe and the neighborhood in January 2009. (via €urowonk) Actually quite interesting how some issues disappear within a couple of months or does anyone still remember the Turkey/Youtube problem? Iceland would certainly associated with something else than [...]
Posted in European Debate, blogging, culture Also tagged Eastern Europe, Europe, European Neighbourhood, fun, map 1 Comment
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