Tag Archives: Europa
Strengthening the ENP – Conference 3.9.2007
The European Commission is organizing a conference called “Working together – Strengthening the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP)” on 3.9.2007 in Brussels: This Conference provides a first opportunity for governmental and non-governmental actors, from both partner countries and EU Member States, to exchange views and ideas on how the policy can be further strengthened or how [...]
Posted in European Foreign Policy, European Union Also tagged ENP, EU, Europe, European Commission 2 Comments
The European Dream
Thanks to analyzingEU (somehow the post disappeared in the meantime…) I found this speech by Jeremy Rifkin, the founder of the Foundation of Economic Trends. If you know the stuff by Jeremy Rifkin you know what you get, if you don’t just give it a try! He is a quite influential advisor, a best-selling author [...]
Welcome back!
The summer break is over. Slowly, the Brussels xpat crowd is coming back from holiday. I just started deleting blog spam….it is incredible what kind of spam you get these days! It used to be only the obvious things about different medications and various operations, as well as dating opportunities…but now they started making compliments: [...]
Posted in Brussels, European Debate, European Union, International Politics Also tagged blogging, EU, EU Reform, Europe, European Politics, Kaczynski, poland, Romania, Romanian Politics, UK, US Politics 1 Comment
EU summit conclusions
In case you have nothing better to do this weekend, here is a wonderful exercise to make sense out of the EU summit conclusions: Empty your desk, put all former EC/EU treaties on the table, also the constitutional treaty! Now, have a look at the draft IGC mandate (the presidency proposal before the summit) and [...]
Posted in European Debate, European Union Also tagged EU, EU presidency, EU Reform, Europe, European Politics, politics 4 Comments
Romania's political mess – A mini roundup
Last week the political crisis in Romania truly escalated. A few weeks ago I posted a general introduction on the nature of politics in Romania and the fight between President Basescu and PM Tariceanu. Now, President Basescu is suspended from office and there will be a referendum on May 19 (unusual for elections: a Saturday [...]
Posted in Brussels, Eastern Europe, European Union, Romania Also tagged Elite, EU, Europe, European Commission, European Politics, politics, Romania, Romanian Politics, Securitatea 9 Comments
Another common history book?
History has always been (mis-) used in political debates. Basically, every social group constructs a set of historical ‘facts’ which then are used to justify any kind of ‘political action’. The constant repetition of these ‘facts’ create history. Usually different “versions” of history exist and most of the times these versions seem incompatible even though [...]
Posted in Eastern Europe, European Debate, Humanities & Social Sciences Also tagged education, Europe, History, nationalism 1 Comment
Berlin declaration online
Thanks to Jan’s EU Blog the German version of the Berlin declaration is online! As expected, it is a rather non-binding document which also sounds a bit pathetic. References to more controversial issues such as the “Euro”, “open frontiers” and the “European social model” have also been included. References to “further enlargement” and “Christian heritage” [...]
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EU achievements
As the weekend comes closer, the media is getting more and more enthusiastic about the achievements of the EU (for a change). The BBC came up with Ten things the EU has done for you (somehow inspired by the popular What has Europe ever done for us? -video) and a guide to the best euromyths. [...]
Posted in European Debate, European Union Also tagged EU, Europe, European Politics, History, UK 2 Comments
A view from the outside
Sometimes it is quite revealing to change perspective. Andrew Moravcsik comments in Newsweek on the upcoming 50th birthday of the EU and comes to this conclusion: … it’s significant that 50 years after the EU’s march to unity began, it is now Europe, not the United States, that’s held up as a new lamp unto [...]
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Europa im Netz