Tag Archives: Germany

Peer Steinbrück – The new German EU Commissioner?

By Kosmopolit | Published: September 11, 2009
Just a quick post about the German discussion about the new EU Commissioner. (and a part of our concerted blog campaign). btw: Jan wrote a very useful overview of the state of play in all EU member states. Obviously, there is no real debate about the question who should replace Verheugen since German elections will [...]
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You are a Terrorist

By Kosmopolit | Published: September 11, 2009
It has been 8 years since 9/11 and we are still dealing with the consequences. Not only in Afghanistan, Iraq, or somewhere else (obviously these a major problems as well) but also ‘at home’ in Europe. So here is something to think about: The video is a German perspective (with English subtitles!) on the recent [...]
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Quotes of the Week (VI)

By Kosmopolit | Published: July 21, 2009
Richard Laming (Federal Union Blog) The powers that the EU ought to have are those that the member states cannot exercise effectively on their own: no more and no less. Nosemonkey: the EU’s “democratic deficit”[...] is actually preserving the sovereignty of the member states. Jean Quatremer: (Solana) L’homme qui “parle toutes les langues sans qu’on [...]
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Why Wolfgang Schäuble should not become EU Commissioner!

By Kosmopolit | Published: July 4, 2009
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 [...]
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"Walled In!" Germany's inner border

By Kosmopolit | Published: July 4, 2009
Pretty cool animation. Nice example how to make history more interesting and how computer animation can be used for educational purposes. Find more details about the project on DW World: For 28 years, a nearly insurmountable barrier kept people from fleeing East Germany. But then, the dramatic night of November 9, 1989, saw the fall [...]
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Thinking about the next European Commission

By Kosmopolit | Published: June 16, 2009
I just came back from the  Th!nk About It event in Rotterdam. The event was quite a success and we even made it into the Financial Times! Bloggers from almost all 27 member states were present so we came up with the idea of  a “concerted EU blogging action”! The aim is to put together [...]
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Vote for eurotopics!

By Kosmopolit | Published: May 18, 2009
One of my favorite European websites/online news services  – eurotopics – is nominated for a Grimme Online Award - the  most prestigious online award in Germany! You can vote here for eurotopics (just click on “Stimme abgeben”) until 21.6.2009.  The award is rather symbolic but the ceremony always generates quite some media attention – and [...]
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Obama, Berlin and the world

By Kosmopolit | Published: July 24, 2008
So what did we expect from Barack Obama’s foreign policy speech in Berlin?  Since Barack Obama is not even the official democratic candidate yet, and obviously not the US President, I think expectations were hugely exaggerated. Apart from that, the following list of expectations sums it up (at least for me): Great visions for the [...]
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Kosmolinks #17

By Kosmopolit | Published: June 22, 2008
The referendum: populism vs democracy The idea of the referendum as an instrument of the people’s will rests on pre-democratic foundations, says George Schöpflin. I certainly agree! A better way with referendums Interesting idea: Is it possible to introduce a more deliberative approach when holding a referendum? Does “deliberative polling” make citizens more knowledgeable? Instead [...]
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