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Quotes of the Week (VII)
… ok, “week” as in “last 12 weeks”… and as you can see a rather short and subjective list… Neil MacFarlane We may be living post-historically. Russia is not. Russia Today Opposition candidates will get the right to lose elections. Mark Danner If Everybody Knew, Who’s To Blame? Timothy Garton Ash Europe is nice, boring [...]
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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 [...]
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Quotes of the week (III)
What have we learnt this week? Poul Nyrup Rasmussen: I would have preferred the PES to have a candidate for the President of the European Commission, but we do not, and we will not before the elections. Andrew Moravcsik: Final anecdote: On my way back out to Heathrow I quizzed the cabby about the European [...]
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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 [...]

Quotes of the week (VIII)