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Bloggingportal.eu – Editors’ choice- Jason O'Mahony: A President for Europe: How it could work. July 30, 2010So, here’s the thing: If people like me keep saying that the best way to deal with the EU’s democratic disconnect is an elected president of the EU, then it is incumbent upon me to try and explain how it would work, and how we deal with... […]
- Coulisses de Bruxelles (Libération): Le coût apocalyptique de l’éclatement de la zone euro July 29, 2010Secoué par la crise de la dette souveraine, l’édifice de la monnaie unique s’est fissuré. Les États estiment désormais qu’un retour aux anciennes monnaies nationales est inévitable, l’euro étant manifestement ingouvernable, les États... […]
- Se former à la communication européenne: Série d’été : quelle stratégie de l’UE pour communiquer dans les médias sociaux ? July 29, 2010Première salve sur le sujet avec la publication d’une lettre ouverte de la communauté des éditeurs et des webmasters de la Commission européenne au président Barroso et aux Commissaires entrants, en janvier. Nombreuses préconisations afin d... […]
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- Brussels Blog (Financial Times): Battle joined over new EU diplomatic service July 28, 2010Any day now the advertisements should go out for the top jobs in Brussels’ new diplomatic service – the European External Action Service, as it will be boringly known. If the optimists are right, the service will be anything but boring. It’s th... […]
- A Fistful of Euros: Interpreting The Stress Tests July 28, 2010Evidently there is now a considerable debate out there about the famous (or should that be infamous) CEBS stress tests. Methodologically all sorts of weaknesses have been identified, but in many cases these are decidedly beside the point. It is impor... […]
- Jon Worth's Euroblog: See no citizens, hear no citizens, speak to no citizens – the institutional approach to the European citizens’ initiative (ECI) July 27, 2010A friend pointed me to the Working Document on a proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the citizens’ initiative from the European Parliament’s Committee on Constitutional Affairs. Rapporteurs for this... […]
- Europa451.fr: La suite du débat autour de l'existentialisme des Euroblogs July 27, 2010Flickr/Daniel HenríquezDans l'idée de [...]... […]
- European Union Law: The Bulgarian Problem of the European Union July 26, 2010The European Union has a big problem with Bulgaria, and may not know it. Here is why. The purpose of the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) is to investigate the ways in which young people are prepared to undertake their roles... […]
- Mathew'sTagsmanian Devil: Bloggingportal2: What, Why, How … and When? July 25, 2010As I and other BP editors have hinted at recently, over the past 6 or more months we’ve had a series of email discussions about how to develop BloggingPortal. In fact, one such discussion - based around an idea I launched via a Google documen... […]
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Total Denial
Total Denial is an amazing documentary about an historic lawsuit connected with the UNOCAL/TOTAL oil pipeline in Burma. One of the few screenings of the film took place in Brussels on Friday (organised by Avocats Sans Frontières), check out the official movie page here for more dates and details:
At the same time the outcome of the lawsuit will change the legal framework for corporations worldwide. For the first time a company was sued for human rights violations committed overseas. Even though this case was possible in the US under the Alien Torts Claim Act (a law introduced in 1789!) similar cases are pending in Europe (for example in France and Belgium). Here is the trailer:
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After the movie the director Milena Kaneva shared her thoughts about the implications of the movie with the audience which was indeed an inspiring and very interesting experience. However, the movie is still in need for some additional funding and support (distribution, DVD production…) … so if you have a some spare money or if you know a potential funding institution go to the sponsorship section of the official homepage… (Normally I do not use this blog for fundraising purposes but this is an exception: this documentary is definitely worth it!)