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93% say no : What’s next for the Icelandic government?

93% say no : What's next for the Icelandic government?

93% was the percentage of the Icelandic electorate that said NO to the Icesave bill. So the big question around here now is: What will happen to the government now that the Icesave referendum is over. The opposition of course keeps banging about how (...)

9 Mar. 2010 | | Alda Sigmundsdóttir

Ukraine’s magic roundabout

Ukraine's magic roundabout

The Tymoshenko-led cabinet will almost certainly not survive a vote of no confidence in the VR on Wednesday. The ’virtual’ BYuT-led ruling coalition has fallen apart, but is by no means certain that a new coalition can be constructed in the (...)

4 Mar. 2010 | 1 comment | Foreign Notes

Neutrality be Damned- Switzerland’s Ban on Minarets Seen as a Violation of Freedom of Religion

Switzerland Minaret Ban Poster

Geneva, Switzerland- In a referendum sen across Europe and much of the world as a strong rebuke of the perceived Islamization of the continent, Swiss voters on Sunday passed a bill that bans the construction of new minarets for mosques inside Switzerland. (...)

1 Dec. 2009 | | Manzer Munir

Herman van Rompuy and the Wedge Strategy against secular European institutions

Herman van Rompuy and the Wedge Strategy against secular European institutions

The new President of the European Council is praised for his talents as a negociator and haiku writer as well as for an undisputable sense of humor. What bothers me is the main reason why Herman van Rompuy probably got the job. I strongly campaigned (...)

23 Nov. 2009 | | Stephanemot

Stephen Wall might be a brilliant boffin, but he’s not the person to make a citizens’ case for the EU

Stephen Wall might be a brilliant boffin, but he's not the person to make a citizens' case for the EU

As quoted in this piece at EUObserver : A former British EU ambassador, Stephen Wall, also poured cold water on the scheme, saying that the appointment is about balancing national and political interests in Europe, rather than individual merit. (...)

20 nov. 2009 | | Jon Worth

ESDP and NATO

By Florian Pantazi. ESDP (the European Security and Defence Policy), agreed upon at St. Malo ten years ago, and the EU’s own defence force demonstrate the fact that the European Union has become a military and strategic player of growing importance (...)

13 nov. 2009 | | Blogactiv Team

A referendum on the UK’s EU membership ? Please not yet !

A referendum on the UK's EU membership ? Please not yet !

In an eloquent article on Our Kingdom, David Marquand, the academic, former Labour MP and later chief adviser (1977-78) to Roy Jenkins as President of the European Commission, laments that the Britain he’s proud of, the Britain that “stood (...)

12 nov. 2009 | | Brian Barder

“No one under the age of 52 has had the chance to vote on the EU”

“No one under the age of 52 has had the chance to vote on the EU”

So runs the argument of increasingly prominent anti-EU Tory, Daniel Hannan MEP - still advocating a UK referendum despite the final ratification of the Lisbon Treaty. This is, of course, very true. Since the 1975 referendum on EEC membership, the British (...)

5 nov. 2009 | | Nosemonkey

Some questions for David Cameron today

Some questions for David Cameron today

It has been widely trailed that David Cameron is going to outline his new European policy today, after capitulating yesterday on the Treaty of Lisbon issue. The feral members of the Tory Party are baying for blood, so what is Cameron going to give them ? (...)

4 nov. 2009 | | Jon Worth

If you’re a rail passenger Schengen is a myth

If you're a rail passenger Schengen is a myth

Enough is enough. Why, oh why, are we re-establishing border controls in Europe, at least as far as night train passengers are concerned ? On the Amsterdam-München CityNightLine service last weekend Netherlands Police boarded the train at Venlo and shone (...)

30 oct. 2009 | 3 comments | Jon Worth

First Europe, then... the world ?

First Europe, then... the world ?

A few vague thoughts towards predicting a new global geopolitics : Globalisation has been the undeniable trend of the last half century. As transportation and communication technologies have advanced, the world has got smaller. You can now get from (...)

28 oct. 2009 | 4 comments | Nosemonkey

Leadership needed for Europe’s foreign policy

Leadership needed for Europe's foreign policy

By Michael Berendt. A fundamental purpose of the Treaty of Lisbon is to make the European Union an effective force in the modern world, a global player with a power and influence far greater than the sum of its parts. The appointment of a High (...)

20 oct. 2009 | | Blogactiv Team

A ‘citizens’ campaign for Mary Robinson starts to roll

A ‘citizens' campaign for Mary Robinson starts to roll

No sooner have the Irish ratified the Treaty of Lisbon than a campaign starts to try to get an Irish citizen nominated to be President of the European Council - Mary Robinson, former Irish President. If you back her candidacy you can join the (...)

9 oct. 2009 | | Jon Worth

Ukraine not wanted in EU

Many core members of the EU share a common currency already - the Euro. Millions of citizens from new member Central and Eastern Europe countries are living and working in Western European countries with full access to job markets, accommodation, schools, (...)

8 oct. 2009 | | Foreign Notes

Why it’s hard to take eurosceptics seriously

Why it's hard to take eurosceptics seriously

There are many, many good arguments to be used against the EU. Scores of them, in fact. In places it’s massively inefficient. In places there are strong indications of what seems like systemic corruption. Some of the policies it has introduced have (...)

5 oct. 2009 | | Nosemonkey

USSR Reloaded ?

USSR Reloaded ?

By Svetoslav Apostolov. One man with courage makes a majority. Andrew Jackson In a historic second referendum on a treaty changing the way the European Community functions (the Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty (...)

2 oct. 2009 | | Blogactiv Team

A referendum for nothing

A referendum for nothing

On the 12th of June 2008, the Irish people rejected the Lisbon Treaty by a margin of 53.4% to 46.6%. The 2nd of October 2009, it will have to pronounce itself anew on this same text without a single comma having been changed, a text which itself is only a (...)

30 Sep. 2009 | | Dominique Guillemin

Melting the Cold War

Melting the Cold War

By Young & Restless EU Watch. The US’s parting ways with its proposed missile defense complex in Poland and the Czech Republic hopefully signals the final stage of the Cold War melting. Obstinate adherence to old Cold War politics may not have (...)

23 sep. 2009 | | Blogactiv Team

EU regionalism on the decline ?

Following my recent posts on national vs European identity and regionalism and the EU (as part of a vague attempt to get an idea of the nature and importance of geographical/cultural identity), this may be of interest - Why the end is nigh for regionalism (...)

3 sep. 2009 | 1 comment | Nosemonkey

The European Parliament’s experience with social media - a post election reflection

The European Parliament's experience with social media - a post election reflection

As the night was approaching and the last votes were counted on June 7, the final day of the European Parliament ( EP) election, you could read Twitter updates in 22 different languages from EP’s official Twitter accounts. Or debate the outcome with (...)

4 Aug. 2009 | | Bente Kalsnes

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