February 12, 2009
by Nosemonkey
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A bank inside the European Parliament building in Brussels has been robbed at gunpoint. Yes, *inside* the European Parliament building. The robber in question is still on the run – possibly hiding in the EP itself. Nothing much from the … Continue reading
February 12, 2009
by Nosemonkey
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Via the Convention on Modern Liberty‘s Twitter feed and following yesterday’s post on German concerns about the EU being used as a democratic bypass comes news of a worrying development for the freedom of every EU citizen: People may be … Continue reading
February 11, 2009
by Nosemonkey
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Germany’s constitutional court could put a halt to the Lisbon Treaty. The real question is, would this be a good thing? Continue reading
February 11, 2009
by Nosemonkey
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Originally posted as a comment to a post at the Local Democracy blog, a brief summary of my dislike of the British system of government/elections. The prime reason why I am still not sure if I’m going to bother to … Continue reading
February 5, 2009
by Nosemonkey
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Interesting analysis from European Voice today: Some members of the European Monetary Union (EMU) – Ireland and Greece obviously, and Italy, too – are discovering that what the International Monetary Fund (IMF) adjudges a global recession is cruelly exposing their … Continue reading
February 4, 2009
by Nosemonkey
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Interesting post from new EU/US politics blog Entangled Alliances, taking a look at the fate of European integration during times of recession, worth a look in full: Economic slowdowns have historically – almost without exception – led to greater protectionism … Continue reading
February 3, 2009
by Nosemonkey
Comments Off on And another promising new EU blog
This time from the editors of the European Parliament’s own website, with all sorts of hints of interesting new developments in the EU’s previously more or less dire online communications policy. From the early posts, they seem to get it … Continue reading
February 3, 2009
by Nosemonkey
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Just like busses, you wait ages for some promising new EU-focussed bloggers, and then 81 turn up at once… (And, judging from their photos, they aren’t all youngsters, as I was expecting, and there are even some GIRLS! Shocking! Though … Continue reading
February 3, 2009
by Nosemonkey
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Well, that could be one way of diffusing the ongoing EU/CIS standoff over EUropean energy supplies that recently saw death and destruction in Georgia and much of southern/eastern Europe lose gas supplies in the middle of winter. EurActiv reports that … Continue reading
January 26, 2009
by Nosemonkey
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With the launch of the laudable Think About It EU blogging competition this past weekend (sorry I couldn’t make it, chaps, etc.), and the neat coincidence of the public launch of the rather promising BloggingPortal.eu cropping up at the same … Continue reading
January 16, 2009
by Nosemonkey
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I picked a bad time to be insanely busy, what with the traffic leap brought by the Weblog Awards shortlisting coinciding with the latest round in the Russia/Ukraine gas dispute (something I’ve been keeping an eye on for a few … Continue reading
January 14, 2009
by Nosemonkey
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Not official yet, but looks like Created in Birminham beat Melanie Phillips to the top spot – result! Congrats to them, and to all involved with the site. This place – officially supporting CiB since the second day of the … Continue reading
January 11, 2009
by Nosemonkey
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Six months to go, and the first poll of UK voting intentions appears. Much of interest. Continue reading
January 11, 2009
by Nosemonkey
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Mad Melanie Phillips has pulled ahead in the Weblog Awards but Created in Birmingham can still stop the gong going to a right-wing harpie who appears to enjoy nothing more than stirring up racial tensions and pandering to the basest … Continue reading