March 10, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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1) A handy short explanation of why I’ve been writing about the EU constitution here a lot recently. 2) A new bilingual blog aggregator type thing from new(ish) French news channel France 24, designed to provide an insight into the … Continue reading
March 8, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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You thought David Cameron’s EU vision was full of platitudes and meaningless phrases? Check out those of Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett – oddly published in a Romanian newspaper, far out of sight of the British public… (via) Lots of guff … Continue reading
March 8, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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Looks like Dave’s finally making vague moves to lay out his approach to the EU in somewhat more clear terms than “we don’t like the EU much, but we won’t tell you quite how much” and “We’ll quit the biggest … Continue reading
March 7, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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1) Read Rachel 2) Be aware of the usually unjustified and frequently hurtful conspiracy theories, which will only escalate without full public disclosure 3) Sign
March 7, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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It’s ironic, really, that Baudrillard – doubtless like Chomsky when he finally pops off – is most likely destined to be remembered more for his commentary on 9/11 and The War Against Terror than his contributions to academia. It all … Continue reading
March 5, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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British politics has lost one of its most selfless and positive contributors. More: My Society, No2ID, Chicken Yoghurt, Devil’s Kitchen, Tim Ireland, Blood & Treasure, and many more – from right across the political spectrum.
March 5, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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Alternative headline: Contentious issue on which no presidential candidate has any answers is largely ignored in presidential election debates shocker! Yep, it’s not just me who’s noticed the lack of any concrete EU policies from any of the French presidential … Continue reading
March 3, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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Ain’t that pretty? (Testing out my funky new camera – albeit with a dodgy tripod…)
March 3, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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Oh yes… Switzerland… Neutral, aren’t they? Never did anyone any harm, did they? The worst Switzerland’s ever got up to is hoarding Nazi gold (and they probably only did that because they were too polite to say “sorry Adolf, old … Continue reading
March 2, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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Centre-right French presidential candidate Nicholas Sarkozy (currently the front-runner) has been doing a bit more to set out his attitude towards the EU. He’s already announced the that he thinks (fairly sensibly) that the existing EU constitution should be heavily … Continue reading
March 1, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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After his little upset Italian PM Romano Prodi’s managed to get through the vote of no confidence (winning by five votes – which considering how close in numbers the two main coalitions are is actually not quite as tight as … Continue reading
February 27, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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On Sunday, the News of the World claimed that Tony Blair has already decided to ratify the EU constitution – with or without the support of either the public or his party (let alone his heir, Gordon Brown). Today, the … Continue reading
February 27, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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A smattering of promising new EU blogs have crossed the radar in the last couple of days, all of which are worth a gander. In no particular order: The Telegraph have now got around to replacing David Rennie, whose Brussels … Continue reading
February 26, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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Some lass from the University of Hamburg has asked nicely, so here’s a link to her survey about continent-wide participation in “Euroblogs”, which apparently should only take about 15 minutes or so to fill out (I’m going to give it … Continue reading