Six days to go to the Irish Lisbon Treaty referendum and it’s not looking good for the “Yes” camp. But why? Continue reading
June 6, 2008
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Category Archives: Europe
May 24, 2008
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Belated Eurovision liveblog
Look, I happened to be having a night in, OK? I’ve been busy of late, and am knackered… I wasn’t looking forward to it. Honest. Continue reading
May 21, 2008
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Nosemonkey is not dead, honest
It’s been radio silence here for a while. Sorry about that… Here’s some gubbins to make it look like I’m still alive… Continue reading
April 23, 2008
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St George’s Day
Busy, sorry – in the meantime, why not check out last year’s St George’s Day post (still all nice and relevant and stuff, just like George himself), as the self-same moron that inspired that one left a comment yesterday to … Continue reading
April 18, 2008
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On the EU’s “democratic deficit”
I’ve been planning a long piece on this for months, but haven’t quite found the time. This isn’t that piece, but it is a start – a trailer, if you will… Continue reading
April 15, 2008
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Berlusconi’s back – huzzah!
Aaaaah! Silvio… How I’ve missed you. Italian politics had simply got a bit too dull under Prodi, what with him not holding a near monopoly in the Italian media, not trying to blatantly advance his own commercial interests through his … Continue reading
April 8, 2008
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Vaclav Havel for EU president?
In amongst some otherwise predictable poll findings, Cold War hero and former Czech president Vaclav Havel gets a brief mention. It’s the first time I can recall his name cropping up in relation to the job – but God damn, … Continue reading
April 4, 2008
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NATO, Russia and Europe
The NATO summit is the perfect illustration of the fraught relations of Russia and the West, but it’s also just a sideshow… Continue reading
April 2, 2008
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Blogger becomes Finnish Foreign Minister
Congrats Alex Stubb MEP (yes, he of the website full of really bizarre photos) on his recently-announced promotion following the highly entertaining mobile phone sex scandal. That makes two Scandinavian countries with bloggers as Foreign Ministers (the other being Sweden’s … Continue reading
March 27, 2008
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Has Sarkozy screwed Gordon?
The Brown/Sarko press conference following the latter’s state visit to the UK is going on as I type. There’s been a lot of “one night stand” rhetoric in response to a question from the BBC’s Nick Robinson (along the lines … Continue reading
March 14, 2008
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Two nutty anti-EU myths dispelled in one day
Myth 1: The EU blindly supports the climate change lobby (Oh noes! Teh Brussels bureaucrats am all Greenpeace activists!) Erm: EU dismisses Brown green VAT plan “Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s plan to slash VAT on environmentally-friendly goods has been given … Continue reading
March 11, 2008
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EU reform: Impossible, a superstate, or multi-tier?
A perennial eurosceptic claim is that the EU is incapable of reform. So, what are the chances of real change? Continue reading
March 7, 2008
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EU blog directory
I’ve been in this game on and off for the last five years, and the world of EU blogging has changed rather a lot in that time. So, who are the players? Continue reading
March 6, 2008
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All your EU news and blog RSS needs covered
Here you go – a handy compilation of RSS feeds of various EU news sites and blogs, courtesy of yours truly. It’s rather a work in progress – as you can see from the subject and country/region tabs, yet to … Continue reading