September 8, 2005
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German elections: North Sea Diaries on the “shadowy, chimeric thing” that is German conservatism, Jerome a Paris on yet another glimmer of hope for Schr�der as Bloomberg and others report on a poll which sees his popularity rise – and … Continue reading
September 7, 2005
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Charles Clarke’s speech to the European Parliament from this morning (link courtesy of a kindly comment). Apparently the reason some people are wary of the EU is that it “does not appear to give sufficient priority to offering practical solutions … Continue reading
September 5, 2005
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German Elections: The Guardian Newsblog will apparently be covering things in the run-up. The first post, on last night’s TV debate between the prospective Chancellors, is here, and it’s pretty decent. More takes – from Deutsche Well (one, two, three) … Continue reading
September 5, 2005
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Heads up, people – ID cards propaganda phase two is under way, and it’s starting in the gloomy recesses of the EU where no newspaper ever dares send its reporters. Today the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and … Continue reading
August 31, 2005
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German elections:MatGB points me in the direction of this openDemocracy blog dedicated to the German elections – good stuff, expecially today’s comprehensive overview post.
August 30, 2005
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German elections: Despite weekend polls giving the CDU/CSU opposition a 13% lead, another recent poll reckons that Gerhard Schr�der remains Germany’s preferred Chancellor. Will Merkel’s latest announcement tip the balance, or has it already been tipped? Confusing, this polling business … Continue reading
August 28, 2005
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It’s really about time we started paying more attention to what’s going on in Germany. On Thursday Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court gave the final go-ahead for the elections on September 18th following a legal challenge to Chancellor Gerhard Schr�der’s call … Continue reading
August 4, 2005
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Out with the old… And in with the pro-growth, pro-business new Europe. (Via) – interesting stuff: “it’s not only former Communist countries that have put rapid growth at the top of their priority list. In fact, since the 2004 enlargement … Continue reading
July 29, 2005
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No, no, no – of COURSE I’m not implying that the rampantly corrupt Italian multimillionaire media baron cum Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is himself a disaster, a rip off and screwing everybody (though he bloody well is), merely quoting this … Continue reading
July 28, 2005
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A vision of Britain’s ID card future – “the more people that say something, anything, anywhere, the better. Making a subset of our fellow citizens feel less than complete members of our society, only causes the words ‘violent backlash’ to … Continue reading
July 27, 2005
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As regular readers of this blog will know, I’m no economist and numbers tend to confuse me. But still, this doesn’t look good: “According to the latest revisions, the EU25 external current account recorded a deficit of 22.5 billion euro … Continue reading
July 21, 2005
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There’s been a lot of fuss about the European steel industry in recent months, with various spats with the US over tarrifs and production and the like. All fair enough – important industry and what have you. But when you … Continue reading
July 20, 2005
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Two large trading blocs using subsidies and tax breaks to give their own businesses an advantage in the global market? Who’d have thought it? Yep, it’s the EU/US show again! And this time the poor little diddums have gone running … Continue reading
July 20, 2005
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Netherlands PM Jan Peter Balkenende in today’s Guardian: “it is increasingly clear that the public’s attitude towards Europe has changed. The desire for peace and stability is no longer an ironclad argument for further European integration… “Do we want an … Continue reading