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In search of a European identity

June 18, 2005
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Le Figaro – EL’Union s’enferme dans la politique de l’autruche: “The six countries that decided to defer their referenda (Great Britain, Ireland, Denmark, The Czech Republic, Portugal and probably Luxembourg) have made the right choice. For the remainder, it is … Continue reading

June 18, 2005
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A Fistful of Euros – You�d Better Move On: “more than a clash between �Europeans� and �Free Marketeers�, this is a question of what kind of relationship people expect between citizens and government and between government and �market forces�.” And … Continue reading

June 17, 2005
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The BBC – Leaders deadlocked on EU budget: “A deal on the European Union budget looks unlikely after several hours of talks between EU leaders in Brussels failed to bridge differences… “the summit is growing into a bitter feud about … Continue reading

June 17, 2005
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Today’s Iranian elections: Cheat Sheet from Foreign Policy, Fair Vote Watch on the US administration’s attitude, and Open Democracy on why, despite the apparent attitude of the US, these elections are so important.

June 17, 2005
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The Guardian – Blair wins budget allies as EU summit puts constitution on ice: “In remarks that will be seized on by Eurosceptics, Mr Juncker insisted that the treaty could not be renegotiated and he suggested that French and Dutch … Continue reading

June 17, 2005
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Here’s a prime example of why I drifted away from being Eurosceptic. I mean, who’d want to be associated with someone like this? This pompous idiot appears as the main pictoral illustration to this article on Der Spiegel’s English language … Continue reading

June 16, 2005
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International Relations and Security Network – Iran prepares for presidential elections – looks like it’s between a pro-Western ex-president pushing for economic reform, a reformist looking for religious, political, economic and social liberalisation and a nationalist conservative former police chief … Continue reading

June 16, 2005
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Chicken Yoghurt – Hit me baby one more time: “The government think the public are dickheads.” Our man Justin seems to have got all angry again. He’ll give himself a hernia one of these days, you mark my words…

June 16, 2005
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EUpolitix – New EU budget blueprint unveiled – too much to summarise, but some interesting suggestions.

June 16, 2005
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European Tribune‘s looking very promising (and apparently it was only launched earlier this week). Their Euro News briefing for today sums up a lot of the stuff you need to know – rather sweetly accompanied with gasps of amazement at … Continue reading