{"id":1564,"date":"2007-05-15T07:29:43","date_gmt":"2007-05-15T07:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jcm.org.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/15\/links-for-2007-05-15\/"},"modified":"2007-05-15T07:29:43","modified_gmt":"2007-05-15T07:29:43","slug":"links-for-2007-05-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/links-for-2007-05-15\/","title":{"rendered":"links for 2007-05-15"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"delicious\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/c23e6012-014e-11dc-8b8c-000b5df10621,_i_rssPage=7c485a38-2f7a-11da-8b51-00000e2511c8.html\">Ruling coalition on verge of collapse<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">The aftermath of the Icelandic elections<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Iceland\">Iceland<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/world\/europe\/6652655.stm\">Russia cafe blast leaves 10 dead<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">It wouldn&#8217;t be the run-up to Russian elections without a few &#8220;terrorist&#8221; incidents&#8230; (*ahem*)<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Russia\">Russia<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/c675fdc0-01b7-11dc-8b8c-000b5df10621,_i_rssPage=7c485a38-2f7a-11da-8b51-00000e2511c8.html\">Bertie Ahern<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">An interesting profile of the Irish taoiseach<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Ireland\">Ireland<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/world\/europe\/6652211.stm\">Serbian nutty nationalist resigns<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">That Speaker chap&#8217;s gone after only a few days. Huzzah!<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Serbia\">Serbia<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/05\/14\/world\/europe\/14security.html?ex=1336795200&#038;en=90e7e67916bf6768&#038;ei=5088&#038;partner=rssnyt&#038;emc=rss\">US and EU meeting over passenger data today<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;While we reassure Europe, we have to insist that we can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t tie our hands in keeping dangerous people out of the United States&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/US\">US<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/EU\">EU<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/en\/energy\/eu-russia-summit-to-take-place-despite-tensions\/article-163745\">EU-Russia summit to go ahead<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Looked a bit touch and go there for a bit, and tensions are still high&#8230;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/EU\">EU<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Russia\">Russia<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dw-world.de\/dw\/article\/0,2144,2512366,00.html\">The EU-Russia summit<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">An overview of the issues causing trouble<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/EU\">EU<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Russia\">Russia<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/international\/story\/0,,2078776,00.html\">Germany wants to lift EU sanctions on Uzbekistan<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Here&#8217;s an idea: let&#8217;s not &#8211; the place is run by a murderous dictator, so let&#8217;s not give him any support, eh?<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Germany\">Germany<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/EU\">EU<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Central_Asia\">Central_Asia<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/main.jhtml?xml=\/news\/2007\/05\/10\/wfra210.xml\">Anglo-French EU clash on the cards<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Looks like Blair&#8217;s not going to get his preferred EU deal sorted before he goes<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/France\">France<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Britain\">Britain<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/EU\">EU<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/eureferendum.blogspot.com\/2007\/05\/believe-what-you-want-to-believe.html\">More on that EU treaty<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Military fetishist Richard North reminds us that he can be a damn good EU analyst when he chooses to<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/EU\">EU<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/displayStory.cfm?story_id=9175335\">Pining for the Cold War<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">The Economist on Russia&#8217;s view of the West<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Russia\">Russia<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lefigaro.fr\/english\/20070514.WWW000000439_why_we_need_a_strong_europe.html\">Why we need a strong Europe<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Romano Prodi makes his case for the way forward for the EU<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/EU\">EU<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurotrib.com\/?op=displaystory;sid=2007\/5\/14\/10335\/0467\">The forgotten UK voter<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Why are the votes of EU citizens resident in the UK not courted come elections?<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/EU\">EU<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Britain\">Britain<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/05\/11\/AR2007051102069.html\">4 Myths About America-Bashing in Europe<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">A tad too gushing, but nice to see the Yanks realising that it&#8217;s not personal, at least&#8230;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/US\">US<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Europe\">Europe<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.setimes.com\/cocoon\/setimes\/xhtml\/en_GB\/newsbriefs\/setimes\/newsbriefs\/2007\/05\/14\/nb-01\">Romanian protests increase<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Only a few days from the presidential impeachment referendum&#8230;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Romania\">Romania<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eu-digest.com\/2007\/05\/eu-digest-tony-blair-new-president.html\">Blair headed to the World Bank?<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">An intriguing suggestion, and a plausible one<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Labour\">Labour<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/main.jhtml?xml=\/news\/2007\/05\/14\/nsarko114.xml\">Sarkozy goes bipartisan?<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Looks like the early reports were true &#8211; he could be OK after all&#8230;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/France\">France<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/news\/world\/europe\/article1790269.ece\">Chirac&#8217;s next step<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Yep, you guessed it: The Chirac Foundation<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/France\">France<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.independent.co.uk\/europe\/article2542360.ece\">Berlusconi buys &#8216;Big Brother&#8217; company<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">*insert witty joke here*<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Italy\">Italy<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Media\">Media<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/eu\/story\/0,,2079645,00.html\">The EU&#8217;s Russia problem<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Yep, the Bear is once again the biggest problem facing the continent<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/EU\">EU<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Russia\">Russia<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/opinion\/main.jhtml?xml=\/opinion\/2007\/05\/15\/do1503.xml\">Berezovsky on Russia<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Putin&#8217;s big opponent on where Russia&#8217;s foreign policy&#8217;s gone wrong<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Russia\">Russia<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/EU\">EU<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/dynamic\/stories\/F\/FRANCE_NEW_PRESIDENT?SITE=DCTMS&#038;SECTION=HOME&#038;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT\">Sarkozy courts the unions<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">So much for him being a raving right-wing maniac, then<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/France\">France<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ruling coalition on verge of collapse The aftermath of the Icelandic elections (tags: Iceland) Russia cafe blast leaves 10 dead It wouldn&#8217;t be the run-up to Russian elections without a few &#8220;terrorist&#8221; incidents&#8230; (*ahem*) (tags: Russia) Bertie Ahern An interesting &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/links-for-2007-05-15\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-linklog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1564\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}