{"id":1576,"date":"2007-05-25T07:20:21","date_gmt":"2007-05-25T07:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jcm.org.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/25\/links-for-2007-05-25\/"},"modified":"2007-05-25T07:20:21","modified_gmt":"2007-05-25T07:20:21","slug":"links-for-2007-05-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/links-for-2007-05-25\/","title":{"rendered":"links for 2007-05-25"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"delicious\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iht.com\/articles\/ap\/2007\/05\/23\/europe\/EU-GEN-EU-Sarkozy.php\">Sarkozy backs scaled-down EU treaty<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Which, after Prodi&#8217;s comments the other day, means yet more deadlock<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/France\">France<\/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.forbes.com\/markets\/feeds\/afx\/2007\/05\/23\/afx3751743.html\">Iceland to join the EU?<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Current internal opposition makes it unlikely, but they are at least looking into it again<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Iceland\">Iceland<\/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.ft.com\/cms\/s\/aa4d4388-0914-11dc-a349-000b5df10621,dwp_uuid=70662e7c-3027-11da-ba9f-00000e2511c8.html\">Trade union powers increased via the EU<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">A good thing or a bad thing? No idea. Sounds dangerously like economics might be involved.<\/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:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/world\/europe\/europe_diary\/default.stm\">Europe diary: Spheres of Influence<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">The BBC&#8217;s Mark Mardell on the recent shifts in the European political landscape<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Europe\">Europe<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/zeitgeist\/0,1518,484709,00.html\">German breeds miniature cows<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Brilliant stuff &#8211; just shave it and whack it in a bun. Sorted.<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Germany\">Germany<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsfactor.com\/news\/The-French-Say-Au-Revoir-to-Microsoft\/story.xhtml?story_id=13000CYN8S0K\">French Parliament ditches Microsoft<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">French MPs and staff are all going Linux and Firefox-based as from June 2008. GEEKS!<\/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:\/\/openeuropeblog.blogspot.com\/2007\/05\/what-shambles.html\">Anti-EU thinktank slags off paper by pro-EU thinktank shocker!<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">But at least they have the decency to do it entertainingly<\/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:\/\/corbett.pir2.info\/blog\/2007\/05\/like-many-national-parliaments-european.html\">MEPs have a sense of humour<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">No, really. They do. Honest. (Well, it was fairly amusing, I thought&#8230;)<\/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:\/\/commonagpolicy.blogspot.com\/2007\/05\/wine-lake-threatens-to-overflow.html\">The European wine lake is expanding<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">I still don&#8217;t get this one &#8211; I&#8217;d happily drink it all, but decent French and Spanish wines are almost always far more expensive than their Australian \/ Californian equivalents. How does that work?<\/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.reuters.com\/article\/worldNews\/idUSL2370283920070524\">Irish election looking tight<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">I&#8217;d assumed it was a shoe-in, hence lack of coverage. Overview of Irish politics coming up&#8230;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Ireland\">Ireland<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Elections\">Elections<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/numero57.net\/?p=166\">Handy overview of Irish politics<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">For those, like me, who haven&#8217;t been paying much attention<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Ireland\">Ireland<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Elections\">Elections<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/world\/europe\/6688663.stm\">Ukraine&#8217;s getting even more unstable<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Again. President Yushchenko&#8217;s fired the Prosecutor General, but the chap&#8217;s refusing to go&#8230; Could get messy.<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Ukraine\">Ukraine<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pocketfilms.com\/blog\/category\/**%202007%20**\/pirates-of-the-caribbean-3\">A Pirates of the Caribbean 3 speical from me<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Spoiler free movie news gubbins from me, over at the Pocket Films Blog: what&#8217;s next for Johnny, Keira and co?<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/Nosemonkey\/Movies\">Movies<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sarkozy backs scaled-down EU treaty Which, after Prodi&#8217;s comments the other day, means yet more deadlock (tags: France EU) Iceland to join the EU? 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