My two cents:As I said yesterday, the current system of institutional reform in the EU is unreasonable and unfair because it makes decision-making impossible. So let’s ditch it.Before attempting to reform the Treaties again, we need to agree on a...
Topics: Constitution, European Politics

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A few thoughts after the Irish ‘No’:National politicians and national media still have a major communication problem concerning the EU. European politicians too, of course, but they cannot solve the problem. Only those who already have the...
Topics: Constitution, European Politics, Media, Society

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When the Danish cartoon row began around the end of 2005, it took several months before the Danish government embarked on a counter propaganda offensive. It was not until February 2006 that Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen appeared on Al Arabiya in...
Topics: Media, Society, World Politics

{"title":"Radio Netherlands grabbing chance Danes ignored?","post_url":"http:\/\/www.european-democracy.org\/archives\/2008\/03\/23\/radio-netherlands-grabbing-chance-danes-ignored\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/www.european-democracy.org\/feed\/","author":null,"date":"2008-03-23 08:39:20","summary":"When the Danish cartoon row began around the end of 2005, it took several months before the Danish government embarked on a counter propaganda offensive. It was not until February 2006 that Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen appeared on Al Arabiya in..."}

True words from the FT’s Tony Barber about the foolishness of EU Member States’ lukewarm (if any) support for Turkish EU membership.
Topics: European Politics, Link of the day, World Politics

{"title":"Link of the day: EU should support Turkish democracy and membership","post_url":"http:\/\/www.european-democracy.org\/archives\/2008\/03\/19\/link-of-the-day-eu-should-support-turkish-democracy-and-membership\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/www.european-democracy.org\/feed\/","author":null,"date":"2008-03-19 02:30:48","summary":"True words from the FT’s Tony Barber about the foolishness of EU Member States’ lukewarm (if any) support for Turkish EU membership."}

Good analysis by FT correspondents Ben Hall and Bertrand Benoit of recent developments in the Franco-German relations. Sarkozy’s original proposal for a Mediterranean Union consisting of only the countries around the Mediterranean Sea was in their..
Topics: European Politics

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