In his annual “State of the Union” speech (28 September), Commission President José Manuel Barroso admitted that the EU was confronted with the most serious crisis of confidence in its history and outlined proposals for moving toward an economic union, calling EU leaders to support further integration.
Article published on Euractiv.com, 28 September 2011, updated 30 September [...]
On 6 October, the Chairman of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and President of the European Parliament ret. Dr. Hans-Gert Pöttering, MEP will inaugurate the newly established Debating Europe discussion series at the European University Institute (San Domenico di Fiesole, Florence).
At 11.15, Dr. Pöttering will deliver a Lecture in the Theatre of the Badia Fiesolana on “Stationen Europäischer Politik. Das Europäische Parlament als [...]
Article by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard published on The Telegraph, 28 September 2011
Optimism over Europe’s “grand plan” to shore up EMU was widely said to be the cause of yesterday’s torrid rally on global markets, lifting the CAC, DAX, Dow, crude and copper altogether.
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http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/ambroseevans-pritchard/100012245/the-dangerous-subversion-of-germany-democracy/
Article by Nigel Jones, published on Mail Online, 27 September 2011
The firestorm that is currently engulfing the Eurozone is an economic one, and quite understandably, people’s attention has been focused on why a currency union between a fraudulent prospectus economy like Greece and a fully functioning one like Germany is a sure recipe for certain [...]
What kinds of belief and commitment are needed to get people involved in active citizenship in the UK and Europe?
The question, published on the The Guardian.co.uk, Monday 26 September 2011
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2011/sep/26/do-believers-make-better-citizens?newsfeed=true
The 5th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV2011) will take place in Tallinn, Estonia during 26 – 28 September, 2011 www.icegov.org.
This year the conference will focus on open governance and related subjects eg. the freedom of information, public information and problems related to its possession, also on increasing the transparency [...]
Book edited by Martin Rosema, Bas Denters, Kees Aarts, Amsterdam University Press, 2011
In this book, a group of leading scholars analyzes the functioning of modern democracies by focusing on two basic principles: political representation and policy congruence. Drawing on recent survey data from a variety of national and international research projects, they demonstrate how political [...]
Article by Nicholas Hastings published on The Wall Street Journal, 20 September 2011
Greece showed the way with democracy a long time ago.
Now it could be the country’s chance to do so again. Holding a referendum on the euro would give the Greek people a voice on how to take the medicine for years of overspending.
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Article published by Pierre Defraigne on Le Monde, 13 September 2011
La conception médiévale opposait le corps physique et mortel du roi au corps politique et immortel du royaume. L’Europe dominée par l’intergouvernemental est mortelle. Elle doit se doter d’un corps politique qui assurera sa pérennité, soit un collectif citoyen européen qui transcendera les débats politiques [...]
David Cameron must call a referendum on Europe or face a rebellion from his own party and a backlash from voters, a leading back-bench Tory warns today.
Article published by Andrew Porter, on The Telegraph, 19 September 2011
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/8772588/Tory-MPs-demand-referendum-on-Europe.html
