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		<title>Angela the Lawgiver</title>
		<link>http://debate.eudo.eu/cafe/2012/02/03/angela-the-lawgiver/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Daily Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[european democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal measures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal union]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Article by Charlemagne, published on  The Economist, 3 February 2012
A pact to cut budget deficits is achieved at the cost of a growing democratic deficit.
It took just a little more than 40 days and 40 nights for Angela Merkel to bring down the tablets of fiscal law. At a summit in Brussels this week, 25 European <a href="http://debate.eudo.eu/cafe/2012/02/03/angela-the-lawgiver/">[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Occupy Monopolies&#8217; through Social Media</title>
		<link>http://debate.eudo.eu/cafe/2012/02/02/occupy-monopolies-through-social-media/</link>
		<comments>http://debate.eudo.eu/cafe/2012/02/02/occupy-monopolies-through-social-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eudo</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[european democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social networks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Article by Viktor Tkachuk  published on Euractiv, 1 February 2012
Social networks can act as a catalyst to help direct democracy prevail over current economic and political monopolies, writes Viktor Tkachuk from the &#8220;People First&#8221; organisation in Ukraine.
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		<title>Parliaments in the European Union after Lisbon</title>
		<link>http://debate.eudo.eu/cafe/2012/02/01/parliaments-in-the-european-union-after-lisbon/</link>
		<comments>http://debate.eudo.eu/cafe/2012/02/01/parliaments-in-the-european-union-after-lisbon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eudo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national parliaments and European Union]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://debate.eudo.eu/cafe/?p=1300</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Conference, 23-24 February 2012, Crowne Plaza Hotel Maastricht
The aim of this two-day conference is to contribute and take forward current debates on the impact of the Treaty of Lisbon on the role of parliaments in the European Union. The multi-disciplinary approach brings together scholars from law, comparative politics and public administration and combines academic debate with <a href="http://debate.eudo.eu/cafe/2012/02/01/parliaments-in-the-european-union-after-lisbon/">[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Another Summit, Another Bleak Day for European Democracy</title>
		<link>http://debate.eudo.eu/cafe/2012/01/31/another-summit-another-bleak-day-for-european-democracy/</link>
		<comments>http://debate.eudo.eu/cafe/2012/01/31/another-summit-another-bleak-day-for-european-democracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eudo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurocrisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal treaty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Article by Kirsty Hughes published on OpenDemocracy, 31  January 2012
The new &#8216;fiscal compact&#8217; treaty agreed at Monday&#8217;s summit aims to take vital economic policy choices out of the reach of democratic decision-making. Beyond that, there is no new thinking, nothing to stimulate growth, nothing to give some hope to the 23 million unemployed – and <a href="http://debate.eudo.eu/cafe/2012/01/31/another-summit-another-bleak-day-for-european-democracy/">[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Populism Emergent: a Framework for Analyzing its Contexts, Mechanics, and Outcomes</title>
		<link>http://debate.eudo.eu/cafe/2012/01/30/populism-emergent-a-framework-for-analyzing-its-contexts-mechanics-and-outcomes/</link>
		<comments>http://debate.eudo.eu/cafe/2012/01/30/populism-emergent-a-framework-for-analyzing-its-contexts-mechanics-and-outcomes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:13:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eudo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[populism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[EUDO Working Paper 2012/01 by Takis S.Pappas
This paper, based on cross-regional empirical research, provides an integrated analytical framework for understanding the emergence of populism in seemingly different political contexts in both Europe (including Greece, France and the Netherlands) and Latin America (including Peru and Venezuela). It is found that, given an appropriate context, political leadership is <a href="http://debate.eudo.eu/cafe/2012/01/30/populism-emergent-a-framework-for-analyzing-its-contexts-mechanics-and-outcomes/">[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Online Petitions to Put EU under Public Scrutiny</title>
		<link>http://debate.eudo.eu/cafe/2012/01/27/online-petitions-to-put-eu-under-public-scrutiny/</link>
		<comments>http://debate.eudo.eu/cafe/2012/01/27/online-petitions-to-put-eu-under-public-scrutiny/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:49:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eudo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[european citizens' initiative]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://debate.eudo.eu/cafe/?p=1284</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Article by Honor Mahony published on the EUObserver, 28 January 2012
With just weeks until to go until the EU dips its toe into the unpredictable world of participatory democracy, internet giants are warning the European Commission it had better be prepared for scrutiny by a critical and highly-wired public.
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		<title>Political Parties and Democratic Linkage: How Parties Organize Democracy</title>
		<link>http://debate.eudo.eu/cafe/2012/01/25/political-parties-and-democratic-linkage-how-parties-organize-democracy/</link>
		<comments>http://debate.eudo.eu/cafe/2012/01/25/political-parties-and-democratic-linkage-how-parties-organize-democracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eudo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discussions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[european political parties]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://debate.eudo.eu/cafe/?p=1265</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[David Farrell 

David Farrell summarizes for EUDO Café the core argument of his recent book: Russell J. Dalton, David M. Farrell and Ian McAllister, Political Parties and Democratic Linkage: How Parties Organize Democracy (Oxford University Press, 2011)
In the academic literature on political parties (including important contributions by the late Peter Mair), which argues that political <a href="http://debate.eudo.eu/cafe/2012/01/25/political-parties-and-democratic-linkage-how-parties-organize-democracy/">[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Extreme consequences&#8217; for Ireland if fiscal union vote rejected</title>
		<link>http://debate.eudo.eu/cafe/2012/01/25/extreme-consequences-for-ireland-if-fiscal-union-vote-rejected/</link>
		<comments>http://debate.eudo.eu/cafe/2012/01/25/extreme-consequences-for-ireland-if-fiscal-union-vote-rejected/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eudo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irish referendum]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://debate.eudo.eu/cafe/?p=1258</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Article by Harry McGee , published on The Irish Times,24 January 2012
Former German foreign minister Joschka Fischer has said there would be “extreme consequences” for Ireland should it reject a referendum on the fiscal compact.
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		<title>Managing Sovereign Debt Crisis in Europe &#8211; A Roundtable</title>
		<link>http://debate.eudo.eu/cafe/2012/01/24/managing-sovereign-debt-crisis-in-europe-a-roundtable/</link>
		<comments>http://debate.eudo.eu/cafe/2012/01/24/managing-sovereign-debt-crisis-in-europe-a-roundtable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eudo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[european democracy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://debate.eudo.eu/cafe/?p=1254</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Roundtable, 1st February 2012, 17:00 &#8211; 19:00
Location: Committee Rooms, Glamorgan Building, Cardiff University
Since late 2009 the global financial and economic crisis, with its roots in the US sub-prime mortgage crisis, has mutated into a sovereign debt crisis centred on the European Union and its Member States. Concerns regarding the levels of national debt across states <a href="http://debate.eudo.eu/cafe/2012/01/24/managing-sovereign-debt-crisis-in-europe-a-roundtable/">[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Challenge of Democratic Representation in the European Union</title>
		<link>http://debate.eudo.eu/cafe/2012/01/23/the-challenge-of-democratic-representation-in-the-european-union/</link>
		<comments>http://debate.eudo.eu/cafe/2012/01/23/the-challenge-of-democratic-representation-in-the-european-union/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eudo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political representation in the EU]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://debate.eudo.eu/cafe/?p=1247</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Edited by Sandra Kröger and Dawid Friedrich, Palgrave Macmillan, 30 November 2011

The present book is highly topical and contributes to what may be perceived as the ‘representative turn’ in EU studies.What does political representation in the European Union look like? Which actors claim to act as representatives of which constituency? What role does the EU play in (re)shaping <a href="http://debate.eudo.eu/cafe/2012/01/23/the-challenge-of-democratic-representation-in-the-european-union/">[...]</a>]]></description>
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