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Forever a Sidekick? ? The Future of the Special Relationship II
2007-05-31 19:24:00 Additionally to the article posted yesterday, click the picture below if you want to watch the whole speech of Stephen Haseler at the book launch of “Sidekick” at Chatham House in London. More About: Relationship , Future , The Future , Special , Forever
Forever a Sidekick? ? The Future of the Special Relationship
2007-05-30 18:06:00 By Stephen Haseler As Tony Blair’s era comes to an end an insistent question remains: Why exactly did Britain go to war in Iraq? And why did a Labour Prime Minister support every twist and turn of the foreign policy of a conservative American President - whilst receiving hardly anything in return? And there is now ... More About: Relationship , Future , The Future , Special , Forever
No Rights for Homosexuals in Russia
2007-05-28 01:47:00 From the homepage of the German Green MP Volker Beck: “As announced, the Moscow city authorities have this year again banned the Gay Pride Parade scheduled for this Sunday. Despite this, Volker Beck will be in Moscow from 26 to 29 May to participate in a gay pride conference and hold political talks at the Duma. ... More About: Rights , Russia , Sexual
A Reinforcement of our Identity and our Values
2007-05-27 13:00:00 By José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Since its foundation in 1957, the European Union has become accomplished both in years and in many projects. In all this time, it has expanded its borders, been confronted with new challenges, resolved its differences peacefully, adopted a single monetary system which is still circulating in 13 countries, and, above all, ... More About: Spain , Cement , Values , Value , Identity
British Labour Party Democracy
2007-05-24 18:54:00 As the Guardian newspaper reported today, Labour MPs will have multiple votes in the upcoming Deputy Leadership election: ?All 355 Labour members of parliament will receive a ballot paper in their capacity as MP and as a member of the Labour party. Belonging to an affiliated trade union - as the majority of Labour MPs do ... More About: Party , British , Democracy , Labour Party
The Bear Awakens ? Does a New Cold War loom?
2007-05-23 01:32:00 By Christopher Dalby As divided as opinions may be about Angela Merkel at home, she has garnered praise for her skillful stint as EU President. With the end of her six-month term looming, Merkel’s crowning achievement was to oversee a thawing of EU-Russia relations at a summit in the Russian city of Samara. This was counting without ... More About: Cold War , Cold , Putin , Awake
The Future of Transatlantic Relations
2007-05-21 02:58:00 Cartoon by Pat Bagley The international media attention is currently focussed on the question of whether the future Prime Minister Gordon Brown will change the British Iraq policy or not. This is an important issue that deserves thorough debate. But it is equally important to widen the scope of attention and discuss the political challenge that ... More About: Bush , Europe , Future , The Future
Ethnic Profiling ? Racism or effective Counter-Terrorism?
2007-05-20 13:53:00 By Katerina Hadjimatheou In August 2006 a high-level EU anti-terrorism meeting that took place in London exposed an increasing interest among European politicians in “ethnic profiling” at airports. Ethnic profiling is action taken by crime-fighting authorities that relies on the actual or perceived race, religion or national origin, and not solely the behaviour of an ... More About: Terrorism , Racism , Count , Error
What Foreign Policy under Gordon Brown?
2007-05-17 20:49:00 Discussion Thread Now that it is clear that Gordon Brown has successfully avoided any competition for the Labour Party leadership, he will become the next UK Prime Minister at the end of June. Political Britain has long prepared for the debate about the legacy of Tony Blair, but a debate about the politics of the new ... More About: Policy , Foreign Policy , Foreign , Gordon Brown
Top of the Blogs
2007-05-17 01:54:00 From now on, we will regularly publish our take on the world of political blogs under the label “Top of the Blogs ”. We want to bring together some of the blogosphere’s and news website’s most interesting discussions and we will also use this space for humorous stories from the world of politics as well as ... More About: Logs
The State of the Union
2007-05-15 02:29:00 A few weeks ago Jacques Delors gave this very interesting interview to Euronews. What will the direction of Europe be now that we have the French elections behind us? More About: Union , State , Stat , The U , The State
Social Models in Europe
2007-05-13 19:34:00 By Stefan Collignon Must Europe an countries converge to one single model? The question seems to be at the core of the legitimacy of the European integration project. Social models in Europe are highly diversified. Each country has developed its own long history of mechanisms for providing social protection to less privileged groups and classes. Nevertheless three basic ... More About: Models , Rope
Blair leaves No 10
2007-05-10 19:12:00 Discussion Thread Tony Blair has announced his departure as British Prime Minister. On 27th June his 10 years in Downing Street will end. We would like to take this opportunity to discuss his legacy with our readers. Did he change British society for the better? Will the Iraq war remain his most memorable policy? What about his European record? ... More About: Leaves , Aves , Lair
Tony Blair in French
2007-05-08 03:13:00 Iain Dale’s Diary broadcast it first, but our readers are probably also interested in what Tony Blair had to say to Nicholas Sarkozy (in French !). There is an English version here. It is quite remarkable that 10 Downing Street opened an own YouTube Channel about three weeks ago. More About: Lair
Analysis of the French Election
2007-05-07 15:23:00 Social Europe member Jacques Reland comments on the outcome of the French election on CNN. More About: Analysis , Election , The French , Anal
Sarkozy Victory
2007-05-06 20:15:00 Discussion Thread Cartoon by Paresh Nath It was not the day of Ségolène Royal. Nicholas Sarkozy has won the French presidency with 53% of the popular vote and will become the successor of Jacques Chirac. Royal could not score more than 47%. But what does this mean now for the future political direction of France? Will Sarkozy’s presidency ... More About: Victory , Victor , Tory
A Social Europe with Segolene Royal
2007-05-05 04:30:00 Commentary by Henning Meyer Cartoon by Michael Kountouris It is not quite as secretive as the above cartoon might suggest: if you are in favour of a “Social Europe ”, in which the social dimension of society ranks equally with economic concerns, Ségolène Royal is the straight forward choice in the French election on Sunday. It seems strange ... More About: Segolene Royal , Lene
Poll on the French Presidential Election
2007-05-04 15:49:00 Poll Thread We want your opinion. France is voting for a new President on Sunday. Who do you think will win? Will the poll leader Sarkozy prevail or can the socialist candidate Ségolène Royal bounce back and convince the French electorate of her political vision? Please leave a comment if you want to share the reasons for ... More About: Presidential , Poll , Election , Side
The French Election ? Competing Visions for a ?Fragmentgrated? Society
2007-05-04 01:26:00 By Noël Hatch With only a few days left before the election day in France, Sarkozy is still ahead in the polls (52% to Royal’s 48%). While it is too early to predict the impact of Bayrou’s decision not to vote for Sarkozy, let’s look back at what the stakes are. For the last five years, ... More About: Society , French , Election , Sion , Visi
Towards a European Nuclear Deterrent
2007-05-02 00:33:00 By Jeannette Ladzik When the House of Commons recently supported the plan of the British government to renew the UK’s nuclear submarine system, nuclear weapons were back in the headlines. Questions about the necessity of nuclear capabilities in the post-Cold War era as well as stereotypical arguments for and against nuclear weapons were once again raised. ... More About: Nuclear , European , Clear , Rent , Ward
The Republic of Turkey in Crisis
2007-04-29 23:58:00 Discussion Thread About 1 million Turks demonstrated yesterday against the forthcoming election of Abdullah Gül as new President of the Turkish Republic . The main concern of the protesters is the concentration of political power in the hands of the moderate Islamist party AKP. Gül’s election ? according to his opponents ? would fundamentally change the secular ... More About: Turkey , Crisis , Isis , Cris
The Future of the European Union
2007-04-27 12:12:00 By Alfred Gusenbauer Austria joined the European Union in 1995 in a time when our continent underwent profound changes. The iron curtain, which separated Austria from many of its neighbours, had disappeared. Yugoslavia disintegrated in a dramatic explosion. The world was torn between the optimism of new found freedom and the disorientation of the new and ... More About: Future , The Future
Why Ségolène can win?
2007-04-24 14:50:00 By Henning Meyer Almost immediately after the result of the first round of the French presidential election was announced, the campaign for the head to head contest between Nicholas Sarkozy and Ségolène Royal was launched. Most commentators, obviously under the impression of the remarkable result of 31 percent for Nicholas Sarkozy, have given the conservative candidate ...
Why Ségolène can win?
2007-04-24 14:50:00 By Henning Meyer Almost immediately after the result of the first round of the French presidential election was announced, the campaign for the head to head contest between Nicholas Sarkozy and Ségolène Royal was launched. Most commentators, obviously under the impression of the remarkable result of 31 percent for Nicholas Sarkozy, have given the conservative candidate ...
French Presidential Election Method is flawed
2007-04-22 04:45:00 By Steven Hill and Guillaume Serina What if the wrong candidate wins France?s presidential election? If the wrong candidate were to win due to electoral fraud - stuffing of ballot boxes or rigging votes - all of France would be up in arms and the international media would shine a glaring spotlight. France would be seen ... More About: Presidential , French , Election , Side , Resident
French Presidential Election Method is flawed
2007-04-22 04:45:00 By Steven Hill and Guillaume Serina What if the wrong candidate wins France?s presidential election? If the wrong candidate were to win due to electoral fraud - stuffing of ballot boxes or rigging votes - all of France would be up in arms and the international media would shine a glaring spotlight. France would be seen ... More About: Presidential , French , Election , Side , Resident
The Challenge of Multiculturalism for the Centre Left
2007-04-20 03:47:00 By Jürgen Krönig Across Europe, parties of the left are faced with an enormous challenge: How to deal with mass immigration in combination with the tensions, inherent to multi-ethnic, multi-religious and multi-cultural societies across Europe. Added to this list is an even more difficult task: how to respond to the rise of totalitarian Islam and ... More About: Left , Challenge , Hall , Multiculturalism , Centre
The Challenge of Multiculturalism for the Centre Left
More articles from this author:2007-04-20 03:47:00 By Jürgen Krönig Across Europe, parties of the left are faced with an enormous challenge: How to deal with mass immigration in combination with the tensions, inherent to multi-ethnic, multi-religious and multi-cultural societies across Europe. Added to this list is an even more difficult task: how to respond to the rise of totalitarian Islam and ... More About: Left , Challenge , Hall , Multiculturalism , Centre 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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