Category: European Politics
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Would Turkey split the EU and the U.S. ?
Would it? Ian Bremmer in the IHT seems to think Turkey might split the EU and the US.
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Will Turkey join the EU club?
Katrin Bennhold of the IHT asks if Turkey is set to join. The most important statistic, at least in my opinion: With 70 million inhabitants, Turkey is already the second-most populous country in the region, behind Germany with 82 million; by 2020, Turkey’s population is projected to reach 85 million, while Germany’s is expected to…
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Plotting Europe's eastern border
Viktor Yushchenko, candidate in the upcoming Ukrainian presidential elections, makes some interesting points about the future of the Ukraine, and worries concerning the expanded European Union. He states: While welcoming the enlargement of the European Union, Ukrainians are anxious about European integration halting at our western frontier and in fact creating a new dividing line.…
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EU plays a strong role on Darfur
Bernard Bot, minister of foreign affairs of the Netherlands and the current president of the EU Council of Ministers writes about Europe’s efforts in relation to Darfur. If the European Union talks to the rebels, we will declare a unilateral cease-fire,â? said Vice President Ali Osman Taha of Sudan after his meeting with a Dutch…
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Russia warns Georgia after threat
In other Georgian news: Moscow has reacted angrily to a Georgian threat to open fire on ships which “illegally” enter the waters of its breakaway province of Abkhazia. Russia, which has close ties to the Black Sea province, said it would respond to any attack on its citizens with “the necessary rebuff”. The situation over…
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The Workplace: Blowing whistles and the EU: Marta Andreasen
Marta Andreasen blew the whistle on dodgy practices inside the European Union, she now resides in limbo. The saga dates to May 2002, when she started alerting her bosses and then ultimately their bosses that the government computer software was vulnerable to error and fraud just five months after she started her job. “It was…
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Jack Straw on the European Constitution
Jack Straw adds his two cents to the debate on the European constitution, criticisng the Economist’s position on it.
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Keep the UFO flying
The Guardian continue their series of extracts from Timothy Garton Ash’s new book, Free World: Why a Crisis of the West Reveals the Opportunity of Our Time .
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EU's headlong rush toward a flawed constitution: David Howell
David Howell has some views on the EU’s constitution – why is there no plan B? Read on…
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Dublin Elevation
Feel like controlling some beams of light above Dublin? Get your 15 seconds of arty farty stuff here. I do wonder what May 1st will be like in Dublin, perhaps I should take a trip up.