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Denmark at the EU helm
For the seventh time since she joined the EEC in 1973, Denmark will be occupying the European presidency for the next six months. This launches a whole cycle of “little members” in the hot seat: we are due for Cyprus, Ireland and Lithuania in succession. ..
Economy/Institutions
In the EU Monitor of the influential Deutsche Bank dated 26th October 2011 Thomas Mayer states that “under the surface of the sovereign debt crisis and that of the Euroland banks there is an equilibrium of the members’ balances of payment ..
Elections
What with the crisis and the build-up to the fiscal agreement, Croatia’s referendum on joining the European Union attracted little attention. What, anyway, are we to make of 66% Ayes out of a less than 50% turnout? ..
Elections
For United Russia (UR) the parliamentary election on 4th December was a resounding defeat: from 64% it dropped to 49% of the vote, from 75 to 53% of constituencies. For their part, the communists leapt from 12 to 19%; ..
Last Comments - From Europe
For the seventh time since she joined the EEC in 1973, Denmark will be occupying the European presidency for the next six months. This launches a whole cycle of “little members” in the hot seat: we are due for Cyprus, Ireland and (read more) The agreement on fiscal policy reached by 26 members last December is due to be finalised at the Council meeting on 30th January. The United Kingdom has been the sole voice of dissent for over a month, at least until Finland began to hem and haw in (read more)
Last Comments - From the World
Among all the processes ongoing in Egypt and in general in Northern Africa after the rupture of the “Arab Spring,” which are not only addressed to a form of “constitutionalisation” but imply a recomposing of societies rapidly (read more)
Last Comments - Economy/Institutions
In the EU Monitor of the influential Deutsche Bank dated 26th October 2011 Thomas Mayer states that “under the surface of the sovereign debt crisis and that of the Euroland banks there is an equilibrium of the members’ balances of payment (read more) This is the title of the article with which Gazeta Wyborcza has traced out a balance of the first ever Polish EU Presidency. Poland has made it then, in spite of the General Elections that were held just as the Presidency was in full swing, in spite (read more)
Last Comments - Elections/Referendum
What with the crisis and the build-up to the fiscal agreement, Croatia’s referendum on joining the European Union attracted little attention. What, anyway, are we to make of 66% Ayes out of a less than 50% turnout? It is too soon for any (read more) For United Russia (UR) the parliamentary election on 4th December was a resounding defeat: from 64% it dropped to 49% of the vote, from 75 to 53% of constituencies. For their part, the communists leapt from 12 to 19%; the hitherto barely credible (read more)
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