February 27, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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On Sunday, the News of the World claimed that Tony Blair has already decided to ratify the EU constitution – with or without the support of either the public or his party (let alone his heir, Gordon Brown). Today, the … Continue reading
February 27, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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A smattering of promising new EU blogs have crossed the radar in the last couple of days, all of which are worth a gander. In no particular order: The Telegraph have now got around to replacing David Rennie, whose Brussels … Continue reading
February 26, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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Some lass from the University of Hamburg has asked nicely, so here’s a link to her survey about continent-wide participation in “Euroblogs”, which apparently should only take about 15 minutes or so to fill out (I’m going to give it … Continue reading
February 25, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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As you may have noticed, I’ve spent a fair amount of this week highlighting the lack of British involvement in the ever-increasing moves towards reviving / revising the EU constitution. Now, via Iain Dale, it seems that the (anti-EU Rupert … Continue reading
February 25, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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I’ve studiously avoided getting involved in recent blog flame-wars. So this post is a bit of an aberration. Sorry… Unsurprisingly, I’m not much of a fan of anti-EU right-wing blog EU Referendum. Aside from their constant assumptions of “liberal media … Continue reading
February 24, 2007
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It’s all kicking off. Again… Ever more people are starting to come to the opinion that 2007 is going to be one of the EU’s most important years. I’m not one of them… One of the driving forces increasingly seems … Continue reading
February 23, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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After the surprising news that his local constituency association executive had decided to deselect him after 37 years as an MP – and one of the most dedicated constituency MPs in the House – it turns out that they were … Continue reading
February 23, 2007
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If you haven’t been paying attention, left(ish) candidate Segolene Royal has spent much of the last few weeks making something of a tit of herself, with gaffes galore and all kinds of silly little errors that had piled up to … Continue reading
February 22, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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The Times’ Anatole Kaletsky’s normally worth reading, so check out his latest on Germany and the future of the EU – I’m too busy to have had a chance yet, myself. You could probably also do worse than check out … Continue reading
February 21, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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So, after nine months as Prime Minister of Italy, former President of the European Commission Romano Prodi (a bit of a political hero of mine if only thanks to his refusal to ever join a political party, despite holding two … Continue reading
February 21, 2007
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Something from me over at The Sharpener…
February 21, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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With Russia, like the US, in a two year electoral cycle (Parliamentary elections this year, Presidential next), I thought it was about time to beef up the Russia/CIS blogroll a bit, so have added a new section. Loads of good … Continue reading
February 21, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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Looks like Soj of Flogging the Simian (and formerly/occasionally of European Tribune) is going to be back in Romania and back blogging pretty soon. This is known as a Good Thing.
February 19, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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Step 1) Be the European Commission, already derided as a corrupt unelected bureaucracy with far too much power Step 2) Announce that you want to take over the world