State of the Union: Weekend Euro News Update
Your weekly update of European news stories from over the weekend; this week we have news from the Security conference in Munich and the political deadlock in Madrid; summaries only with Dimokratía.
DiEM’s first Press Conference – Berlin 9/2/2015
Originally posted on Yanis Varoufakis:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcptJkd87uQ
Euro News Memo – facelift
The blog has received a facelift; new colours, logo and a new name. Dimokratia (democracy) has now taken up the banner of Online Euro News, as we go into February taking a look at developments across Europe.
Renzi is pushing for a change of pace in Europe
Since last December, Matteo Renzi, the Italian Prime Minister, has been launching a series of rhetorical attacks against the Brussels establishment and neoliberal consensus. A review of this change in European politics and its meaning going forward.
Report: Central Europe’s Populist Tide with the Legatum Institute
Recently I had the pleasure of listening to a talk about the rise of populism and ‘illiberalism’ in Eastern Europe at the Legatum Institute. A report on the talk and my views thereof.
Euro News Memo – DiEM25
There won’t be an article out today, as I was watching the 3-hour live-stream for the launch of DiEM25. However normal service will resume tomorrow.
State of the Union: Weekend Euro News Update
Weekly update on European news from over the weekend; this week news from Berlin, Nottingham and Brussels – updates only with the HP
DiEM25: retaking European Democracy – a Call to Arms
A Call to arms: On 9th February, DiEM25 is being launched at the Volksbühne in Berlin; the fight to retake European Democracy is beginning, and it’s time democrats across Europe stood up to reclaim their right as a citizen of Europe to democracy. “Carpe DiEM”
Cameron’s European reforms are challenged from all sides
There has been a series of varied responses to Prime Minister Cameron’s reform proposals, outlined by Donald Tusk earlier this week. Reactions have been negative from all sides, but there have been positive responses as well. A review of the backlash, only with the HP.
European Nations, or a European Nation? The persistent debate of national sovereignty
The European nations are some of the oldest and most developed in the world. But does that make them more legitimate than the Union? What is the role of the nation state in modern Europe, and why is it so important?
In Search of Europa 