I know that Facebook numbers are not everything. It’s about change in the real world, activism etc. But if at least clicking a ‘Like’ button on Facebook is some sort of symbol of political engagement, then this is how the
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Category: EU Politics
LabourList | A rough guide to Denmark’s 15th September election
“There’s an election going on in Denmark? Really? As a resident of the UK you could be forgiven for not knowing, given that both BBC News Online and The Guardian seem to have neglected to cover the announcement this week.
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Why a change of generation is not going to make politicians’ net comms more interesting
In a variety of different ways I’ve been working with politicians on the net for more than a decade now. At one level it’s fine work – everyone knows the future is going to be online, right? It’s cheaper to
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UK media seems to have forgotten there’s an election happening in Denmark
An election was called 2 days ago in Denmark (there’s a Wikipedia page about it here), and the vote will take place in 18 days, on 15th September. Yet even as a politics nerd in the UK, you would be
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brusselsblog.eu – a little project for readers in the EU capital?
Back a couple of years ago when I lived in Brussels I was struck by the lack of good quality information online in English about life in the city. Too many people in Brussels for work in and around the
Continue reading LabourList | The Eurozone predicament is undesirable, not unexplainable
“Sometime around the turn of the century I was a reluctant economics student and posed an essay question by my cantankerous macroeconomics professor as to whether the Euro is an optimum currency area. The idea comes from Candian economist Robert
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High levels of broadband access, high levels of trust in society… so how’s the net politics in the Nordics?
I’ve long been fascinated by Nordic politics and societies. There have been numerous posts about these countries on this blog over the years. These countries top the tables for quality of life, low levels of corruption, levels of broadband access etc.
Continue reading LabourList | Better selection and election systems would give us better MEPs
“This week I was in the audience at a Young Fabians* event about Britain and the EU with Mary Honeyball MEP as the speaker. The event was part of one of the Young Fabians Policy Commissions, with the aim of
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The anatomy of a story about the European Parliament and body scanners
I saw this tweet from @Bruce_Schneier, retweeted by @EvgenyMorozov: [blackbirdpie url=”https://x.com/Bruce_Schneier/status/99450840410112000″] This led me to Schneier’s piece about a Welt am Sonntag article about ineffectiveness of full body scanners in airport tests in Germany. One piece in particular caught my
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Egyptian mobile operator uses Berlusconi quote in ads – why?
As late as 4th February, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was still praising Hosni Mubarak, saying the latter should remain in place for Egypt’s transition to democracy. On 11th February Mubarak resigned. So isn’t it therefore rather odd that Egyptian
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What does the EP do about an offensive e-mail? Delete it from staff inboxes remotely
As covered by England Expects (in French, e-mail now removed) and Guido Fawkes (in English), the European Parliament has been full of gossip this week as a result of a remarkable resignation e-mail from a member of staff that was
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David Miliband and the 50p falafel
Summer is silly season in politics, and I’m doing my best to prove this blog isn’t immune to that, with the second odd David Miliband story in two days. Yesterday’s was about Syria and politics and today’s is about… falafel.
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