Jon Worth Euroblog

Recent Posts

EU Politics

Gender balance at #EPPdublin

07.03.2014 2 comments

Europe’s Centre Right, the EPP, is holding its Congress yesterday and today in Dublin. Details about it here. Via @AnneLaumen on Twitter I was alerted to today’s speaker line up. Here’s an illustration of those speakers.

EU Politics

Crimea Crisis Response Generator – can you make Vladimir listen?

03.03.2014 0 comments

So the Ukraine crisis has taken a turn for the worst over the last couple of days. What – if anything – can the EU do to make Putin listen? See if you can do better than Ashton, Sikorski and Bildt in the new Crimea Crisis Response Generator (based on […]

EU Politics

A party invite for José Manuel Barroso

01.03.2014 3 comments

Dear José, I know you are in Berlin today, because I saw you on the livestream of the “New Narrative for Europe” conference earlier. I see you also put out a statement, saying that Europe is a State of Mind. When you say state of mind where I am from […]

Technology

Back to basics – a new blog design

28.02.2014 4 comments

The previous incarnation of my blog – more of a magazine style – allowed me to present a more diverse range of content. But what is the point of that if the format imposed means you are restricted in how to categorise what you write? Finding a way to make […]

EU Politics

Merkel in London – a case study in political tweeting

27.02.2014 0 comments

Angela Merkel spoke in London earlier today, and – as could have been predicted in advance – it was one of the most interesting political stories of the day in UK and indeed EU and German politics. A BBC story with all the background can be found here. Such events […]

EU Politics

So what did we learn from Merkel in London. Rather little.

27.02.2014 0 comments

I suppose Angela Merkel’s speech today to the members of the House of Commons and House of Lords was what was to be expected. High on vague sounding phrases, and low on commitment. Open Europe put out a table at the start of the week laying out where they saw […]

EU Politics

Live Stream | #DIYEurope

25.02.2014 0 comments

At 0950 CET on 25th February 2014 I’m due to give a presentation in German at Fachforum Europa in Berlin, this year entitled “Europe Do It Yourself”. The Twitter debate is at #DIYeurope. Here is the live stream of my session: And the slides I will be using: DIY Europe […]

Technology

Google me. What impression does it give?

23.02.2014 3 comments

In the fast-paced online lives we lead, what Google digs up determines our first impressions of anything and, indeed, anyone. Yet I am regularly struck by how odd or alien this idea seems to some people when you confront them with it directly – online you are what Google thinks […]

EU Politics

Introducing the Euromaidan Response Generator

20.02.2014 1 comment

So the European Union has struggled to respond adequately to the developing crisis in Ukraine. But could you do better than our political ‘leaders’ in Europe? Now you can try – with the #Euromaidan Response Generator. Good luck, and share widely.

EU Politics

Live Stream | Google@6

13.02.2014 1 comment

EU Politics

WePromise.EU – when ethics, parties and electoral systems collide

11.02.2014 3 comments

European Digital Rights has recently started a campaign in for the 2014 EP elections entitled “WePromise”. The basis for the campaign is a good one – it proposes a clear and simple charter of digital rights, and then asks for MEP candidates to support it, and for voters to pledge […]

UK Politics

What shock will finally break the cosy Westminster consensus?

11.02.2014 5 comments

A friend on Facebook pointed me towards an article in GQ about the Wythenshawe & Sale East byelection. I’m not a regular GQ reader, but the headline – Running On Anger: on the campaign trail with UKIP – and the content of the piece are worth reading. The tactics employed by […]

Jon Worth Euroblog

Recent Posts

Gender balance at #EPPdublin

Crimea Crisis Response Generator – can you make Vladimir listen?

A party invite for José Manuel Barroso

Back to basics – a new blog design

So what did we learn from Merkel in London. Rather little.

Live Stream | #DIYEurope

Google me. What impression does it give?

Introducing the Euromaidan Response Generator

Live Stream | Google@6

WePromise.EU – when ethics, parties and electoral systems collide

What shock will finally break the cosy Westminster consensus?

Follow me on social media

E-mail notifications

Latest toots from Mastodon

Transport Commentary

Recent Posts – German Politics

German coalition squabbles reach Brussels – but it’s Scholz who’s deficient here, not really the Greens or the FDP

Turning any complicated process into a flow diagram

Recent Posts – Technology

Tech ethics, January 2025

A social network not having administrative responsibility for account verification has upsides

Recent Posts – Brexit

Turning any complicated process into a flow diagram

Labour: a new relationship with the EU

Recent Posts – EU Politics

Ursula von der Leyen – now officially on Bluesky (and some lessons so you can trust what you read on that network)

European Commission, why should anyone be led by you? You’re not really leaders if you’re still on Twitter/X

Recent Posts – UK Politics

Turning any complicated process into a flow diagram

Runners and riders to succeed Boris Johnson as Tory Leader (and Prime Minister)