How to make the EU more confusing
Here is a quick guide on how to make the EU more confusing: Step 1: Name Take two institutions with entirely different roles and give them deceivingly similar names. “Council” sounds vague enough, and...
View ArticleProject idea: Watching Trialogues
Trialogues have become one of the most used decision-making tools in the EU system. On the one hand they create a convenient shortcut for EU institutions to speed up lengthy decision-making procedures...
View ArticleOverheard in Brussels VI: Putin and the EU
Strength in politics is measured by your ability to create problems. Unpredictability is Putin’s big strength – the EU on the other hand is the embodiment of predictability. Foreign policy analyst...
View ArticleMerkel, die erfolgreiche Kanzlerin?
In der Politik geht es immer auch darum, eine Geschichte zu erzählen – und die besten Geschichten kommen offenbar aus dem Umfeld von Merkel. Auch da gibt es ein Muster: Ihre Leute sind sehr gut darin,...
View ArticleWhy Cameron’s case for ‘EU reform’ is a PR stunt
Cameron’s “EU reform” is a PR stunt designed to please the media and his backbenchers. He basically follows the advice of his pollsters that told him that he could win an EU referendum if he...
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3loggingportal.eu
Three years of bloggingportal. And what a journey it has been. I remember sitting around a huge table in a flat in Brussels – with a certain Jon Worth and the (back then) mysterious Brusselsblogger –...
View ArticleDear Neelie Kroes…
… let me begin like this. I generally appreciate your work on the Digital Agenda. (although there are still a lot of obstacles in Europe that need to be tackled!) Your team is doing a great job in...
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The new European Parliament website: a journey of discovery
Who would have thought that if you want to learn some useful tips about website (re)design you have to search no further than the new European Parliament website? And who would have thought that, in...
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Euro-Rettung: quid pro quo?
Exklusiv auf Kosmopolito: Unregelmäßige politische Karikaturen vom Blöd-Ei
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Differentiated EU integration
Good overview of the state of EU integration – from a new CEPS report on EU reform. (click here for additional complexity)
View ArticleWhy Miliband’s ‘EU referendum policy’ is dangerous for Britain and the EU
Well, it finally happened: Today, Brexit has become a real possibility – maybe not in the next couple of years but possibly in the long term. Under a Labour government and in the unlikely event of a...
View ArticleSome ideas for EU reform that would *really* make a difference
In the UK there is too much talk about ill-defined “EU reform” that will not make any difference. Who needs a complex new “red card” procedure when you a) never exhausted the existing “yellow card...
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Reporting Europe Prize 2014
Here is a challenge: What is the best piece of journalism about the EU you’ve seen in the in the last 12 months? There is still time to submit your nominations for this year’s Reporting Europe Prize!
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A promising start for @FactCheckEU
A warm welcome to FactCheckEU – the first crowdsourced fact-checking website for EU topics. It launched a few weeks ago and – so far – it is looking rather promising. It probably has the potential to...
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The Renegotiation
One of the most puzzling questions in the referendum/re-negotiation debate in the UK is what the British actually want to “re-negotiate” (it’s questionable whether there will be any opportunity to do...
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How the EU works
Here is a great infographic of the “Ordinary legislative procedure” (formerly known as “co-decision”procedure) – the basic policy-making mode in the EU. And another one for the budgetary procedure –...
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Back
Ok, I am back. Not sure for how long, let’s see… expect some short stuff – maybe I should get into mobile blogging (to use the daily commute in London a bit more efficiently). Just to reiterate my...
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3loggingportal.eu
Three years of bloggingportal. And what a journey it has been. I remember sitting around a huge table in a flat in Brussels – with a certain Jon Worth and the (back then) mysterious Brusselsblogger –...
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