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Category Archives: Europe
Ooops! Fat trains and ghost stations
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 22 May 2014 They say a camel is a horse designed by a committee. We were … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, France
Tagged design faults, European elections, European Parliament, European Union, French railways, RFF, SNCF
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Urns for Europa
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 21 May 2014 The much-hyped non-event of the European Parliament elections is upon us again – … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Europe, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Politics, Spain, UK
Tagged euro, European Parliament elections, eurozone, gold standard, internal devaluation, partitocracy
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St George and tomato bread
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 23 April 2014 Today is the feast-day in the Christian calendar of mythical dragon-slayer St George. … Continue reading
Posted in Basque Country, Europe, France, Ireland, Scotland, Spain, UK, Wales
Tagged Catalonia, Henry V, pan amb tomate, patriotism, Roast Beef, Shakespeare, St George, Yorkshire pudding
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Crystal balls-up
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 20 January 2014 “One great advantage of the present time, which is the outcome of many … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Russia, UK, UN, USA
Tagged 1914, crystal ball, Delphic Oracle, False prophet, First World War, Paddy Power, Peace in our time
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Read my lips
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 13 December 2013 “There will be no downgrading of human rights under this Government…” William Hague, … Continue reading
North v. South
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 1 December 2013 The stark divide between the rich north of Europe and the poor south … Continue reading
Democracy? No thanks!
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 25 November 2013 Enough is enough, the Greek government has finally told the triad (European Commission, … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Germany, Greece, USA
Tagged Antonis Samaras, austerity, democracy, democratic deficit, ECB, EU, Greece, IMF, Syriza
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No left left
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 9 November 2013 Não é possível votar na esquerda se a esquerda deixou de existir. It … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Literature, Politics, Portugal, Sweden, UK, USA
Tagged José Saramago, Nobel Prize for Literature, non-existent left, Sell-out by the left
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People versus Populists
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 3 November 2013 The elections to the European Parliament next May will be a “great battle … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, USA
Tagged Brussels, Enrico Letta, euro currency, European Parliament, European Union, Frankfurt, M5S, populism, UKIP, United States of Europe
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The Life of Others
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 23 October 2013 “A state’s appetite for collecting intelligence expands in direct relationship to its technical … Continue reading
Posted in Brazil, Europe, France, Germany, India, Spain, UK, USA
Tagged Clive Irving, Das Leben von Anderen, Dilma Rousseff, Edward Snowden, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, François Hollande, GCHQ, ICANN, Jean-Jacques Urvoas, NSA, Stasi
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