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Tag Archives: European Parliament
IMMIGRATION
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. 5 July 2016 THE IMMIGRANT Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris Italiam fato … Continue reading
Posted in Belgium, Economics, Europe, France, Germany, Globalisation, Greece, Italy, Literature, Politics, Portugal, Turkey, UK
Tagged A Jacobite's Epitaph, Aeneas, Aeneid, Ayn Rand, Brexit, David Cameron, democracy, European Coal and Steel Community, European Parliament, European Union, Herder, immigration, Jean Monnet, Juno, nationalism, Nigel Farage, Plato, populism, racism, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Troy, UK referendum 2016, UKIP, Virgil, xenophobia
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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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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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Yorktown redux
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. The following is an updated version of our report “EU waves white flag” published on 29 … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, USA
Tagged air passenger data, data protection, European Parliament, Martin Callanan, Sophie in't Veld, Yorktown
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EU waves white flag
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. 29 March 2012 EUROPE CAVES IN TO AMERICA In their never-ceasing quest for more and more … Continue reading
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Tagged European Parliament, flights to USA, personal data protection, Sophie in't Veld
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