Economic woes are many times followed by political upheaval with extremist parties becoming populist parties and holding the support of the citizens of the countries they represent. Such is unfortunately what seems to be happening in Europe these days. Read the rest of this entry »
Thursday September 30th, 2010 17:22 In Europe, a turn to the right
Wednesday July 14th, 2010 18:26 France begins process to ban the burqa
France has just taken a major step to ban the burqa from its territory. In a 335-to-one in favor the country’s National Assembly has voted against the women wearing a full face veil such as a burqa or niqab in public. Read the rest of this entry »
Saturday February 20th, 2010 19:12 Withdrawal of US Nuclear Arms from Europe
According to the Belgian newspaper Le Soir, five NATO countries, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Norway and the Netherlands, are planning to ask for the US to withdraw the nuclear arms from Europe. In a joint statement, four former Belgian government ministers said that NATO’s nuclear arms no longer serve a military purpose. Read the rest of this entry »
Friday November 20th, 2009 17:50 EU chose a President and a Foreign Minister
Well, we all were surprised when yesterday, instead of the long night we were expecting before knowing who would get to be president and foreign minister of the EU, the decisions happened very quickly. Read the rest of this entry »
Thursday November 5th, 2009 18:03 Who will be President of the EU?
After the Lisbon Treaty was finally ratified by the Czech Republic, the last of the 27 European countries to do it, the EU got in a celebrating mode. But now comes the hard part, the implementation of the treaty which is expected to become effective December 1. Read the rest of this entry »
Thursday September 3rd, 2009 18:34 More on the G20
As a proof that life does not stand still, When I wrote the article yesterday, it was Germany and France agreeing to reduce the bonuses paid to bankers and planning to impose control on this in the coming Pittsburgh summit of the G20. The United Kingdom did not seem to be on the same wave. Read the rest of this entry »
Wednesday March 4th, 2009 18:56 Human rights violations
Exactly one week ago the US government issued its report on human rights with the findings of 2008. Europe was not absent from it. Some of the problems found were in Belgium accused of discrimination on the labor market; neonazi extremism in Austria and abuses against Gypsies in nine EU countries. Read the rest of this entry »
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