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[Comment] Libertas can't both oppose Lisbon and campaign for democracy

19.12.2008 @ 07:44 CET

The new Libertas party's strategic purpose - of a pan-European political party devoted to making the EU more democratic - might actually be better served by embracing the Lisbon Treaty modifications on offer rather than rejecting them, writes Peter Sain ley Berry.

[Comment] EU must not lose sight of Iranian menace

18.12.2008 @ 18:17 CET

A former home secretary of UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, David Waddington, writes that the game of silly buggers the EU is playing to keep a leading Iranian opposition group on a list of proscribed organisations in effect works to appease the mullahs ruling Iran.

[Comment] Ireland has a diplomatic victory but the real winner is Europe

12.12.2008 @ 17:17 CET

The Irish government can claim a notable diplomatic victory at this week's European summit. Provided the Lisbon Treaty is successfully ratified, the Commission will again be composed of one member per Member State and the Irish have secured a commitment to find legal clarifications and guarantees relating to the specific concerns expressed in the referendum, writes Richard Corbett.

[Comment] Failing Europe's children

30.12.2008 @ 10:21 CET

Greece flouts its most basic legal obligations when it comes to protecting displaced children, yet EU member states continue to pretend that every EU member lives up to its commitments, Human Rights Watch's Simone Troller says.

[Comment] Sixty years on, human rights are as incomplete as ever

12.12.2008 @ 08:17 CET

Despite its current preoccupations, the European Council should not forget the struggle for human rights around the world, writes Peter Sain ley Berry. Across Europe, the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has stirred little interest. Yet for much of the world, the struggle for rights is as vital as ever.

[Comment] Going green for security's sake

11.12.2008 @ 19:03 CET

To achieve long-term energy security, the US and the EU must invest in non-fossil fuel-based solutions, suggests Alexandros Petersen.

[Comment] The Irish government has betrayed its people

11.12.2008 @ 09:13 CET

A deal to hold a second referendum in Ireland seems struck behind the scenes ahead of today's EU summit in Brussels. But it is legally doubtful whether it is possible to repeat a binding referendum on the same text in the same parliamentary period, argue two veteran No-side campaigners from this year's Irish referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, Declan Ganley and Jens-Peter Bonde.

Google, Fastest Rising EU Searches 2008

  • 01M6 replay (French Television Station).
  • 02Meinvz (German Social Networking).
  • 03Kino.to (Online Music Platform).
  • 04Ikariam (Free Browser Game).
  • 05BBC I player (BBC's download services).
  • 06Facebook (Global social network).
  • 07Wkw (German Social Network).
  • 08Tuenti (Spanish social network).
  • 09Obama (The next U.S. President).
  • 10Heath Ledger (Mourned Australian actor).

Fastest rising searches. Provided exclusively by to and covering the 27 EU states. For more information on Google Zeitgeist click here.

Google, Top EU Trends Of 2008

  • 01Euro.
  • 02Neuwagen (Cross-border car sales).
  • 03VAT.
  • 04Fuhrerschein (Driver's License).
  • 05Directive.
  • 06Import.
  • 07Ireland.
  • 08NATO.
  • 09Commission.
  • 10Romania.

Most popular searches. Provided exclusively by to and covering the 27 EU states. For more information on Google Zeitgeist click here.

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[Comment] Taking sustainable development seriously

10.12.2008 @ 09:26 CET

We need a new world order for financial flows and wealth distribution, writes European Commissioner Margot Wallström, calling on the European Council later this week not to concede to short sighted own-interest.

[Comment] The picture is grim for Europe's Roma

09.12.2008 @ 17:09 CET

Economic recession will affect us all, but it will hit the Roma first and hardest. Unless the EU takes action quickly, we will be facing disaster, warns European Roma Policy Coalition advocate David Mark.

[Comment] EU must agree to 30% cuts to emissions now

10.12.2008 @ 17:41 CET

The much trumpeted Climate and Energy Package, supposed to cement Europe's position as a global leader on climate change, appears likely to fail to deliver, warns Oxfam International Executive Director, Jeremy Hobbs ahead of this week's European summit in Brussels.

[Comment] Athens burns and with it a history of democracy

09.12.2008 @ 08:52 CET

As Athens and cities across Greece burn, an erratic police force reflects the state of a government in meltdown. Neither the killing of an adolescent by organs of the state nor the violence of the mob befits the history of a city hailed as the cradle of democracy, Paul Kidner says.

The ruins of the Acropolis - Athens is known in history as the cradle of democracy (Photo: EUobserver.com)

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