Dec
25
Weihnachtszeit ist Heimatzeit. Zeit wieder “musikalisch” an den letzten Entwicklungen teilhaben zu dürfen. Brüssel ist dafür jedenfalls einfach nicht meine Welt. Und was hab ich nicht gelacht, als ich Freitag auf Icke und Er aufmerksam gemacht wurde. – Inklusive Ohrwurm bis heute “juti”… Icke is juti. Berliner, sprecht ihr wirklich so? – Hat jemand gesagt, [...]
Dec
13
The Dutch EU situation and 2007 anniversaries
December 13, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Today’s meeting of the Intergroup Constitution saw a highly interesting and very honest exchange of views between Dutch MEPs. Thijs Berman (Social Democrats), Erik Meijer (Socialist / GUE), Jules Maaten (VVD / Liberal) and Joost Lagendijk (Greens) discussed the consequences of the Dutch elections on future EU policy and in particular towards a Constitutional settlement. [...]
Dec
10
60 years Europa-Union, Altmaier new president
December 10, 2006 | 1 Comment
This weekend was a good one for Europa-Union Deutschland (EUD). The 60 year anniversary of Europa-Union’s foundation in Syke in 1946 was celebrated in the very same village near Bremen yesterday. Apart from the less exciting but still positive remarks and contributions by various politicians (exclusively male!!), the real high point was a speech by [...]
Dec
9
Merkel’s Sherpas to save the European Constitution
December 9, 2006 | 6 Comments
Now it is finally out. Germany’s ambassador to the EU Wilhelm Schönfelder made public in a breakfast address this week how Merkel foresees the fixing of the European Constitution. You can find articles about it in Financial Times, Financial Times Deutschland and EUobserver. In contrast to previous in-house plans of having Sherpa’s on the sides [...]
Dec
3
German Greens afraid of European referendum?
December 3, 2006 | Leave a Comment
It was a big weekend for the German Green Party in Cologne. Annual party congress with elections to the board. It is good to recognise Malte Spitz’s election – with him at least a committed JEFer remains represented in the national party board ) Now that I read the summaries on the Green website, I [...]
Dec
2
Blog off…
December 2, 2006 | Leave a Comment
It is not that I am the first one with a blog. And this will be no special blog either – simply my hope to share thoughts and inside information about what I see and hear around the EU’s inner and outer circles. If you think it is crap or great what you can read [...]