May
26
Apparently a few PES activists have launched a good new Website “A-New-President.eu“. It has a similar message to the AnyoneButBarroso.eu initiative Jon and me started about two years ago. Its main element is the petition (I have also signed): The European Parliament will elect the next European Commission. We, the voters on June 7 do [...]
May
20
Zumutung Barroso
May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Die FAZ schreibt heute über ein Interview, das Kommissionspräsident Barroso mehreren europäischen Zeitungen gegeben hat. Darin erklärt Barroso zu seinen Ambitionen auf ein erneutes Mandat als Kommissionspräsident: Der Respekt vor dem Parlament, das vom 4. bis 7. Juni neu gewählt wird, gebiete es jedoch sich nicht schon jetzt zu einer Kandidatur zu äußern. Wie bitte?! [...]
May
14
The PES can’t hide their lack of leadership anymore
May 14, 2009 | 2 Comments
Admittedly, the PES is running a fairly good internet campaign. They have relaunched their web presence way ahead of the European elections and maybe even more importantly they have made a good effort to reach out to (EU) bloggers. They have even included me in their blogger email target list – so that I get [...]
May
13
Moravcsik on the European Constitutional Settlement
May 13, 2009 | 7 Comments
One of the greatest benefits of studying at LSE has been to attend public lectures by world leaders and academics. So far my highlight had been the 3-day “tour de growth” with Philippe Aghion. After last night I feel that the most (academically) stimulating experience has been Andrew Moravcsik’s lecture on the “European Constitutional Settlement”. [...]
May
13
Andrew Moravcsik on China (and Europe)
May 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Yesterday’s speech of Andrew Moravcsik at the LSE was in many ways interesting and inspiring. I shall blog more about the substance in the forthcoming entry but thought I share his final remarks first. When the chair Damien Chalmers intended to close the debate, Moravcsik asked to make a final statement. As a regular professor [...]
May
6
Watch your MEP… but how?
May 6, 2009 | 5 Comments
I am currently participating in the European Open Data Summit in Brussels. You can follow us via twitter #eods09 and I am also publishing further observations on FollowTheMoney.eu. The event was kicked-off yesterday with a presentation of EU Vote Watch. – VoteWatch.eu is going to be launched next week. Its aim is to present the [...]