Jun
1
European election party in London
June 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment
On Thursday people will (not) vote for the European Parliament in the United Kingdom. Interested people like me might wonder if there is any “election party” organised (as I know it from elsewhere). So I enquired at the EP’s London office. The answer is that there is no party organised. But: The European Parliament has [...]
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
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 [...]
Mar
29
Dieses Wochenende war Landesparteitag der Grünen Schleswig-Holstein in Bad Oldesloe. Nach Robert Habecks ausgezeichneter Eröffnungsrede, kam gleich der erste Hammer. Angelika Beer bittet um Möglichkeit zur Stellungnahme und steigt in Tränen auf das Podium um ihren Abschied aus der Politik zu erklären. Allerdings kommt dann zwischendrin ihr eigentlicher Punkt: sie erklärt ihren Austritt aus der [...]
Mar
16
Sign petitation to support European Green New Deal
March 16, 2009 | 1 Comment
Last week the European Greens (EGP) have launched a petition for a Green New Deal which draws also from my study about the job potential for Green Collar Jobs in Europe. As much as I agree with the political demands and idea of the petition, I think the EGP could have made a better effort [...]
Mar
11
My study on the European Green Collar Economy
March 11, 2009 | 1 Comment
The recently established political foundation of the European Greens (GEF) has asked me to prepare a meta-study on the creation of a European Green Collar Economy. Last week my study was presented at a very interesting workshop on the Green New Deal by the Greens in the European Parliament. You can find my study here [...]
Mar
9
Grün und verantwortlich: Kreisvorstandssprecher
March 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Seit Freitag bin ich nun in Grünen Amt und Würden. Auf der Kreismitgliedersammlung meines Grünen Kreisverbandes wurde ich zum Sprecher des Kreisvorstands gewählt. – Für das großartige Ergebnis und das in mich gesetzte Vertrauen auch an dieser Stelle noch einmal meinen herzlichen Dank! Nachdem ich mich über die vergangenen Jahre verschiedentlich bei den Grünen engagiert [...]