Jul
29
Buying a light PC notebook is not that easy
July 29, 2010 | 5 Comments
Here we go. After probably around 4 years of good service my Acer Travelmate 3300 (3302 WXMi) is getting slower and slower. I have a weird blue-green vertical line through my screen and the typical Acer graphics problem increases its frequency: random shutdown of the screen. Time to buy a new notebook but which one? [...]
Jul
4
Poland now under PO control
July 4, 2010 | 4 Comments
The second round of the Polish presidential elections are over. The moderate candidate Bronislaw Komorowski from the governing PO has won over the last Kaczynski brother. This will hopefully set the end of the PiS/Kaczynski era in Polish politics. Probably no other political figure/family as the Kaczynskis has attracted so much attention in Germany over [...]
Mar
23
A low-carbon budget for the EU budget
March 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment
The Green Alliance, a leading environmental think tank in the UK has recently published “unlocking a low-carbon Europe“, an excellent collection of articles about a climate-friendly budget for the EU. I had the chance to contribute with my article “Winning the Budget Battles” lining out (institutional) strategies to achieve a more friendly outcome for our [...]
Mar
18
West Wing to explain the EU
March 18, 2010 | 1 Comment
Conor aka The European Citizen has written an interesting post about why the EU should possibly have its own West Wing (WW) series to explain the EU. And yes, there is not only West Wing but also Yes, (Prime) Minister or The Thick of it. I do not know well the two latter ones and [...]
Mar
17
Blogging Scholarships for international climate economy conference in Berlin
March 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Are you interested in blogging from a high-profile international conference on climate change and the economy, and take a look behind the scenes? The Heinrich Böll Foundation (HBF) together with Foundation Mercator and the Center for American Progress is organising a conference, “The Great Transformation – Greening the Economy”, from 28-29 May 2010 in Berlin. [...]
Oct
8
Chasing Brussels podcast
October 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Together with fellow EU bloggers Julien Frisch, Joe Litobarski and Conor Slowey, we have started the EU politics podcast “Chasing Brussels”. We aim to release a podcast every (other) week. The format is that 2-4 of us are debating a current EU topic of our interest for 15-30 minutes. Please find our first two recordings [...]
Aug
31
Green Economics from a Youth Perspective
August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment
A group of young European Greens has just published an excellent reader about Green Economics. The paper covers many economic approaches from a young, practical perspective and also proposes ideas and solutions for a more sustainable future. Check out the reader or the nice 13-minute video! More information on their blog.
Aug
31
Overview of new EU Commission 2009-2014
August 31, 2009 | 5 Comments
Back to business and to good old (coz it doesnt look like very innovative) EU politics. People keep on asking me who the new Commissioners will be and I should share my (non existing) insight here. Besides the ongoing struggles of Barroso to get himself appointed, I assume Socialists and Liberals will eventually bow in [...]
Jun
8
What a night! At least 46 Green MEPs
June 8, 2009 | 1 Comment
This was a night! At least for the Greens. My guesstimate from last night was seriously topped by the great showing of many Green Parties across Europe. In particular the French Europe Ecologie went beyond anyone’s wildest imaginations and gained 14 seats. Together with the German Greens (also 14 seats) they alone secured a serious [...]
Jun
6
Tomorrow night Europe will have voted and the configuration of the new European Parliament will be known (sorry guys, Eurovision was a few weeks ago). Before that crucial vote I shall guesstimate the composition of the future Green Group in the European Parliament here! My guess is that there will be 40 original Green members [...]