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 [...]

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 [...]

Aus Reihen der Grünen Europafraktion ist am 5. März ein Diskussionsbeitrag zur Griechenland-/Eurokrise veröffentlicht worden. Hierin gehen die Autoren Rebecca Harms, Reinhard Bütikofer, Sven Giegold und Jochen Denkinger auf die Probleme Griechenlands ein und skizzieren Antworten auf die derzeitige Krise. Insgesamt ist das Papier sehr gelungen, weil es die grundlegenden Probleme analysiert, richtige Fragen zur [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

Morgen entscheidet das tschechische Verfassungsgericht über die Klage einiger Senatoren gegen den Lissabon Vertrag. Sollte das Gericht sein OK geben, kann Vaclav Klaus schon übermorgen unterschreiben. Wenn er denn möchte. Denn der alte Fuchs hat sich einen überaus aktiven Reiseplan für den November verordnet, so dass Beobachter sich fragen, ob er die Unterzeichnung damit noch [...]

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 [...]

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.

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 [...]

Diese Woche hat die CDU endlich ihre Plakatmotive zur Bundestagswahl vorgestellt. Kaum überraschend für die CDU geht es einmal wieder vorrangig um Köpfe ihres bekannten Spitzenpersonals. Netzpolitik und andere haben sich zu Recht gleich über die provozierenden Gebote von “Freiheit und Sicherheit” vor Innenminister Wolfang Schäuble hergemacht. Ausgezeichnet ist in diesem Zusammenhang ihr Remix-Tool für [...]

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