Category Archives: European elections 2009
Lazy
It’s perhaps a little lazy on my part, but here are links to a few interesting articles from the weekend, as we head into election week: The Independent on why next week’s elections should be about Europe and not MPs’ … Continue reading
Filed under European elections 2009, Media
Interesting piece this week from Charlemagne in the Economist. Just shows how difficult it is to get a reasoned discussion on these issues, when basic facts (like, the British people have a direct stake in EU institutions) are ignored.
Filed under European elections 2009
Just got round to reading the Mostra Opinion Corner on media coverage of the European parliament elections. It rings my bell on several levels. Firstly, it’s about the European elections, something which obviously matters a lot to me. At a … Continue reading
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Bird song
RSPB Northern Ireland today published a piece urging people to vote in the EP elections. They’ve asked all local candidates their views on a number of environmental issues. An interesting piece of advocacy, I think, and one likely to resonate … Continue reading
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I want to break free
Libertas have launched their UK election campaign today. It’s an interesting one. There are various things about it that strike a chord with me – a pan-European political party, aiming to respond to (or create?) a European demos, rather than … Continue reading
Filed under European elections 2009, UK politics
Think
A whole load of bloggers are in Brussels today for the launch of Think about It, a blogging competition linked to this year’s European elections. There are a few Brits at the launch, some of them well-known blogs on EU … Continue reading
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Calling all bloggers
Are you writing about European issues, or interested in doing so? The European Journalism Centre is running a competition to get 3 bloggers from each EU Member State to write during the European election campaign. Each participant will post at … Continue reading
Filed under European elections 2009, The General Public
