Hungary Would Join EU Again
June 29, 2009
Hungary has joined the EU in 2004 after a referendum with overwhelming support. Five years on, accession would get a 74:26 majority a referendum if it was asked again
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The new Eastern members, Central and Eastern Europe has been steadily catching up with the Western part of the Union, although at a rather slowish pace. The current depression has seroiusly hit some old and new member states, and less severely other ones, so the picture will be more varied at the end of this year. The next possible candidates, Iceland and Croatia are fitting well into the club.
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Mr Habsburg in the ECRG European Parliamentary Group?
June 25, 2009
If Mr Habsburg joins ECRG, it will add another explosive dimension to the Cameron-Kaczynski-Klaus trio’s strange group. Mr Habsburg’s father, Otto von Habsburg had been a Bavarian Christian Socialist MEP between 1979 and 1999, and also the last heir of the Austrian, Czech, Croat and Hungarian thrones (At those times, the last one entitled them to whole Slovakia and part of today’s Romania and Serbia, the first one to Slovenia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, too). The younger Habsburg holds the passports of the latter two countries besides a German one, although he is barred by republican Austrian and Hungarian laws to use his archduke title in these countries.
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What connects Kaczynski, Klaus and Cameron? The new European Conservatives and Reformists Group connects a lot of Central- and Eastern European small parties with the British Tories.
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European Election Blogging Contest: The Winners
June 16, 2009
The European blogging competition organized by the European Journalism Center (and co-funded by the Eurropean Commission) has ended. The overall winner is Etan Smallman, followed by Frank Schnittger and a great Bulgarian blogger, Hristo Hrisotv, who covers some regional issues similar to this blog. Best from the regions: Radovana Jágriková.
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Libertas Fails
June 12, 2009
Just for the record: despite the earlier hype, Libertas could not set foot on the continent and even failed in Ireland, and Central Europe is not fertile ground for them.The eurosceptic, anti-Lisbon movement that hoped to win 100 seats in the European Parliament, came up with a single “franchise” seat of Mouvement pour la France,… » read more
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Think! Roundup: Facts and Opinions on the Elections ’09
June 11, 2009
Here is a roundup from the European Journalism Centre’s Think About It blogging competition on the European Elections. Convicted Russian MEP, Slovakian photo contest for voters, Cyprus on the beach.
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Hungary: Creative Commons
June 8, 2009
Hungary on photographs without all rights reserved. Although Hungary has no Pirate Party, you can have less restrictive copyright in this jurisdiction, too.
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Hungarian Results: The Left-Wing Wiped Out
June 7, 2009
The Hungarian EP elections resutls are very surprising. The country has turned to the right in an unprecedented manner.
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