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Tag Archives: government
Dec 26 2012
Romanian politics in 2012 has been marked by a rocky cohabitation between Victor Ponta’s government and President Traian Basescu.
Leave a commentIn Romania, this year has seen the resignation of one government, a vote of no-confidence in another, an attempt to change the electoral system and efforts by the government to impeach the sitting President. Cristina Bucur looks over political developments … Continue reading
Posted by: December 26, 2012
Tagged with: elections, government, Romania, Traian Băsescu, Victor Ponta
Oct 4 2012
Five minutes with Guy Verhofstadt, President of the ALDE Group and Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Co-President of the Greens/European Free Alliance – “There is no alternative to a federal Europe”
3 CommentsIn their new book, ‘For Europe’, Guy Verhofstadt and Daniel Cohn-Bendit outline a manifesto for the creation of a fully federal Europe, complete with a new European constitution. In an interview with EUROPP editors Chris Gilson and Stuart A Brown, … Continue reading
Posted by: October 4, 2012
Tagged with: eu, Federal Europe, governance, government
Sep 11 2012
Cultural differences may explain why riots and violent protests against austerity have occurred in Greece, but not in Spain.
2 CommentsWhile rioting and violent protests have been a frequent occurrence on the streets of Greek cities since the start of the debt crisis, Spain has not yet experienced similar scenes. Aikaterini Andronikidou and Iosif Kovras assess why this is the … Continue reading
Posted by: September 11, 2012
Tagged with: government, Greece, protest, rioting, Spain, unrest
Sep 4 2012
Five minutes with Lord Boswell of the UK’s House of Lords’ EU Committee – “We have some arguably existential crises in the European Union”
Leave a commentThe UK’s House of Lords’ EU Committee aims to hold the UK government to account for its actions at the EU level, and also considers EU related documents prior to decisions being made on them. In an interview with EUROPP … Continue reading
Posted by: September 4, 2012
Tagged with: eu, eu referendum, government, House of Lords, UK
Aug 11 2012
Invest in brains, not buildings, to raise scientific output and impact
Leave a commentWhich is more valuable to the creation of scientific knowledge, high quality scientists or first-class facilities? Fabian Waldinger looks at the dramatic effects of the Nazi expulsion of Jewish scientists and the Allied bombing of university buildings and discovers that … Continue reading
Posted by: August 11, 2012
Tagged with: government, impact
Aug 1 2012
Five minutes with Paul Sum on the political situation in Romania: “Romanians not only lack confidence in their governing institutions, many hold disdain for them.”
5 CommentsOn Sunday, Romanian President Traian Basescu narrowly survived an impeachment referendum after voter turnout fell below 50 per cent, the level required for the vote to be valid. In an interview with EUROPP editors Stuart A Brown and Chris Gilson, … Continue reading
Posted by: August 1, 2012
Tagged with: Basescu, government, Hungary, Ponta, Romania
