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| Freitag, 3.2.2012 Markets and society The current financial crisis is not confined to economies, writes former Romanian finance minister Daniel Daianu. The erosion of the middle class, the spread of extremism and the threat to democracy are some of the more obvious social effects demanding attention. [Danish version added] mehr... |
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| Freitag, 3.2.2012 War in Europe? Not so impossible The dark warnings of the Polish finance minister about the prospect of war in Europe if the crisis deepens were met with scepticism. But there is no call for complacency about where current, nationalist tendencies might lead, writes the editor of "Adevarul Europa". [Danish version added] mehr... |
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| Donnerstag, 2.2.2012 We are more! There urgently needs to be an increase on the current 0.05 per cent available for funding cultural and artistic experimentation around common European concerns and aspirations. The "We are more!" campaign wants to see this deficit corrected in the next EU budget from 2014 to 2020. mehr... |
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| Mittwoch, 1.2.2012 The taste of grass Is the return of Serbian nationalism to be dismissed as domestic political point-scoring in an election year, or does it pose a deeper threat to the region? And will Russia step in as the rift with the EU deepens? Slavenka Drakulic considers the possibilities. mehr... |
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| Freitag, 27.1.2012 To name the unnamable Salman Rushdie had to back out of attending the 2012 Jaipur Literature Festival because of an assassination threat against him. The lack of support for Rushdie shows that the defense of free speech is no longer seen as an irrevocable duty, writes Kena Malik. mehr... |
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| Donnerstag, 26.1.2012 Europe's narrative bias Democracy, humanism and diversity have little to do with a "European inheritance". Yet EU cultural policy instrumentalizes cultural heritage to promote common identity. This narrative bias needs to be challenged, says Erik Hammar. mehr... |
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| Mittwoch, 25.1.2012 Towards an illiberal democracy Hungary's new constitution contradicts European democratic standards on numerous counts: it sets in stone the government's economic and social policy; it is biased towards "ethnic" Hungarians; and it undermines the independence of regulatory institutions including the constitutional court and media. mehr... |
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| Mittwoch, 25.1.2012 The organized upperworld "Osteuropa" analyses Hungarian politics in upheaval; the "Dublin Review of Books" says together, small EU-states are strong; "Reset" asks Napolitano what Einaudi would have done; "Le Monde diplomatique" (Oslo) goes deep into debt; "dérive" inspects the foundations of Red Vienna; "Esprit" says home-owning is not the solution to the French housing crisis; and "Studija" urges western art critics to get past Cold War clichés. mehr... |
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| Mittwoch, 25.1.2012 The decline of democracy -- the rise of dictatorship On 1 January 2012, Hungary got a new constroversial constitution. In a "New year's appeal", a group of thirteen intellectuals and public figures, who opposed Hungary's communist regime in the 1970s outline their concerns and call on Europe to help halt a slide to a new dictatorship. mehr... |
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| Freitag, 20.1.2012 Drawing borders within borders Abortion is still illegal in a number of EU countries and LGBT people are publicly harassed. The conservatives of Europe favour policies that limit sexual and reproductive freedom. What are progressives doing about this? asks Anna Hellgren. mehr... |
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