cafebabel.comhttp://www.cafebabel.com/Les articles du magazine europeen, rubrique outre-meren© cafebabel.comTue, 24 Mar 2009 19:15:00 -0000300Martinique: European elections 'time to test the EU's social character'http://www.cafebabel.co.uk/article/29407/martinique-protests-islands-european-elections.html<p>Malik Duranty, a young politics graduate at the University of Guyana and the Caribbean, on how the first effects of the credit crunch are being felt as far as the remote regions of the EU, the insular and dependent localities. Extract<br></p> ('Eloise',)Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:15:00 -0000215775Greenland: Europe’s arctic window closes uphttp://www.cafebabel.co.uk/article/29418/greenland-closer-america-europe-independence.html<p>On 21 June, Greenland will become yet more independent with regard to Denmark. A new system voted via a referendum will give inhabitants the right to their own energy resources, concerning about thirty domains</p> ('laurenthompson',)Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:00:00 -0000215845The Bronx, another European overseas departmenthttp://www.cafebabel.co.uk/article/29296/european-overseas-department-territories-new-york.html<p>Well, almost. As the fountain on the north lawn of the White House ran green in celebration of St Patrick's Day on 17 March, we take a look at how newcomers from Europe have breathed new life into old ethnic neighbourhoods in New York’s five boroughs, long a destination for immigrations. With the EU at 27 and Brussels far across the ocean, is Europe but an abstract notion?</p> Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:56:23 -0000214781