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2011: God Bless Relativised Europe
'Happy' was our EU in 2011 – not ‘blissful’, in accordance with the Danish bible society's dumbed down translations of its revised new testament, released this year. The EU is still about ‘unity in diversity’, its guiding motto, but has also become about unity in losing faith
catherine ashton, madrid, tony blair, divorce, social networks, geert wilders, egypt
Catherine Ashton, Ashford or Ashley?
Never mind that she went to earthquake-stricken Haiti six weeks late, or that she missed a ministerial conference, or that she's not David Miliband, or that she can't speak French. Let's begin with the fact that some struggle to remember even the name of the first ever EU foreign policy chief. Maybe it's the title 'baroness' which throws everyone
catherine ashton, european media, media, united kingdom, european union, europe, jean quatremer
Daniel Cohn-Bendit lets rip on new EU 'commission of hypocrites'
'Just before St Valentines Day we tell Mr Barroso 'Je t’aime moi non plus'' - the French-German co-president of the pan-European greens was more than slightly sceptical about the approved commission on 9 February. See the video (in French)
catherine ashton, european parliament, european institutions, european commission, josé manuel barroso, daniel cohn-bendit
Europe is more like a granddad than mother courage
Once more, the EU puts nation-state logic above mutual interest. The European virus strikes again with the nomination of the Belgian Herman Van Rompuy for the post of the permanent president of the EU council, explains Jean-Dominique Giuliani, director of the Robert Schuman foundation
catherine ashton, european council, herman van rompuy, fondation robert schuman, politics, expresso
David Miliband for EU High Representative of Foreign Affairs?
The first hints on nominees for European appointments in the shadow of the EU 2009 elections, the Mediterranean Union gains pace and the EU finally punishes those who pollute - the latest from Brussels
catherine ashton, labour party, high representative of foreign affairs, politics, david miliband
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