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Europe Is Not a Lost Continent

Georges Ugeux | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: European Debt Crisis, European Parliament, European Commission, European Union, Europe Economy Crisis, Europe Debt Crisis, u.s. Europe Relations, Europe Economic Crisis, Europe Financial Crisis, World News

Europe is not a lost continent, but a set of countries who are dealing with a crisis of confidence stemming from the awareness that its social system needs to be overhauled and modernized.

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A 24-Year-Old Woman Just Became The Youngest Member Of European Parliament

The Grindstone | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Youngest Member European Parliament, European Parliament, Amelia Andersdotter, Woman in European Parliament, Women News

History has been made and Parliament just got a little hipper. In a few weeks Amelia Andersdotter will be the second Pirate Party member to take a sea...

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Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Member of the European Parliament, can't accept the German "Nope" to Libya

Lia Petridis Maiello | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nato, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, John Boehner, Moammar Gaddafi, Nikolas Sarkozy, United Nations, Uri Avnery, European Parliament, Alain Juppe, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, The Green Party, Operation Odyssey Dawn, Lybia, Barack Obama, World News

Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit is a German politician, active in France and Germany and a member of the European Parliament. His German-Jewish parents had fl...

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Europe Takes the Lead in Drive to Tax Speculators

Sarah Anderson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, European Union, Global Financial Crisis, European Parliament, Financial Speculation Tax, Business News

The Europeans often leave us Yanks way behind. And now they appear on track again, with solid progress this week towards adopting an innovative proposal to pay for the costs of the global economic crisis.

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Cuban Guillermo Farinas Awarded European Parliament's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.25.2011

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Photo: Guillermo Farinas with a few of the Ladies in White, taken during his successful hunger strike to free Cuba's political prisoners. It's diff...

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Guillermo Farinas, Cuban Dissident, Awarded EU Human Rights Prize

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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STRASBOURG, France — The European Parliament awarded its annual human rights prize on Thursday to Guillermo Farinas, the Cuban dissident whose 1...

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Sarkozy Accused Of Roma Gypsy 'Witch-Hunt'

Telegraph | Bruno Waterfield | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Paris, France, Gypsies, European Commission, Romani Gypsies, Eastern Europe, European Parliament, Discrimination, Roma, Romani Gypsy, Romania, Nicolas Sarkozy, World News

Nicolas Sarkozy has been accused by European politicians of carrying out a "witch-hunt" against Roma gipsy migrants following the expulsion of 1,000 g...

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DK Matai | Posted 05.25.2011

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July 4th Shock And Awe? Will Fireworks Wake Us Up?

Danny Schechter | Posted 05.25.2011

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There has been an effective well-funded PR campaign underway for years to convince us that deficits are more dangerous than unemployment or the abuse of consumers.

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'Brighton Tea Party': Tea Party Movement Spreads To Britain

Huffington Post | Nicholas Sabloff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tea Party, UK Conservatives, Daniel Hannan, Boston Tea Party, European Parliament, Britain, British Tea Party, UK Tea Party, Tea Party Movement, Europe Union, Britain Tea Party, Great Britain, Tea Party Convention, David Cameron, Europe, Brighton Tea Party, Britain Europe, World News

There's a 'tea party' in Britain this Saturday. The Sarah Palin kind. British Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan is looking to bring the anti-tax, anti...

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The New EU Presidency - Contenders And Odds (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Adam Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mary Robinson, European Council President, Jan Peter Balkenende, Paavo Lipponen, European Parliament, European Commission, Tony Blair European Union, Herman Van Rompuy, Slidepoll, European President, Vaira Vike-Freiberga, European Union, Europe, Jean-Claude Juncker, World News

This Thursday, the European Council is expected to announce their first-ever elected President. However, with a baffling selection process taking pl...

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EU: Vaclav Klaus, Czech President, Signs Lisbon Treaty

ft.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Vaclav Klaus, Czech president, on Tuesday signed the Lisbon treaty, ending a year-long stalemate with his fellow EU leaders and bringing the new gover...

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Are Swiss Alps Threatened by Minarets?

John L. Esposito | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islamophobia, Swiss Minaret Ban, Islam, Europe, Freedom Party, Switzerland, The Netherlands, European Parliament, Danish People's Party, Minaret Ban, British National Party, World News

The Swiss minaret ban, like some other European countries' policies, highlights a failure of Western liberalism and raises fundamental questions about religious discrimination and freedom of religion.

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Europe Divided Over Blair EU Presidency

Telegraph | Fiona Govan in Madrid, Peter Allen in Paris, Allan Hall in Berlin and Nick Squires in Rome | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Spanish daily newspaper El Pais carried a harsh critique of Tony Blair's candidature written by Emilio Men�ndez del Valle, a former diplomat and...

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The European Guru Who Seeks the Way for a Global Governance

Laura Kiss | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vice President European Parliament, Unemployment, European Parliament, Basilicata, Emigration, World News

"Europe does not have yet an unitary voice," Gianni Pittella said. "We should look at the American example to reinforce the European Union, so that countries like Italy could have still a role in world governance".

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Financial Reforms: Is Europe Hypocritical?

Georges Ugeux | Posted 05.25.2011

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European bank losses were as high as the U.S. They used the same compensation system, and their fragmented and ineffective regulatory system shares responsibility for the crisis.

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Patrizia D'Addario: Berlusconi Offered Me An EU Seat

BBC News | Posted 05.25.2011

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The escort at the centre of a sex scandal involving Silvio Berlusconi has said the Italian prime minister offered her a seat in the European Parliamen...

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Jerzy Buzek Elected EU Assembly President, Becoming A First From Former Communist Nation

AP | ROBERT WIELAARD | Posted 05.25.2011

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STRASBOURG, France — The European Parliament elected Jerzy Buzek as its president Tuesday, making the ex-Polish premier and pro-democracy activi...

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Mocking the Poor is a Bad, Bad Strategy

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tax Day Tea Party, European Parliament, Johann Hari, Tea Party, British National Party, Bnp, Politics News

A good way to fuel bigoted behavior is to make dissidents feel like they don't have an outlet for their frustrations.

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Bring On The BNP - Out Of The Shadows

Deborah Hobson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Racism, Anti-Racism, Hate, Far Right, European Parliament, Eu, British National Party, England, World News

I know this motley crew of far right fantasists could never command support among the vast majority of right-thinking Britons.

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PIRATE PARTY Garners Victory In European Parliament

TorrentFreak | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Pirate Party has won a huge victory in the Swedish elections and is marching on to Brussels. After months of campaigning against well established ...

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BNP Party Picks Up Two Seats

Press Association | Pat Hurst and Alistair Keely | Posted 05.25.2011

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The UK's international reputation has suffered "real damage" as a result of the British National Party gaining their first seats in the European Parli...

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Is Fascism On The March Again In Europe? Historians Give Their Verdicts

The Guardian | Interviews by Stephen Moss and John Crace | Posted 05.25.2011

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Does the election of two BNP MEPs and the success of the far right elsewhere in Europe mean we are facing the threat of fascism? Or is this just a pro...

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Labour Party Suffers Worst Electoral Results In A Century, Britain PM Faces Showdown

AP | DAVID STRINGER | Posted 05.25.2011

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LONDON — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday survived the most serious test of his leadership, offering his critics a humbling promise...

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Pirates Gain Seat in EU Parliament

Joshua Glazer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pirate Party, Sweden, Pirates, European Parliament, Swedish PIrate Party, World News

They're not the "yo-ho-ho" kind of pirates, nor the "taking-ships-hostage-with-rocket-launchers" pirates. But Sweden's Pirate Party won a seat in the European Parliament in yesterday's election.

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