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A new chapter added to the crisis in Cyprus
The latest in the concatenation of disjointed actions characterizing the Cyprus bailout programme, is what appears to be a reprofiling of the sovereign debt, realized through a “volunary” bond...
View ArticleEurope beyond and without federalism
Ideology and political orientation are inseparably attached to the historical-cultural context that engendered and sustained them. To valorize the methods and objectives of a given system of values, as...
View ArticleThe meta ta politika of Europe
Fellow citizen Ralf Grahn (@RalfGrahn) recently suggested that European bloggers should consider producing an article under the twitter hashtag #MyEurope, in light of the commemoration of Europe Day,...
View ArticleEurobills: On the joint issuance of European debt instruments
One of the schemes that is being contemplated in the chambers of European politics, is that of the joint issuance of sovereign debt instruments. This is currently related to the negotiations on the...
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On European meta-nationalism: A critique of the exogenous impetus to integration
The Berlaymont building, housing the European Commission, on a snowy day. Picture credit: Protesilaos Stavrou CC BY-NC-SA One of the essential features of the European federalist movement that escapes...
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On the European identity and the nation-less democracy
The mythical origins of Europe Picture credit: Wikipedia As I have already noted in several of my last articles, a sovereign two-tier state is emerging within the European Union; a state that will be...
View ArticleEurocrisis far from over: Some of the challenges ahead
I am of the opinion that to understand the politics and orientations of the eurozone, one must start from assiduously studying the remarks of the European Central Bank’s president, Mr. Mario Draghi,...
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May 2013 lead us from the Year of Citizens to the Union of Citizens
The graphic at the official page of the Commission dedicated to the European Year of citizens. Picture credit: © European Commission This is my last post for the year 2012; a year that has been the...
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Not all European Federalists are Progressive
Picture credit: Protesilaos Stavrou CC BY-NC-SA The fact that the Norwegian Nobel Committee oversimplified and effectively distorted reality in order to award the European Union the 2012 Nobel Peace...
View ArticleA federation of nation states is a Confederation writ large
In his 2012 State of the Union speech before the European Parliament’s plenary session, Mr Barroso, the Commission president, made reference to the need of establishing a “federation of nation-states”....
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Federalism, Confederalism and the European Superstate
One of the main themes in the current debate on the future of European integration is the alleged or real dilemma between the break up of the euro zone and the formation of a European superstate (see...
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On the fallacies of Otmar Issing and the need for a European political union
Mr Otmar Issing is a prominent German economist. He was one of the architects of the euro, serving as a member of the European Central Bank’s Executive Board. On July 29, 2012 he published an article...
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