
Archive for European elections
repower EU!
Posted in Kids, pictures, Running, Travel, University life with tags architecture, Belgium, Brussel, EU, European Commission, European elections, European Union, road running, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre on June 7, 2024 by xi'an
we do need more EU [reposted]
Posted in Books, Kids, University life with tags better together, ChatGP, democracy, equality, Europe, European elections, European Parliement, European Union, freedom, Michel Foucault, nationalism, Université Paris Dauphine, voters apathy on May 30, 2024 by xi'an
My colleague from Paris Dauphine, Dominique Meda, wrote the following in her Le Monde weekly column of 26 May (translated mostly by ChatGP) which, despite points of disagreement (about singling out Germany), I wish to repost as a call to votes for more Europe.
Despite [the imperfections and limitations of the EU governance], there have many recent advances. Several important social reforms were carried out at the end of this legislature, notably thanks to the hard work of part of the Parliament and the Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, Nicolas Schmidt.
RNnti EUropean
Posted in Kids, Statistics, Travel with tags Brexit, economy, Europe, Europe Day, European elections, European Parliament, European Union, extreme-right, federalism, French politics, Frexit, immigration, National Front, nationalism, Ukraine on May 9, 2024 by xi'an
Þe terrifying prospect of an extreme-right wave swamping the European Parliament next June has never been more likely! Current projections give their parliamentary groups close to 25% of the seats… It alas particularly true in France with the (formerly) Nazional Front (now called RN) almost certain to get the highest percentage of the votes among all French parties, while keeping their anti-EU discourse, if vaguely stated but definitely around a disguised “Frexit”
- against more “federalism” and further expansion (as with the RN opposing Ukraine’s application)
- against European parliamentarism with accusations of promoting open markets, “punishing” ecology, (aka “anthropomorphic erasure“!) and organising mass immigration (with the former and controversial Head of Frontex being present in the RN European list)
- against European political structures, favouring and threatening a return to a much weaker “Europe of Nations”(alisms)
In the previous legislatures, the RN European deputies have proved an inertia and passive factor, being rarely present and even less active in the Parliament but voting against most parliamentary proposals and resolutions, esp. those on ecology, gender rights, reproductive rights, migrations, and Ukraine…

