Tag Archives: eurozone

Václav Klaus live and unplugged

Posted on 27 April 2013 by

A few years ago I honestly told myself that I would spend less time academically on Czech right-wing politics and more time on other things. The world really did, after all, need some decent research about Central European interest groups … Continue reading →

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Europe as antipolitics machine

Posted on 24 October 2012 by

The customers in this Westminster café seem a strange mix of  suited civil servants and builders in boots and hi-vis. But it’s worth the early start and the cup of industrial strength tea to beat a path back to the … Continue reading →

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God save the Queen – and the EU governance regime

Posted on 6 June 2012 by

How do you celebrate the Jubilee? Given the choice between watching Prince Charles on TV, mowing the grass or reviewing a book about Central and Eastern Europe and the European Union, I knew what I would go for.  There is … Continue reading →

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Eurozone politics: Black, no sugar

Posted on 16 December 2011 by

 The European Council for Foreign Relations stages a Black Coffee Morning event on European Politics after the EU Summit. I have mine white, but from the general tone of the discussion among thinktankers, politicians and journos the prospects for the … Continue reading →

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EU Czechs and balances

Posted on 14 October 2011 by

I’m sitting listening to Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg. I look up occasionally at the map on the wall and wonder what projection it is. Europe seems big and fat compared to the more politically correct/geographically accurate cartography I usually … Continue reading →

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