Today is “European Safer Internet Day 2012“, an initiative co-funded by the European Commission to promote safer and more responsible use of online technology. Yes, it’s possible to be cynical about “European Safer Internet Day” (is there such a thing …
Mexico, which is currently chairing the G20 group of major economies, wants to put “green growth” at the heart of any global economic recovery. Is this a cynical ploy to “greenwash” economic growth, or is it a genuine attempt to …
Last month, we asked you what you thought Europe’s digital future might look like. We spoke with Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding about her proposed new data protection legislation, and got some reactions from MEPs and some of the companies affected …
Last week, we announced that Debating Europe would be introducing more audio and video content into our regular discussions. As part of this approach, we carried out Skype interviews earlier today with two readers: Nikolai Holmov (who blogs here) and Christos …
The Debating Europe team is really enjoying experimenting with all the online tools that are out there to try and bring politicians, academics and experts together with citizens in the same conversation. There’s been a brilliant response to our efforts on social media …
Croatia is now one step closer to becoming the 28th member of the European Union. Roughly 66% of Croatians who voted in the referendum on EU membership earlier this week backed the country’s membership of the Union. After the accession …
Denmark’s six-month Presidency of the Council of the EU is now nearing its second month. Two weeks ago, we asked you what you thought of Denmark’s plans for a “sustainable” Presidency, and now we’ve taken some of those questions to Ida …
The question of how to make Europe more “competitive” has come up several times on Debating Europe. Some of you blame the Euro for creating “massive imbalances in terms of competitiveness” between EU member-states (and suggest scrapping the single currency …
On Wednesday, you might have noticed that part of your brain went missing. You may suddenly have found yourself unable to recall what a heavy metal umlaut was. Or maybe you could no longer quite remember the name of the 1998 “Estonian-style” …
After weeks of threats and rumours, credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) finally downgraded nine eurozone countries last week (including France, which lost its treasured triple-A credit rating). S&P said the EU draft fiscal compact is not enough to fight …
