http://ecfr.eu/blog/ en admin@ecfr.eu Copyright 2012 2012-05-15T13:27:58+00:00 http://ecfr.eu/blog/entry/reinventing_europe_jean_pisani_ferry When:12:27:58Z As part of ECFR's Reinvention project, we are running a series of blog posts looking at particular thematic issues facing Europe as it attempts to deal with the financial crisis. In the second ofRead more… Jean Pisani-Ferry, Euro Crisis, Reinventing Europe, 2012-05-15T12:27:58+00:00 http://ecfr.eu/blog/entry/ecfr_this_week_11th_may_2012 When:16:54:14Z Europe is changing. While hopes are high that Francois Hollande can change the politics of the eurozone, the election in Greece radically transformed the Greek political landscape. However, asRead more… Andreas Mullerleile, ECFR this week , 2012-05-11T16:54:14+00:00 http://ecfr.eu/blog/entry/reinventing_europe_tibor_dessewffy_on_hungary When:11:57:53Z As part of ECFR's Reinvention project, we are running a series of blog posts looking at particular thematic issues facing Europe as it attempts to deal with the financial crisis. In the first inRead more… Tibor Dessewffy, € View, Reinventing Europe, 2012-05-10T11:57:53+00:00 http://ecfr.eu/blog/entry/euroland_elections When:12:05:44Z The interesting thing about living in the US is to experience a change in perspective. Here, Europe is often perceived as a united entity. In the Huffington Post for example there were severalRead more… Ulrike Guérot, Germany in Europe, Reinventing Europe, 2012-05-10T12:05:44+00:00 http://ecfr.eu/blog/entry/view_is_germanys_love_for_brutal_austerity_waning When:09:51:35Z This week, I was invited to a public hearing on the economic impact of the euro crisis held at the German Bundestag. These hearings in the German Bundestag are a very peculiar exercise. Each partyRead more… Sebastian Dullien, € View, 2012-05-10T09:51:35+00:00 http://ecfr.eu/blog/entry/japanese_lessons_waving_or_drowning When:13:36:01Z Few things make Europe's problems seem a long, long way away like 43° heat and fabulous wealth. But, as I walked along the seafront Corniche in Doha just 48 hours ago, I was thinking about justRead more… Nicholas Walton, Euro Crisis, Europe and the world, Reinventing Europe, 2012-05-09T13:36:01+00:00 http://ecfr.eu/blog/entry/much_ado_about_minsk_too_little_about_baku When:14:15:10Z I recently spent a week in Azerbaijan, talking to local activists, experts and Baku-based diplomats about their views on the worsening human rights situation and what the EU could do about it. ManyRead more… Jana Kobzova , Wider Europe, 2012-05-09T14:15:10+00:00 http://ecfr.eu/blog/entry/madrid_view_let_the_people_speak When:11:41:47Z The chroniclers of the time say that Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address surprised everyone in its brevity. His predecessor on the platform, a well-known orator, took two hours to perform a speech ofRead more… Jose Ignacio Torreblanca, Madrid view, 2012-05-08T11:41:47+00:00 http://ecfr.eu/blog/entry/madrid_view_mutiny_on_the_bounty When:15:03:18Z Power can be exercised directly, by submitting an issue to a vote, or more subtly, by eliminating all discussion on a policy and its alternatives from public discourse. What is not talked aboutRead more… Jose Ignacio Torreblanca, Madrid view, 2012-05-04T15:03:18+00:00 http://ecfr.eu/blog/entry/ecfr_this_week_4th_may_2012 When:13:22:30Z The outcome of the French elections will have a significant impact on the future of austerity and growth in Europe - and the ‘Fiscal Compact’ has become a major topic in this context. As part ofRead more… Andreas Mullerleile, ECFR this week , 2012-05-04T13:22:30+00:00