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The toddler that is EUrope

July 16, 2015

I’ve been starring at this blank page for the past 6 months, almost on a daily basis. I’ve been meaning to write more on the federalist quest, but I’ve been turned back again and again by news reaching me on developments on the EU scene. Today, as I have been more or less removed from… » read more

Posted by Horatiu Ferchiu

Democracy, EU, Federal Europe, Federalism, Identity, Opinion, People, Politics, Strategy

, average citizen, Brussels, communication, EU, Federal Europe, federation, learning, opinion, toddler

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EP, EC, EUCO and the people. Elections and Democracy.

April 3, 2014

As we are closing in on the EP elections to be held in May all across the EU, there are a couple of themes that seem to be on top of anything else: the democratic deficit of EU leadership, voters presence for European Elections and, connected with the first, the election of the new European… » read more

Posted by Horatiu Ferchiu

Democracy, EU, European Parliament, Opinion, People, Politics

, compulsory vote, democracy, EC, elections, EP, EP2014, EU, EUCO, future EU, opinion, People, vote

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Opinions, emotions and false positives

September 9, 2013

As I sit here and listen to Mick Jagger’s “Blind leading the blind” competing with the crickets outside, and after going through a couple of articles on the state of the economy, world politics and current events in Romania I can’t stop thinking that while we are not all blind, we are certainly getting there… » read more

Posted by Horatiu Ferchiu

Direct Democracy, Opinion, People, Politics, Romania

, current events, emotions, opinion, Romania, the future

EP & EU Budget – do the “people” have a say?

February 15, 2013

Earlier today I was reading a blog entry on the Economist Blogs by Charlemagne on the relationship between the EU budget approved by the Council and the European Parliament. And this paragraph caught my eye: “The argument boils down to the question of where democratic legitimacy really lies. Little-known MEPs can scarcely claim to command… » read more

Posted by Horatiu Ferchiu

EU, European Parliament, People, Politics

, Budget, Coucil, EP, MEP, opinion, People, vote on budget

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The toddler that is EUrope

EP, EC, EUCO and the people. Elections and Democracy.

Opinions, emotions and false positives

EP & EU Budget – do the “people” have a say?

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