German Elections, Democracy, Economic Challenges, Welfare State
am 15.09.2005 von http://lawjustice.blogspot.comRobert Menasse has written an essay in Die Zeit about the forthcoming elections in Germany, European harmonisation and democracy. According to Menasse, the elections are not about electing a democratic majority but about democracy itself. What power do citizens and the parliament of an EU member state still have in today’s European Union?A large part of this essay has been translated in Dutch on this blog.Also check out the dossier about the German elections in EurActiv that has asked political analysts about future policy-making in Germany and its implications for Europe regarding:- French-German engine- EU enlargement (…Turkey)- EU stability and Growth Pact- Competitiveness and Lisbon agenda- Energy and environmentA “must read” is an article (in English) “The German Defect” by Gabor Steingart, …
New German elections / Neuwahl in Deutschland
Transblawg / perlentaucher.de verlinkt internationale Kommentare zu den Neuwahlen. perlentaucher.de (in German) gives a number of links to international coverage (some of it in English) on the German elections called for by Schröder. Some papers are trying o…
German Federal Constitutional Court Allows Elections on 18 September
Law & Justice / The German federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) allows that the elections for a new Bundestag can be held at 18th September. Two MPs, Werner Schulz (Die Grünen) and Jelena Hoffmann (SPD, same party as the head of government, Chan…
German elections / Wahlplakate
Transblawg / More posters and other pictures of the German election campaign here - and more to come during the week....…
From German Dawn to Decadence
Law & Justice / Für meine Deutsche Freunde aus Saarbrücken (and elsewhere): Robert Formaini, a Senior Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and adjunct professor of economics at the University of Texas, wrote an article in todays Tech Central station Fr…
German politics in English
Transblawg / Wortfeld, usually a German-language blog, has an entry in English describing the background to Schröder’s announcement of autumn elections. There are a large number of links. As Alexander rightly says, the coverage of German matters in the…
The German Times
Transblawg / The German Times is the name of a newspaper launched on January 19th in Berlin: “We want to accompany Europe's coalescence, in that we are creating a medium from Germany for all of Europe,” says Editor in Chief Bruno Waltert. Its cir…
Elections Just Like That
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. After an electoral loss of his party in the state of North-Rhine-Westphalia, Chancellor Schröder would like to disband the federal diet in Berlin and hold federal elections in the fall. In the regular cycle, such election…
Wake Up Call of Dutch Labour Party about Welfare State
Law & Justice / The welfare state has gone too far. This is the conclusion of the Dutch Labour Party PVDA reports Elsevier today (in Dutch). There should be obligations and not only rights, because “a welfare benefit must be earned”. This was declared by Mr. Ha…
Quote about EU Enlargement and Turkey
Law & Justice / Wolfgang Schäuble in todays International Herald Tribune, when asked why not grant full membership to Turkey if it meets all the EUs political, economic and human rights criteria:What we are concerned about is Europes borders and the support of Euro…
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