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On Europe and countries - thoughts after Brexit

Die Piraten

Bundesparteitag der Piraten : https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/0,1518,801643,00.html

Das sieht sooo gut aus: weg mit der Kirchensteuer, Legalisierung von Drogen, Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen als Denkmodell, Die Euroskeptiker wurden abserviert. Vielleicht haben wir doch die Chance auf eine wirklich liberale Partei in Deutschland? In der Zwischenzeit hoffe ich , dass die SPD Peer Steinbrueck zum Kanzlerkandidaten macht :-)

Gastarbeiter-Zug: Baglama, Tanz und zwei dicke Kumpel

This is in German, but absolutely to be read. It shows from several points how integration takes place and always took place

Innovation Policies for the 21st Century

I found this in one of my favourite Blogs : https://www.scienceprogress.org/2009/01/innovation-policies-for-the-21st-...

Wonderful!

"Zwei Wochen vor der Inauguration Barack Obamas (47) als Präsident der Vereinigen Staaten wurde in Rotterdam zu Beginn der Woche der marokkanisch-niederländische Doppelstaatler Ahmed Aboutaleb (47) in
sein neues Amt als Oberbürgermeister der größten europäischen Hafenstadt eingeführt."
https://www.zeit.de/online/2009/02/rotterdam-aboutaleb

That's bad!

<br /><a href="https://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11293923">Farm subsidies | The right time to chop | Economist.com</a><br />

The French Government

Sarkozy has called into his cabinet Bernard Kouchner and Rachida Dati (see attached article from the Spiegel on Ms Dati). Why did no government of the left or centre/left in Europa in the last years had the courage to call personalities like them into the government? Yes, there is Emma Bonino with Prodi, but..........

Frankreichs Justizministerin: Sarkozys stürmische Selfmade-Ministerin - Politik - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Nachrichten

Neo-Nekolonialismus

this is a citation from an interview with Jagdish Bhagwati in the last issue of the German Magazine "Der Spiegel", which should be well considered:

Mark Leonard: Why Europe will run th 21st century

ISBN 0-00-719531, published 2005

Leonards thesis is that the European Union is one of the big success stories in modern history. He points out how many of the thaught weaknesses of the European Union are strengths in reality.

Turkey into the EU? Ratzinger got it right now.....

I disagree mostly with Benedetto XVI. But I agree with his position regarding Turkey and the EU. Turkey must become a member. I appreciate his position particularly looking back to the speech he gave some tome ago in Regensburg regarding Islam. It was most inappropriate for the pope of the catholic church to say these harsh words about another religion, but nevertheless they were not wrong, and nevertheless Turkey must join the EU!

See the excellent comment from Federico Punzi at

johanneskeizer.com