Joël Cordier is the blogger of the week on Yourspace! Joël is a member of the Parti Socialiste in Namur, Belgium, and of Artisans de l'Europe, an initiative aimed at discussing the manifesto2009. Throughout the next days he intends to cover issues like the consequences of the Irish "No" or cooperation and development, just to mention a few.

You can read his posts here.

Last week was very rich in posts regarding European democracy & diversity.

Démocratie participative en Europe

Au lendemain de la seconde guerre mondiale l'Europe a érigé à travers la CECA (Communauté Européenne du Charbon et de l'Acier) d'abord, la CEE (Communauté économique européenne) et l'EURATOM (Communauté européenne de l'énergie atomique) ensuite...

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Ireland Decides

Well the polls have closed and the ballot boxes are now safely stored away until they are opened at 09h00 (10h00 CET) on Friday morning. As I predicted, a lot of the discussion in the media this evening has been on how many people turned out to vote. If you remember I said that the general view is that a turnout below 40% would suggest a NO vote, while...

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Next week starts the Yourspace BLOGFEST. From the 23 of June to 6 of July several bloggers will post articles and leave their comments on the manifesto2009. We expect two weeks of intense blog activity! Join us!