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DW got jokes.

Poland: Where Keynes meets Jesus

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Wed May 29th, 2019 at 02:25:22 PM EST
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Following the gilets jaunes protests last winter, Macron and his cabinet also hastily put together some "social democratic redistribution" measures. This contributed to boost the French economic growth since late 2018. Even "serious" (read: oligarch-owned) papers like Les Echos have reluctantly reported on this.

But don't repeat this Keynesian heresy; especially not on German public media.

by Bernard (bernard) on Wed May 29th, 2019 at 06:53:13 PM EST
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EPP commencement address to class of 2019, Cambridge, MA, USA
A/V, DE/EN, running time 00:34:54

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Fri May 31st, 2019 at 03:57:55 PM EST
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Farage, Polish populists dash far-right hopes of grand EU alliance
Italy's far-right League was one of the biggest winners in last month's EU elections and its leader, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, has sought to persuade Europe's nationalist parties to set aside their differences and form a 10-party European Alliance for People and Nations in the new assembly.
Italy's 5-Star leader and deputy PM Luigi Di Maio wins party confidence vote
"following a bruising defeat in the European parliamentary elections."
Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of Poland's conservative ruling party Law and Justice (PiS), ruled out joining on account of the pro-Russian stance of Salvini, France's National Rally, led by Marine Le Pen, and the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.

Nigel Farage's Brexit Party, which won 29 of Britain's 72 seats in the European Parliament, also said it would not join the putative new grouping, though it gave no reason. Britain is due to quit the EU on Oct. 31 but its lawmakers will join the European Parliament in July and stay until Brexit happens.



Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Thu Jun 6th, 2019 at 07:21:30 AM EST
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federalist-like power quickens

Macron's call for an 'équipe de France' in EU Parliament shot down

"We will not score an own-goal against our side in the European Parliament, where we sit as a political group. The members of the delegation belong to the team on the left that wants to change the European Union," Sylvie Guillaume, chairwoman of the joint list between French Socialist Party (PS) and Place Publique, told EURACTIV.
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"Our European delegation will not attend the government's invitation on Friday. As we are committed to fulfilling the promises made to our voters, we will not accept any of their instructions on the positions to take in the next five years of our mandate," said Manon Aubry, who leads the [LFI]'s list.
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"This meeting comes much too early, some groups in the European Parliament are not even formed. Today we are only negotiating the roadmap," said EELV MEP Karima Delli.
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"I cannot be part of any 'team' that includes the Rassemblement National. I feel closer to a Spanish socialist than I do to a French nationalist," [PS/Place Publique Raphaël Glucksmann] said on Twitter.


Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Fri Jun 7th, 2019 at 11:37:47 AM EST
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An illustration of Macron's doctrine of "en même temps", also known as "n'importe quoi"

-- We are federalists, we want to federate the progressive forces in the EU parliament. [DIDN'T WORK]

-- En même temps, we are Team France, we are nationalists [DIDN'T PASS LAUGH TEST]

It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue - Queen Elizabeth II

by eurogreen on Fri Jun 7th, 2019 at 02:24:38 PM EST
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Yet Another politician trying to be everything to everybody.  I don't know the French for "je ne sais quoi" is but from here Macron doesn't appear to have any.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre
by ATinNM on Fri Jun 7th, 2019 at 04:30:09 PM EST
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The closest US equivalent may be Clinton and his "triangulation" (or Blair in the UK).
by Bernard (bernard) on Fri Jun 7th, 2019 at 06:33:19 PM EST
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