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Europe from below

Focus on the political and social issues of the European integration process with a special view from below. This blog will follow , step by step, the European people movements acting for a different, more democratic and federal Europe. You will find news and updates concerning European wide campaigns, actions, rallies, demonstrations, strikes, forum and assemblies aiming to build a political and social "Europe from below". Making Europe depends on you, too!

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Carton rouge

The Carton rouge will be used in a European context. It means that a person acted or spoked against Europe following a national fashion.

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Wednesday, October 17 2007

Sarkozy: "The future of Europe in the hands of 12 wise people"

After the French referendum and before the bad compromise on the Reform Treaty will be reached in Lisbon in next days the French president Nicolas Sarkozy proposed (*) to convoke a "wise people's committee" to reflect on the future of the E.U. in 2020 and to report back in the first half of 2009. This proposal is not democratic and shows us the new Reform Treaty is not able to solve the structural problems of the Union.

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Wednesday, July 18 2007

The European hypocrisy of Nicolas Sarkozy

The Europefrombelow blog is very happy to award its third Carton rouge to Nicolas Sarkozy. The French President led a Bastille Day parade on Saturday along the Champs-Elysees that was joined for the first time by military contingents from all 27 countries of the European Union.

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Thursday, June 21 2007

Angela Merkel excluded EP chief to the whole of EU leaders summit

The German chancellor has been appointed for our second carton rouge. The raison for that is ...

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Friday, May 18 2007

Zahradil "No reference to the EU constitution" during IGC

We are happy to give our 1st Carton rouge to one of the most Euroskeptic European Deputy: Jan Zahradil.

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