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Opinion: Wrong Signals on Religious Rights in Germany
Jonathan Laurence, Brookings Institute, September 20, 2012
Opinion: The Cologne court’s decision to halt non-medical circumcisions
Cathedral in Cologne (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
earlier this summer marks a new low for religious freedom in 21st century Europe. It is the latest dip in a slippery slope that began with the condemnation of burkas and other forms of extremism but has landed squarely in the mainstream of religious practice… (more) http://ow.ly/2si1Th
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Filed under Brookings Institute, European Union, Germany, Think Tank
The future of Europe: It’s getting serious
Graphic “When Greece falls” presented by Dutch government on 21 June 2011, speaking of European sovereign debt crisis (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By Ulrike Guérot, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), September 19, 2012:
The third year of the euro crisis might be the most important one yet – and with Germany heading for elections next September things are getting serious. In year one of the crisis (2010), Germany was lost and without a strategy, lurching through the events more than being in control. In year two of the crisis (2011) we observed a subtle U-turn und more decisive actions to safe the euro. But the German strategy was not the ‘big bazooka’, but a step-by-step pragmatic approach which certainly disappointed the Anglo-Saxon world. The strategy may be incomplete and flawed especially with respect to the pro-cyclical and painful effects of austerity policy in the South: but it is also true that we see the first signs of success… (more) http://ow.ly/1mwJBn
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Filed under European Foreign Policy, European Union, Financial Crisis, Germany, Think Tank
Despite Crisis, Majority of Germans Remain Positive About Euro
German Marshall Fund of the United States, September 18, 2012
In this video, Transatlantic Academy Executive Director Stephen Szabo analyzes the results of the recent Transatlantic Trends Survey that show Germans remain positive about the euro and the EU, despite continuing economic struggles among members.
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The German Constitutional Court and the ESM: What happened?
ECFR: The German Constitutional Court and the ESM: What happened? http://ow.ly/1mpJDT
German top court backs euro bailout fund
Friends Of Europe: German top court backs – Germany’s top constitutional court has rejected calls to block the permanent 500 billion euro Europe http://ow.ly/1mpsgu
German Constitutional Court and the European Bailout Fund
Bundesverfassungsgericht, Karlsruhe (Photo credit: Al Fed)
European Inst: German Constitutional Court and the European Bailout Fund (9/11) http://ow.ly/1moNYo
