Ireland has said NO again to the EU. Ireland had already said “no” in 2001 in the referendum for the Treaty of Nice. Some time later, Ireland celebrated a second poll, in which the Treaty was approved, after negotiating some questions like its neutrality in military affair.
Ireland, when it entered in the EU in 1973, […]
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NOTES ABOUT THE CONGRESS OF THE FINLAND SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Published Date: June 8th, 2008Category: General
REILU SUOMI
The Finn social democrats have celebrated its 41st congress in Hämeenlinna, a beautiful city, one hour away from Helsinki, towards the North. A congress where the word “renewal” often came out, especially in resolutions and papers.
The political situation of the Republic of Finland is that of a government formed by the Conservative Party, a […]
THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW RACE TOWARDS THE WHITE HOUSE
Published Date: June 6th, 2008Category: General
It seems that we finally have the democratic candidate in the US: Obama, a mixed race candidate from a Kenian father and a Kansas mother.
Everybody agree that it is a new incarnation of the American dream, after the farmer Harry Truman, the Catholic John Fitgerald Kennedy and the “cowboy” Ronald Reagan. Probably, the election of […]
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Maria Badia i Cutchet.
I live in Cabrera de Mar (Barcelona) and I was born in St. Quirze del Vallès, a small village of Vallés Occidental, 60 years ago.
"I understand politics as a dimension of 'us', of our contribution in what is common to us. I understand washing ourselves´ hands from politics as resigning of our capacities as citizens. In the same way we take care of our family, of our friends, to take care of the community is also needed, understanding this community as wide as the global village".
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