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Thai Junta Elicits Unwelcomed Attention from the European Parliament

Thai Junta Elicits Unwelcomed Attention from the European Parliament

Since the 2014 coup, Thailand’s international reputation has gone up in smoke in a surreal flurry of mistakes and authoritarian policies. When the same impish approach to democracy was used on the European Parliament, the repercussions were dire.

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Where has the Europe ‘des grands hommes’ gone?

Where has the Europe ‘des grands hommes’ gone?

  Almost 70 years of peace on the European continent between European great powers and the role of the European Union is still on the table. But isn’t it the most obvious argument in defense of the European experiment? In this current economic and financial climax covered with layers of elections and referendum, the European […]

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Europeans Weary of US Bank Regulations

Europeans Weary of US Bank Regulations

According to UPI and NYTs reports about WikiLeaks diplomatic cables, ‘when the European Parliament ordered a halt in February to an American government program to monitor international banking transactions for terrorist activity, the US administration was blindsided by the rebuke from among our closest allies in continental Europe.  “Paranoia runs deep especially about US intelligence […]

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Best of the Web: The Fashion Edition

*Member of the European Parliament and former French Justice Minister Rachida Dati talks politics, class prejudice and fashion while “being fashion,” as my little cousin is fond of saying. My little cousin doesn’t think I am fashion because “you have to be fashion, you have to feel fashion…Fashion people go out to party every single […]

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