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Follow the Dahrendorf Symposium on Twitter

Written by Stefan Collet | October 25, 2011 | 0 Comments | Theme: Uncategorized

With less than 20 days to go till the Dahrendorf Symposium kicks off in Berlin on 9 November we would like to invite you to follow us for daily updates about the event as well as recaps of highlights from the lead-up to the Symposium. You find us @dahrendorf_sym. Also join the debate on twitter by including the Symposium’s official hashtag: #dsym2011.

Judy Dempsey at The New York Times: E.U. Elites Keep Power From the People

Written by Stefan Collet | August 25, 2011 | 1 Comment | Theme: Conflict in Europe, Europe as a social space, European identity

Judy Dempsey, The New York Times’ Senior Correspondent for Europe in Berlin, unpacks the European project and the current crises from a foreign perspective. She clearly highlights the gap between a bureaucratic, insufficient democratic and elitist European Union and those who should internalize the European spirit and fill it with life: it’s citizens. To “bring Europe to its citizens” the Union must open “its doors fully to accountability and democracy” and needs leaders who explain not only the recent crises to the public but foremost the shape, purpose and function of the European Union, Dempsey writes.

Read the full article at The New York Times Online and take part in changing the debate on Europe.