English/
Articles totally or partially in English
Achtung: Bereits archivierte Gastbeiträge werden hier leider nicht berücksichtigt. · Attenzione: qui non sono visibili i contributi di autori esterni che sono già stati archiviati.
-
Impermanent fixity of the nation-state.
Quotation–
While the ridgeline of the Alps’s ice caps is on the move today, many of the place-names Tolomei imposed remain, and they are likely to outlast the border that the Italian government wanted to imagine into permanence. Taking the long view of Italy’s northernmost boundary from the vantage point of its colonial history shows how…
-
Tell people what they don’t want to hear.
Quotation–
If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. – George Orwell See also: 01 02 03 04 05 Feuilleton/ Grundrechte/ Medien/ Recht/ · Quotation/ · · · · · English/ Einen Fehler gefunden? Teilen Sie es uns mit. | Hai trovato un errore?…
-
Josep Borrell in der Konfliktzone.
–
Der Katalane Josep Borrell, Unionist und Außenminister der spanischen Regierung von Pedro Sánchez (PSOE) verliert in diesem Interview mit der Deutschen Welle gleich mehrfach die Contenance: Kritikfähigkeit scheint nicht zu seinen Stärken zu zählen. Aus der Fassung bringen ihn die unnachgiebigen Nachfragen von Tim Sebastian zu Katalonien, Menschenrechten, Waffenexporten und den spanischen Ansprüchen auf…
-
Look what has happened.
Quotation–
The reality of where we are just now is that even if we do come to a consensus to extend Article 50, any one of the 27 countries in the EU could veto that extension. We already know that Farage and his pals have been round lobbying different countries like Italy, Hungary, Poland … and…
-
All humour is critical.
Quotation–
The idea that you have to be protected from any kind of uncomfortable emotion is one I absolutely do not subscribe to. […] If people cannot control their own emotions then they have to start trying to control other people’s behaviour. John Cleese, Gründungsmitglied von Monty Python Zwei Vorfälle bei deutschen Karnevalssitzungen erhitzten unlängst die…
-
De Zayas on Catalonia and international law.
Quotation–
Today the trial of 12 Catalonian politicians who, persuant to their electoral campaigns — they were democratically elected to the Catalan parliament… these 12 politicians did what they had to do: to organize a referendum on the issue of self-determination. Self-determination, as you know, is ius cogens, self-determination is article 1 of the Covenant on…
-
Colau scrive a Juncker, Tusk e Tajani.
–
Poco prima che nei prossimi giorni prenda il via il processo politico nei confronti di nove imputate catalane, la sindaca di Barcelona, Ada Colau (BenC), si è rivolta al Presidente della Commissione europea, Jean-Claude Juncker, al Presidente del Consiglio europeo, Donald Tusk, e al Presidente del Parlamento europeo, Antonio Tajani, inviando loro una lettera. Dopo…