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Italy: Fuck You Day

In front | ANALYSIS
Walter Veltroni, probable PD leader with 68% of the consensus (Photo: Baracchi Campanini/ Flixkr)

On 14 October the entirely new centre-left Italian Democrat Party (PD) chooses its new leader. An action far from a disappointment for voters

by Tiziana Sforza // 11/10/07

ANALYSIS
Tine Wittler, 'Deko-Queen' of German TV (Photo: RTL)

German supernanny: 'emotainment'

European audience figures are exploding for so-called 'Emotainment' programmes, devoted to the daily lives of the average person

by Jessica Karagöl // 10/10/07

ANALYSIS
Sébastien Chabal aka 'Jesus' or 'Attila' (Photo: Kaedele/ Flickr)

England vs France semi-final: rugby world cup 2007

The sixth 'competition to break all records' began on 7 September, in a sport well on its way to globalisation and professionalism

by georgia diaz // 10/10/07

ANALYSIS
Peer Steinbrüch, German finance minister (Photo: nrwspd/ Flickr)

EcoFin: Brussels vs France national debt

EU finance ministers come together on 9 October for the EcoFin meeting, where they will be putting member states’ levels of debt and national deficits under the microscope. They have France in their sights

by franck lirzin // 08/10/07

REVIEW
(Photo.: jpstanley/ Flickr)

Bloomin' babelblogs

From the deserts of Dubai to French rugby fields, sliding from rural land to urban city, smashing crossroads and borders - babelblogs are everywhere

by Natalia Sosin // 03/10/07

PANORAMA
(Photo: Universal)

Babel music room: October

The return of a legend. A Catalan and a French woman sweeten the bitter taste of autumn, Swedish boys rock elegantly and two other delicious treats in store for fans: a selection of European sounds

by Sandra Wickert // 01/10/07

OPINION

Zapatero, Brown, Sarkozy: turbo-politics, baby

The newly elected French president exemplifies perfectly the new style of European politics, which gets results, at all costs

by Adriano Farano // 25/09/07

INTERVIEW
Barnier responds to Daniel Desesquelle (Radio France International) and cafebabel.com's Adriano Farano (Photo J.M. Munier)

Michel Barnier: 'we won't be naive about agriculture'

The French minister of agriculture on the farm subsidies (CAP) reform which the European commission will present in November

by Adriano Farano // 21/09/07

Insatiable journalist (Photo: Irène Cevlovsky)

Georges Marion: France as the centre of the world

The French journalist and long time foreign correspondent of the daily 'Le Monde', 64, evokes the subjectivity and relativity of the job, insisting on the importance of an identifiable Europe

by Irène Cevlovsky // 21/09/07

(Illustration: Henning Studte)

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by Amandine Agic // 19/09/07

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