tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620652438500849718.post6178798756549408139..comments2024-02-25T10:22:38.186+00:00Comments on The European Citizen: A few comments on EurobloggingEurocentrichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439536905456080079noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620652438500849718.post-13035118634127972282012-05-06T22:35:17.898+01:002012-05-06T22:35:17.898+01:00@ Mathew - Unfortunately, there aren't many, t...@ Mathew - Unfortunately, there aren't many, though I would point to Verfassungsblog in the German 'sphere and Stephen Spillane and Jason O'Mahony in the Irish 'sphere. For national blogs that have a good take on EU politics, Slugger O'Toole (Northern Ireland) follows the general trend of EU politics.<br /><br />@ Euro poker - there's a lot of case law on gambling by the ECJ, and bascially gambling is a moral matter for which Member States can regulate quite a bit. Also, it's better to look for legal advice from somewhere other than the comments section of a blog...Eurocentrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439536905456080079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620652438500849718.post-7857017836809250912012-05-03T13:23:56.597+01:002012-05-03T13:23:56.597+01:00European poker sites that are licensed inside the ...European poker sites that are licensed inside the EU are able to offer their citizens tax-free poker winnings; this is a great tax law that benefits players and implements the policy of open borders. But the law regarding gambling providers is taking another turn; with separate licenses in every EU country and even look-in in some countries (France). Is this in line with EU values and legal according to EU law?Euro poker sitehttp://www.chocolatepoker.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620652438500849718.post-7958013089733335772012-05-03T07:41:00.931+01:002012-05-03T07:41:00.931+01:00@Eurocentique: Interesting. Can you give (m)any ex...@Eurocentique: Interesting. Can you give (m)any examples of nationally embedded bloggers who are also eurogeeks?Mathewhttp://mathew.blogactiv.eu/2012/01/16/an-alternative-overarching-eu-communication-strategy/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620652438500849718.post-78481674654174653932012-05-02T21:32:22.770+01:002012-05-02T21:32:22.770+01:00A few years ago there was a serious discussion in ...A few years ago there was a serious discussion in the Euroblogosphere about those kinds of efforts, and when people talk about about the 'sphere failing, it puts me in mind of this because bloggers would have to do some of it to actually achieve what seems to be defined as "success", and even doing part of it is very time-intensive...<br /><br />National blogospheres are picking up on EU and wider European politics and issues. Hopefully they will grow closer together over time. I'd say that some level of knowledge of the EU Bubble is necessary for EU bloggers, I think (not that it needs to be formally learnt - it's something that can be picked up with blogging practice), since a lot of things can pass you by if you only know it in passing (it's still the case that national blogs tend to comment on [nationaly generated] news on the EU instead of producing articles based on their own experience/googling of EU affairs). But then I think you can be nationally embedded and a Eurogeek too, it just depends on the personal style and interests of the blogger.Eurocentrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439536905456080079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620652438500849718.post-73205607475342372622012-05-02T16:20:24.647+01:002012-05-02T16:20:24.647+01:00The picture you paint (under the subtitle 'Tim...The picture you paint (under the subtitle 'Time') looks a bit like a straw man - nobody could ever be expected to do all that, surely?<br /><br />For me, the starting point - someone who 'knows a lot about the EU' - is possibly the wrong place to start, because the Eurogeek's natural habitat is the Bubble. <br /><br />It's perhaps more interesting to talk about nationally-embedded bloggers, specialised in a particular topic, integrating relevant EU developments into their blog, and thus bringing them to their national audience.<br /><br />Of course, such an EU online public sphere will either emerge because the conditions become right, or it will not because those conditions never appear. These things cannot be forced, but they can be encouraged. Spraying propaganda into social media is unlikely to do so.Mathewhttp://mathew.blogactiv.eu/2012/01/16/an-alternative-overarching-eu-communication-strategy/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620652438500849718.post-71644767616653538402012-04-30T11:41:11.077+01:002012-04-30T11:41:11.077+01:00I agree that the Euroblogosphere will not drive th...I agree that the Euroblogosphere will not drive the European Public Sphere. It is however a proof that such a sphere is possible. And it has been a playing field to experiment with digital communications in the EU bubble, out of which some interesting things have evolved.<br /><br />My guess is that in the future it will be one of the many specialised spheres among a larger European public sphere, but the problems we have been facing in building the Euroblogosphere will be the problems that the development of a wider European blogosphere will also very likely face.Ronhttp://polscieu.ideasoneurope.eunoreply@blogger.com