Europe's Pocket Change Democracy
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Who says the European Union is undemocratic? Its citizens will have the chance to vote for the design of the new two-euro coin
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Comment is free: Simon Jenkins: By refusing to hold a vote on EU reform Brown is joining a flight from faith in popular will.
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BUDAPEST, Feb 23 (IPS) - The rise to power of the right-wing Civic   Democrats has returned the Czech Republic to a eurosceptic and  Atlanticist  path, even at the expense of public feelings. The  opposition says the  country risks political isolation in Europe.
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Time has been called on Europe&#39;s last fiefdom after the parliament on the tiny Channel Island of Sark approved plans to introduce limited democracy, officials told AFP on Thursday.
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Media studies education for all, apparently The European Union's Directorate of the Bleeding Obvious* has concluded, essentially, that the media is full of rubbish and that its audience is ill-equipped to assess the quality of the information that it is offered. Furthermore, the audience itself is now complicating matters by producing its own rubbish in multiple overlapping and intersecting formats. It follows, says the European Commission, that media literacy "becomes even more essential for active citizenship and democracy."â¦
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BRUSSELS, Dec 22 (IPS) - Campaigners have hailed the EU decision to postpone  the adoption of controversial new rules for patenting  computer-based inventions as a victory for âEuropean democracyâ.
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When the euro was launched in 1999, politicians in the single currency area predicted it would come to rival the dollar as an international currency.
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Exemplified by the Guardian's 'pen pal' campaign, Europeans are seeking a voice in the presidential election.
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Foreign observers who watched election preparations in the United States have concluded that there's plenty of room for improvement. Among the changes they recommend: public financing of elections.
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KIEV, Dec 13 (IPS) - Most western analysts rejoice in what they describe  as the latest struggle for democracy in former Soviet territory,  but among the divided Ukrainian and Russian commentators the mood  is slightly different. Some ask why for the West democracy is  orange, and the blue votes do not count.
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US President George Bush's re-election prompts some in the European press to urge Europe to reform itself in response.
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One of the primary goals of modern society is to enhance a worldwide commitment to democracy. With so many national differences concerning preferred electoral processes, it helps to have a general definition of a democratic government.
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Spain is about to become the first EU state to hold a referendum to ratify it. The fate of Europe's first continent-wide constitution will be put to the test in 10 referendums over the next 18 months.
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Also: E-voting a 'threat' to UK democracy. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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With less than a month to go before Spain holds the EU's first referendum on the European Constitution, not everyone is happy with the campaign.
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Newer EU members are struggling to promote a more traditional morality.
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