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Competing over WWII memory

May 10, 2015

In her “letter from Europe” (International New York Times, 21.4.2015), Celestine Bohlin correctly writes that in France, Petain – the president of the French puppet state in Vichy during WW2 – is seen as a traitor. Between Ukraine and Russia there is no consensus on the memory of the war, with competing narratives. It’s hard… » read more

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European history

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The appointment of Supreme Court judges in Israel must not be politicized

May 6, 2015

Is the way Israel appoints judges to its supreme court something which should concern EU? I would say yes considering the close ties between EU and Israel. The recent proposal raised in the current coalition talks about changing the way how the judges are appointed – in other words politicizing their selection – is worrying.… » read more

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EU´s global role, Mid-East conflict

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Mose Apelblat

Mose Apelblat on Politics, Religion and Europe

Mose Apelblat is a free-lance journalist and former official of the European Commission. In recent years he worked at DG Enlargement as policy coordinator  for public administration reform and good governance in the candidate countries. As a free-lance journalist he has commented on political issues in Swedish media. He follows also the Mid-East conflict since many years.

He continues to work  as a commentator and consultant on EU affairs and contributes regular opinion pieces to EurActiv and other European media.


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