tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492174345240444269.post6019781985717742486..comments2023-09-09T14:46:37.354+02:00Comments on Julien Frisch: Europe in blogs - Euroblogs (8) - Barroso SpecialJulien Frischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18167141111642456560noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492174345240444269.post-56112848971626203592009-09-06T01:13:52.419+02:002009-09-06T01:13:52.419+02:00I have to blame him. Because if I don't blame ...I have to blame him. Because if I don't blame him, I am not expressing neither to the member states nor the EU institutions what I actually want, what I think would be important for the Union. And I blame Barroso because if he really would love the Union, live for the Union of the citizens, he would be different. But he isn't.<br /><br />Regarding the tools: It's very simple - as a blogger I use blogs via a very simple Mac RSS-reader and I use Twitter via Nambu. Everything else (email, facebook, skype etc.) just when absolutely needed. I try to limit the platforms I use because switching takes to much time. I like to filter a lot of content, very selectively, but still a lot. But I hate going from A to B for that.Julien Frischhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18167141111642456560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492174345240444269.post-88126698634993172602009-09-06T00:47:03.994+02:002009-09-06T00:47:03.994+02:00But aren't you essentially saying that it is t...But aren't you essentially saying that it is the system, then, because it's the system that resulted in him being chosen? <br /><br />You can't really blame Barroso for being what he is. The EU selects the Commission head that the Member States can can agree on, which is not necessarily the Commission head the EU actually needs. <br /><br />Biologists would probably refer to this as 'suicidal self-selection', if this sort of phenomenon ever appeared in the natural world (which it wouldn't, for long).<br /><br />PS I'd love to see you set out the tools you use on my <a href="http://mathew.blogactiv.eu/2009/08/29/toolkit-survey/" rel="nofollow"> toolkit survey</a>. Not just due to idle curiosity - if enough of us use the same tools, some interesting crowdsourcing possibilities may emerge, because of these tools' social dimension.Mathew Lowryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06290784335291768865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492174345240444269.post-17560155030327843952009-09-06T00:36:26.337+02:002009-09-06T00:36:26.337+02:00@ Mathew
For some of these I used Google Blogsear...@ Mathew<br /><br />For some of these I used Google Blogsearch and Icerocket - don't have time to follow Lithuanian and Portuguese blogs on a regular basis. :-)<br /><br />And regarding Barroso: I think it is both his fault and the fault of the system. The system favours persons like him, rather consensual, not too visible. So he is in this position because he is as he is. This is not his fault.<br /><br />But he also didn't manage to fill the position with life - if you asked somebody outside Brussels to tell what he stands for, what he has done, how he would be characterised, there would be no answer. The Union needs a person that is clearly identified with this Union, and sadly JMB is not this person.Julien Frischhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18167141111642456560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492174345240444269.post-77944768858956505182009-09-06T00:08:57.727+02:002009-09-06T00:08:57.727+02:00Great blogtour! I'd hate to see your RSS list....Great blogtour! I'd hate to see your RSS list...<br /><br />But I'm starting to feel sorry for the guy. <br /><br />How much is it all his fault, and how much is it down to the 27 heads of state?Mathew Lowryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06290784335291768865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492174345240444269.post-52664227737120173722009-09-05T19:55:09.402+02:002009-09-05T19:55:09.402+02:00@ Jon
No Jon, I'd never go this far... :-D
@...@ Jon<br /><br />No Jon, I'd never go this far... :-D<br /><br />@ Derek<br /><br />It would have been a dream if there had been another candidate, but I suppose JMB needs to be rejected before they start looking.Julien Frischhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18167141111642456560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492174345240444269.post-26002025092615597262009-09-05T19:49:31.587+02:002009-09-05T19:49:31.587+02:00Barroso is an empty shell: that's why his &quo...Barroso is an empty shell: that's why his "manifesto" is so easily put into practice. He hasn't a real idea in his head: he is, as usual, waiting for his lords and masters (male or female) to show their hand: then he will have a plan - remarkably like theirs. And, whatever the views of individual Commissioners, or especially those of the Parliament, he will over-ride them. To satisfy his lords and masters. As he has done throughout his last term in office.<br /><br />Please, please - there must be someone else out there?french dereknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492174345240444269.post-73927222218598640472009-09-05T19:43:24.917+02:002009-09-05T19:43:24.917+02:00Watch out Julien, you're becoming even more of...Watch out Julien, you're becoming even more of an anti-Barroso obsessive than I am! :-)Jon Worthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10657831243573498703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492174345240444269.post-84095808789052525342009-09-05T18:01:59.935+02:002009-09-05T18:01:59.935+02:00I've added the link in the text.I've added the link in the text.Julien Frischhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18167141111642456560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492174345240444269.post-60107629851734995742009-09-05T17:46:52.608+02:002009-09-05T17:46:52.608+02:00Dutch speaking community:
Judith Sargentini (NL G...Dutch speaking community:<br /><br />Judith Sargentini (NL Green):<br />Barroso overtuigt niet met vage beloftes voor zijn kandidatuur<br /><br />http://europa.groenlinks.nl/Barosso+overtuigt+niet+met+vage+beloftes+voor+zijn+kandidatuurDick Nieuwenhuishttp://ec.europa.eu/world/noreply@blogger.com