3 years make for a lot of blogging

The political blogosphere in Europe is divided along national and linguistic lines. Although EU topics are frequently addressed by blogs across Europe, it is cumbersome to get an overview of the EU focused blogosphere – one of the main problems that prevents a pan- European blog debate on EU issues. However, the EU focused blogosphere is growing and becoming more important. The Internet can be the place where a European public sphere and ultimately a European demos could be developed.

Andreas – Feb 2, 2009

Andreas wrote these lines just one week after a small group of eurogeeks launched the first and still only blog aggregator for EU-focused blogs bloggingportal.eu. That launch was exactly three years ago and marks today bloggingportal’s birthday: Have a happy one!

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The German EU Blogosphere [updated]

Now that you people across the Union have learned that Europe cannot do anything without or against Germany (here, here, here, here, here + here) it’s time you’ve all learned what Germans think when it comes to you guys, beyond the border. I give you without further ado, the key to the motor of the European Union, the German EU blogosphere: Continue reading