Monday 7 July 2008

Today's Links : 7th of July

Gravy train goes deluxe for MEPs' Strasbourg trips. Vanessa Mock, The Independent (en)
Turkish generals arrested for 'plotting coup' against Ankara government. Selcuk Gokoluk, the Independent (en)
Welsh and Gaelic are official EU tongues. Rory Watson, The Independent (en)
German cheer amid the economic gloom. Bertrand Benoit, The FT (en)
Celtic tiger’s high-tech run tails off. John Murray Brown, The FT (en)
Polish heirs pose fiscal threat. Jan Cienski, The FT (en)
Warsaw brands US missile deal 'unsatisfactory'. Jan Cienski and Daniel Dombey, The FT (en)
Barroso at odds with Sarkozy on ECB. Tony Barber, The FT (en)
Road hauliers face pollution toll. Tony Barber, The FT (en)
Obama’s Message to Europe. Roger Cohen, The NYT (en)
In Italy, the call rises to let Alitalia fall. Bloomberg news, The LA Times (en)
No Babies? Russell Shorto, The NYT (en) ***
Horrible European Surveillance Proposals. Alex Harrowell, A Fistfull of Euros (en)