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In France, the Socialist party want to reform the practice known as cumul des mandats, where an MP or Senator also holds elected office at local level in his home town. The argument is that wearing two hats in that way distracts national level politicians from their main jobs, and promotes cronyism and pork-barrel spending in their local... [read more]
A great news this morning about web usages of French towns which can be interesting for social media addicts and citizens:: “Uséo, a présenté sa dernière publication sur le dialogue citoyen en ligne à partir de l’étude de 137 sites de villes de plus de 50.000 habitants. Sur les 75% des villes qui affichent une démarche participative sur... [read more]
As a regular reader of UK and US political blogs, I rather envy the French their tradition of public intellectuals. It might be elitist, backward-looking and occasionally entirely disconnected from reality, but their presence on panel shows and in the pages of Le Monde does encourage a more thoughtful discussion about the theory of... [read more]
Her Majesty The Queen has served this country will tremendous honour for over 57 years. She served in the war effort during the Second World War. The UK suffered enormously, both in the loss of life (both military and civilian) and the economic hardship we had to face during and after the war. Britain stood up to Hitler. Whilst France... [read more]
The French Fondation pour l’innovation politique has worked with the Young Europeans of the Universities of Paris to produce an excellent short video asking people to vote in the forthcoming European elections. Based on the “five friends” video that ran during the US Presidentials, the video features young people from every European... [read more]
Dean Halstead is a Lead Associate with Booz Allen Hamilton and serves on the Advisory Board for the SmartBrief on Social Media. More »
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Steve Radick is a Lead Associate with Booz Allen Hamilton and serves on the Advisory Board for the SmartBrief on Social Media. More »
I understand that there's always a need to experiment for new design to make it better but they also keep in mind that the more they add details, the more they make it complicated. The CFPB, which opened up for business last summer, said Wednesday that it will next be going after loan providers ...
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Talking about transparency and actually doing it are two different things. It ...