http://pressealagrecque.cafebabel.com/en/ en Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:31:33 +01:00 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Dotclear http://pressealagrecque.cafebabel.com/en/post/2008/07/03/European-democracy-debated-on-the-Acropolis#c15 urn:md5:a2c268e56f22ceb9ec836c5bd3286081 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:46:53 +01:00 Dan Asta <p>I would compare coverage and interest in the Irish referendum to coverage of the Cyprus unification referendum of 2004.</p> <p>In both cases, both foreign media and diplomats took very little interest in the details of the referendum and chose instead the most reductive message possible:</p> <p>The Irish are not interested in a more unified Europe.</p> <p>Greek Cypriots are not interested in a more unified Cyprus.</p> <p>I would note of course that both the Irish and Cypriot media are equally guilty of commenting without thinking on the outcomes of each other's referendi, which means that they are as lazy as those who reduce their aspirations to slogans.</p> <p>That being said, the current PM of Cyprus was keen to point out the results of the Irish referendum should be studied and appreciated.</p>