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UK votes on its whereabouts in the European Union. How will the referendum end up? What impact does a proposed referendum on United Kingdom membership of the European Union on Europe? Denis MacShane, former minister of Europe in Tony Blair ‘s Labour Government is confident that the British will leave the European Union. Here are his 12 reasons: http://www.politico.eu/article/12-reasons-why-cameron-will-lose-on-brexit-tories-euroskeptic What do you think? Find attached some jobs and as usual more…

“A turf war between the two most influential professional groups in Brussels, lawyers and lobbyists, is escalating ahead of a key decision by the European Commission that could change the way both sides do business. The question now is whether the lobbyists will get what they have been lobbying for: a U.S.-style reform which would force lawyers who lobby to give up the right to keep their clients confidential. …” Read more about this exciting…

The belief that cultural traditions underpin the differences between public affairs traditions in the EU and the United States is pervasive. But is it real? Does the transatlantic cultural divide over how to wield influence actually exist or may it simply be the result of smart professionals adapting to different institutional ecosystems? Find a quite interesting answer on this here: http://www.politico.eu/article/european-lobbyists-collide-commission-brussels-washington/ After reading this – hopefully anew motivated – find…

What happened earlier this week at the ECJ? The “safe haven” was judged to be illegal. What does that mean for us in Europe? We have some more leeway in the area of private law. The different national data protections have been strengthened. Data companies here and in the United States need a secure legal framework quickly. The European cloud industry gets a boost – at least until new…

How to recruit top talented people holding well-paid positions? President Obama faced this challenge while starting his health care reform. „Obamacare“ was about to fail, because the website did not work. To save his project he had to convince „the gods and goddesses of the Silicon Valley“ to move to Washington in order to overhaul the whole government’s digital infrastructure. What did he do? The same what start ups…

Welcome back from the summer break! And congratulations to the first completed week in parliamentary Brussels! This summer was not only hot in terms of the weather. This summer was also politically hot for the European Union. Brussels and the capitals of the Member States have some tasks ahead that need to be done urgently; Greece aid, refugee flows, free trade agreements. The agenda of issues is endless. For…

Summertime at 35 degrees Celsius… that is not what we wished for during the last plenary session. But no complaints, the forecast is good: Summer break is waiting – for the politicos, as well as for the politjobs job alert. We will be back in September, when all HR people return to work and start planning the second half of the year. Then you will receive your bi-weekly job…

Millennials and Political News: Social Media – the Local TV for the Next Generation? The US presidential election campaign in 2016 is slowly gaining momentum. First candidates announced their candidacy. It will be exciting to see how the candidates try to secure votes of younger voters. And whether GOP can catch up with the experienced 2.0-Communication of Democrats. As a study by Pew Research Center reveals American Millennials get…

JUNCKER’S POLITICAL PORN titles Politico this week. What happend? We all remember last week’s video of President Jean-Claude Juncker backslapping and goofing on his fellow leaders at the Riga summit on May 22. We all? No! Because the social media professionals at the European Commission classified their youtube video as “adult/mature content“, the video wasn’t accessible with EU-IT due to the European Commission’s internet filters. The officials Playbook spoke…

“Hello, Twitter! It’s Barack. Really! Six years in, they’re finally giving me my own account.“ It took a long time for Barack Obama to use twitter not only “privately” but by the official account @potus. This comes in very handy with the political issues currently at stake for the President of the United States: daily sickness allowances and paternal leaves. As an expert in online communication, Obama used the broadcast of last week’s final Mad Men…