Speaking of Bremen...

...reminds me of the Bundesrat, the federal chamber of Germany's parliament whose incumbent president is the mayor of Bremen, Jens Böhrnsen. The Bundesrat has its open door day on May 29th and, exceptionally, you won't see politicians, but members of the Berlin Debating Union behind the speaker's desk. We will deliver extraordinary debates on a variety of - naturally - federalism-related topics during the day, see the programme.

Czech Republic's Klaus to lambast EU at Humboldt

I just picked up a note saying that Czech President Vaclav Claus is set to deliver a speech on European integration at Berlin's Humboldt University on April 29, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Audimax.The speech is part of the "Humboldt speeches on European Integration" that always guarantee for most prominent guests but rarely for intellectual provocation. I guess that this is going to be different this time, given that Klaus only reluctantly signed the Lisbon treaty.