Stephanie Calleja

JEF Malta writer

Articles de cet auteur (4)

A cut to the chase : Why the Lisbon Treaty should be fully ratified

“Using the metaphor of expectant parents, he said that while they had hoped for a girl (une constitution/ una costituzione), they had produced a boy (un traité/un trattato). If ‘constitutional nature’ is the analogue to ‘gender’ in Amato’s metaphor, we might similarly suggest that there is (…)

lundi 28 septembre 2009

Afghan Presidential Elections : is there a real winner ?

Turmoil crowns the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. In the course of this presidential election, profuse irregularities are coming to the surface, leaving voters disoriented and afflicted. Is perceived US interference the main cause of disruption ? Of the forty-four candidates that registered (…)

jeudi 10 septembre 2009

Swine Flu Outbreak in Europe : A shot across the bows of our wellness

Forewarned is forearmed. But the context of this no-win situation has gone so out of hand that discrepancy prevails even on matters such as the origin of the virus itself. Some maintain that the new strain of influenza was first detected in a small Mexican town called La Gloria. Others have (…)

jeudi 27 août 2009

Sarkozy’s unheralded coup de foudre in European Parliament elections

In the rough tide that is French politics, Nicolas Sarkozy never fails to impress. His recent triumph in the European Parliament elections caused further unsettlement amongst the public, as many are those that feel as if they’ve been stepped on by the French President’s ‘erratic’ behaviour and (…)

dimanche 12 juillet 2009