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...looks like there is going to be no budget agreed," says Denis MacShane, Britain's Europe Minister until last May. "It is probably the unhappiest year in European construction since the end of World War II." And the malaise goes deeper than simply gridlock in E.U. institutions. The German election this fall satisfied few; Chancellor Angela Merkel presides over a fragile grand coalition that seems unlikely to turn around the country's ailing economy anytime soon. The eruption of riots across France this fall added to a sense that Europe's leaders are out of touch with their citizens...
...FRANCO-GERMAN VAPORS The death of the European constitution has forced the Continent's two biggest economies to look inward. The government of Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, installed in June, has reaffirmed a fervid commitment to the French social model and pleaded for "economic patriotism" to protect French firms and jobs from foreign competition - even from within the E.U. The government seems keen to avoid European affairs, so much so that former French Foreign Minister and European Commissioner Michel Barnier says Brussels is "worried whether France will play its part in getting Europe going again." The questions of discrimination...
...Judah Friedlander, Todd Barry, and Azhar Usman. Sanders Theatre. 8 p.m. $25 general admission, $10 students. (CNC)X with Juliana Hatfield. Started in 1977, this punk band is one of the most important influences on the alternative rock scene. Avalon. 7 p.m. Tickets available through Ticketmaster. $20. (JDMC)Cage. German-born, Middletown, NY-raised rapper Cage will promote his new Def Jux release “Hell’s Winter” at the Middle East Downstairs. The MC, who spent time in a mental institution prior to his rap career, will be assisted by a slew of rappers...
...German shepherd and two other mixed-breed dogs were there," he says. "The German shepherd seemed to be the dog checking out every passenger. We had to leave everything. We came out with our hands on our heads, no luggage, nothing. If you weren't wearing it, you left...
...made mistakes in the course of pursuing its war on terror. But the reports are putting pressure on some erstwhile allies. Germany's new foreign Minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, and its former Interior Minister, Otto Schily, could face parliamentary investigations for failing to reveal that they knew about a German national, Khaled el-Masri, who German prosecutors say was abducted allegedly by the CIA in a case of mistaken identity and flown to Afghanistan where he was imprisoned and interrogated for five months. El Masri said he was tortured, and is now suing the CIA and its former director George...