Happy New Year? Christmas and New Year’s addresses by European presidents for 2016 ...

• Main Author: Köker, Philipp
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Leibniz Universität Hannover 2016
• Subjects: Bulgaria; Croatia; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Estonia; Europe; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Iceland; Ireland; Italy; Latvia; Lithuania; Malta; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Slovakia; Slovenia; SwitzerlandTags Christmas message; new year's address; presidential address; presidential speech; presidential speeches; Dewey Decimal Classification300 | Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie320 | Politik; Dewey Decimal Classification300 | Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie; Dewey
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.15488/16317; https://www.repo.uni-hannover.de/handle/123456789/16444

In the first blog post of 2015, I explored the origins of and various customs and conventions surrounding the Christmas and New Year’s addresses by European heads of state. This year, I will look more closely at the content of these speeches (although focussing – for the sake of brevity – only on pr...