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Athenians in their own words
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BlogAs Greece finds itself once again in the grips of political crisis a year after the elections of June 2012, Presseurop presents Athens, a Greek Tragedy, a web documentary by Claire Jeantet and Fabrice Catérini. Exploring a city battered b...
Our day in Brussels
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BlogIt was a day unlike the others. On June 4, Presseurop held its first Forum at the European Parliament in Brussels. Usually spread between Paris, Rome, Warsaw, Madrid and Lisbon, the team moved to the EU's capital to host the event and meet our re...
Keep following Forum Presseurop
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BlogDear readers, We at Presseurop want to thank you for following our first Forum Presseurop, which was streamed on our website and also featured on Twitter. Many of you have asked us if it is possible to watch the three debates again. We are work...
Forum Presseurop debate 3: European citizenship
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BlogWith a year to go before the 2014 European elections, where does European citizenship stand? Here is the recording of the third debate at Forum Presseurop, held at the European Parliament in Brussels on June 4, 2013. Guest speakers: Miguel Ang...
Forum Presseurop debate 3: European citizenship
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BlogWe're broadcasting live from the European Parliament. Follow the debate here and post your question on Twitter. With a year to go before the 2014 European elections, where does European citizenship stand? Speakers: Miguel Angel Martínez...
Forum Presseurop debate 2: Europe’s crisis of institutions
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BlogVIDEO RECORDING OF THIS DEBATE COMING SOON We're broadcasting live from the European Parliament. Follow the debate here and post your question on Twitter. Participants: Rui Tavares, MEP (G/EFA) Rafał Trzaskowski, MEP (PPE) Thomas Klau (...
Forum Presseurop debate 2: Europe's crisis of institutions
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BlogWe're broadcasting live from the European Parliament. Follow the debate here and post your question on Twitter. Participants: Rui Tavares, MEP (G/EFA) Rafał Trzaskowski, MEP (PPE) Thomas Klau (European Council on Foreign Relations) Marek M...
Forum Presseurop debate 1: the euro crisis
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BlogWe're at the European Parliament, our guest speakers and readers are getting ready. The debate is getting under way. Guest speakers: Adriana Cerretelli (Il Sole 24 Ore) Gabriele Zimmer (MEP, GUE/NGL) Danuta Hübner (MEP, EPP) Constantinos P...
Forum for tomorrow’s Europeans
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BlogIn order to add even more depth to the discussions on our website and in preparation for next year’s European elections, we have organised the first Forum Presseurop: a series of debates on topics that have recently dominated the headlines...
Antonio Tajani: ‘Make industry a central priority for recovery’
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BlogAntonio Tajani is European Commissioner for Industry, a sector that has been hit hard by the crisis, and one which several member states are hoping will play a central role in their recovery. On the sidelines of the International Journalism Festi...
Tomáš Sedláček: “We have fetishised economics”
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BlogConsidered one of the most talented economists of the moment, Tomáš Sedláček believes that economics should be humanised. His international non-fiction bestseller, Economics of Good and Evil, has recently been published...
Mario Monti: “Economic policy must change, but not out of pressure from nationalists”
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BlogA lot can change in two years. When we interviewed Mario Monti on the sidelines of the State of the Union conference during the Festival d’Europa in Florence in 2011, the former European commissioner and president of Bocconi University spok...
‘Don’t be afraid of counter-democracy’
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BlogLuuk van Middelaar is what is called an engaged observer. Philosopher and historian, he is the author of one of the most exciting books on European Union in recent years, Le Passage à l'Europe, Histoire d’un commencement (The Transit...
Dacian Cioloş: Organic farming is my next mission
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BlogSupported by the right and the left, the Commissioner for Agriculture, Dacian Ciolos, defends his reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which is expected to be adopted this year. Presseurop met with him at the BioFach Organic Trade Fair...
Friedrich Moser: “There’s a democratic deficit in the EU”
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BlogThe Brussels Business, broadcasted on Arte on 12 January, explores the shadowy universe of the powerful lobby groups at work behind the scenes of the European Union institutions, revealing their opaque and crucial influence on decisions that aff...
Gianni Pittella: “It’s time to turn the page on austerity”
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BlogOn 29 November, the Commission on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament approved the assembly's position on the supervision of the European banking system. This position will serve as the basis for negotiations with the Mem...
European Youth Parliament | EU’s young generation tackling the crisis | Blog
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“Putting an end to the crisis”: the subject has preoccupied the minds of European leaders for many months without yielding any valid results. So why not embark on a quest for different ideas and take a look at the fresh perspectives in a...
Debate | Is democracy shrinking? | Blog
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With national leaders apparently unable to act, such institutions as the European Central Bank, the German constitutional court, and the European Court of Justice are playing an increasingly influential role in European affairs. French political anal...
What is news? | The prince and the public interest | Blog
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The Sun newspaper's publication of nude photographs of Prince Harry has reinvigotated the hue-and-cry about the antics of the British tabloids, but amid the complaints, the issue of what news is actually for is the buried lede. So far 850 compla...
Working hours | Cometh the hour, cometh the (same) man | Blog
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Recently published EU research says that full-time workers are pulling longer shifts in the face of ongoing economic slump, but hours worked do not equal productivity, says Jason Walsh. A study performed by Eurofound, the European Union's labour rese...
