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Angela and Nicolas Share a Common Vision Again
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It is fine after all. Despite all their differences and after the cancellation of a meeting planned for a few weeks ago, Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy have finally met. The message coming from the meeting is rather important: Germany and France t...
SWIFT: Sicherheit schlägt Datenschutz
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Nun also doch: das SWIFT-Abkommen hat die Hürde des EU-Parlaments passiert, nachdem es vor sechs Monaten heftige Debatten gegeben hatte, die schließlich in ein mehrheitliches Nein der EU-Parlamentarier mündeten. Diese feierten sich anschließend d...
The Spanish Presidency of the European Council: a critical view
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Amid the economic turmoil, the constitutional changes brought by the Lisbon Treaty and a general feeling of scepticism and weariness, the end of the Spanish presidency gives us the chance to draw an overview of the state of Euro-politics. Two years a...
L'urgenza della democratizzazione dell'Unione europea
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Siamo nel 2010 e non tutti riescono a convincersi della necessità di “tenere viva la visione ideale di Altiero Spinelli e del club del Coccodrillo, per una sempre più stretta integrazione tra i popoli europei nella piena consapevolezza che solo a...
Bologna 2.0 – Brauchen wir eine Reform der Reform?
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Der Bologna-Prozess wurde vielfach verschrien. Doch was verbirgt sich tatsächlich hinter dem Gedanken der Reform? Und welche Probleme zeigen sich mit deren Umsetzung in Deutschland? Der Bologna-Prozess soll ein einheitliches europäisches Hochschulw...
What is “Europe 2020”?
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The European Commission presented its “vision of Europe's social market economy for the 21st century“ on 3rd February 2010 with the concept for „Europe 2020“. At the centre of the Commission's suggestions are how “to go out of the crisis”...
Eurozone Suicide at Highest Level
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The European Council met on 17th June and once again could not find the will to push for more economic governance. The emphasis was put on deficits and other topics while the underlying problem of the Eurocrisis is still unresolved. A compromise on m...
Sécurité internationale : « L'UE apporte une vraie valeur ajoutée »
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Catherine Soullie est députée européenne de la circonscription Massif central - Auvergne - Limousin, membre du groupe du Parti Populaire Européen et conseillère régionale du Centre. Au Parlement européen, elle siège notamment en commission de...
Cities: Inescapable Actors for a Greener Europe!
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“I think that a greener and more lasting Europe is essential for the improvement of public health and the quality of life of our citizens” Jüri Ratas, former mayor of Tallinn (Estonia), declared today - upon the competition of the city becoming...
Belgien – ein föderaler Staat par excellence!?
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Ein Ausblick auf die belgische EU-Ratspräsidentschaft, die Auswirkungen der derzeitigen unsicheren Regierungssituation in Belgien auf die Ratspräsidentschaft und eine Vorbildfunktion des belgischen Föderalismus für Europa - dies waren die zentral...
Pros and Cons: Great Britain in the EU
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Since the European communities were founded in the 1950s, there is a debate about the political and economic integration of Great Britain. This is the first topic for Treffpunkt Europa's new section entitled ‘PRO & CON', where arguments will be sho...
Recherche Européens désespérément
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Le « moteur » franco-allemand a besoin d'une sérieuse révision, faute de quoi l'Europe ne sortira pas de la crise. Tel est l'appel lancé par 4 députés du groupe libéral et démocrate du Parlement européen. En politique, les images comptent,...
Andris Piebalgs Wants to Enjoy the World Cup
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The European think tank, ‘Sport et Citoyenneté', interviewed the European Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs, just days before the start of the World Cup in South Africa. 1. South Africa are hosting the FIFA World Cup, one of the major...
Thrombine-o-scope
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Le Parlement Européen a voté, lors de la session plénière de fin Mai, pour une interdiction de l'usage de la thrombine dans la fabrication d'aliments. Cette histoire remonte en fait à quelques mois. Thrombine, kézaco ? L'un des premiers contact...
European citizens, tomorrow, we'll run green!
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At the end of April, the European Commission finally revealed its first strategy concerning clean cars with best energetic output. Antonio Tajani, Vice President of the commission and commissioner responsible for the entrepreneurship and the industry...
Governo Economico Europeo e Sovranità Fiscale
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La crisi dell'Unione monetaria è a una svolta decisiva. Il 9 maggio, i governi europei hanno deciso di istituire un fondo di 750 miliardi di euro per evitare il collasso finanziario degli stati membri troppo indebitati. Tuttavia, queste misure risch...
Une circonscription transnationale pour les élections européennes
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Seule une circonscription à l'échelle de l'Union Européenne garantie réellement les élections parlementaires européennes - Tribune / Union européenne, Parlement Européen, Démocratie, Citoyenneté...
What does Europe do for its ill?
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From Sweden to Poland, passing through Portugal and Italy, illnesses in Europe are more or less the same. At the same time though, national healthcare provisions differ in major ways and for good reason, their organisation and financing remains an ex...
SEAE: Servizio Europeo per l'Azione Esterna a un passo dal traguardo
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Il 21 Giugno scorso a Madrid la Presidenza spagnola dell'Unione Europea, la Commissione e il Parlamento Europeo, rappresentato da Roberto Gualtieri (S&P), Elmar Brok (PPE) e Guy Verhofstadt (ALDE), hanno finalmente raggiunto l'accordo politico per la...
The European Union Crisis and European Democracy
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The European Monetary Union is in danger. In as much as the EMU is the most important success in sixty years of European integration, the survival of the European Union itself is called into question. The cause is not only the Greek crisis, but also...
