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L'Unione perde fascino
La crisi danneggia l'appeal dell'Unione. O meglio, è l'Unione che ha danneggiato sé stessa con la risposta inadeguata che ha saputo (o sarebbe più corretto dire “voluto”?) dare alle crisi economica mondiale dell'ultimo biennio (Le potenzialit
Que la liberté de circulation ne soit plus limitée à trois mois !
La liberté de circulation des personnes est avec la citoyenneté européenne un des éléments les plus concrets de la construction de l'Europe pour les citoyens. Avec l'expulsion de Roms par la France vers la Roumanie ou la Bulgarie, le grand publi...
After the Tulip Revolution Comes Roza's revolution?
Kyrgyzstan is neither a big country, nor there are relevant economic Italian interests there (with a few controversial exceptions). For this reason it is not surprising that the Italian media ignored what has been happening recently in Kyrgyzstan. Ky...
The European Union and Multilingualism
There are 27 countries and 23 official languages in the European Union. Multilingualism is both a challenge and an asset for our continent. Number 147 of the quarterly federalist publication, “FEDECHOSE”, provides an overview of the changing perc...
Les priorités de la Présidence belge en matière de sport
Le 1er juillet 2010, la Belgique prendra, à la suite de l'Espagne, la présidence du Conseil de l'Union européenne. Avec l'entrée en vigueur du traité de Lisbonne, le sport est officiellement devenu une compétence de l'UE. Cela offre à la prés...
SWIFT: Security strikes data protection
After all, the SWIFT agreement was passed in the European Parliament following strong opposition just six months ago, which had then resulted in a rejection of the agreement by the Parliament. The MEPs celebrated being taken as seriously as the US Co...
Les conséquences du Traité de Lisbonne pour la République de Moldavie
Après la proclamation de l'indépendance de la République de Moldavie, la base juridique de ses relations avec l'Union européenne a été formée par les documents signés entre la Communauté et l'URSS, étant donné que la Moldavie était le suc...
The European Union and the Crisis
The German proposal to reform the Maastricht criteria (in order to have a more binding criteria and heavier penalties for those who do not comply with them) has prematurely ignited a debate on which areas of the public budget have to be cut down. As...
Is Europe2020 the right consequence after the failure of the Lisbon Strategy?
It is obvious that the Lisbon Strategy did not succeed, as the EU has surely not become the most competitive global region. Many critics claim that Europe2020 will not be successful either. Europe2020 goes beyond where its predecessor had by using th...
Garde à vue : pourquoi la France est-elle mauvaise élève ?
Le Conseil constitutionnel français a rendu le vendredi 30 juillet une décision qui fait l'effet d'une bombe dans la procédure pénale française. Grâce à la fameuse question prioritaire de constitutionnalité, le Conseil s'est prononcé sur la...
Una tassa sulla speculazione?
13.000 miliardi di dollari, secondo i dati del FMI, sono stati stanziati dai Governi nazionali di tutto il mondo per “salvare” il sistema finanziario mondiale. I cittadini di quei Paesi che hanno sentito pesantemente gli effetti della crisi econo...
Editorial: EU2020
With “Europe 2020” the European Commission proposed a new 10-year-strategy for reviving the economy of the European Union. The strategy was adopted quite quickly after its proposal (3rd of March 2010) in June 2010 by the European Council. From th...
Requirements for Europe2020 – an overview
The European Commission's initiative to build a new, common strategy for the development of the European Union in the coming decade after the entry into force of the Lisbon Strategy has generally been welcomed. The not very successful Lisbon Strategy...
Le gouvernement français face aux Roms : un contresens européen
On le voit bien avec les réactions des uns et des autres, de Dominique de Villepin à Ségolène Royal en passant par le Cardinal André Vingt-Trois, les mesures sécuritaires actuelles envers les Roms contiennent de forts enjeux de politique nation...
The Passive Poisoning of the Romani People
A side victim of the 1999 confrontations, the Romani population in North Kosovo is currently suffering one of the greatest sanitary and humanitarian disasters on the planet, says the WHO. Before the war, about 8000 Roma lived in a quarter of the peri...
Gypsies, Travellers, Roma: the Black Sheep of Europe
Many different names to actually talk about the same people. The difference between them? They live in various countries, from one end of the Old Continent to the other. The Roma, who arrived in Europe in the 16th century, speak the Romani language,...
Editorial: Gypsy and Roma People in Europe
The Roma people have long been at the heart of controversies, especially in Europe where they represent one of the largest ethnic minorities, with 10 to 12 million people distributed over many countries. The majority of Roma people suffer extreme lev...
EEAS: First Step towards Reinforcement of the European Civil Service?
The creation of the European External Action Service (EEAS) is an opportunity to prove that the Union can set up an efficient European civil Service with staff coming from different institutions and cultures. It could be the model for more ambitious...
Ja zur EU-Steuer!
Der Vorschlag des Finanzkommissars Janusz Lewandowski, eine direkte EU-Steuer einzuführen, ist weder neu noch kompliziert. Doch selbstverständlich löst der Vorschlag heftige Reaktionen aus. Was wir bisher haben: Wie der Haushalt eines Staates wird...
European External Action Service: Still very much national!
On 6th July, the European Parliament passed the European Council's proposal on the future structure of the External Action Service. One may welcome that such institution will exist at all, however, the way it was dealt with and especially how the Eur...
