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The rise of autonomous regions
2007-10-10 18:04:00 Part I of An economic model for the future I hate to say I told you so, but I did. In a story I wrote in August entitled Death of a nation-state, I said that, “The process of national realignment that began at the end of the Second World War is not yet completely finished.” I ... More About: Regions , Rise
My apologies?
2007-09-18 00:33:00 I?ve had to delay the launch of this series, An economic model for the future, by one week. The articles will still appear in the order they?re outlined, just one week later than planned in The folly of market liberalisation. Share This More About: Polo , Logi
Of anthems and European identity
2007-09-08 00:22:00 It?s time that European s learned their Anthem. But there?s a problem. Because of member-states? fear of a federalized Europe, the EU anthem doesn?t have any words. As clouds gather over the parsing of a ?Reform Treaty? to replace the defeated ?Treaty to Establish a European Constitution,? references to the symbols and anthem of the ... More About: Member States , Identity , Rope
The folly of market liberalisation
2007-09-05 17:51:00 Introduction of the series An economic model for the future On 19 September, the European Commission will present a third proposal to European member-states with alternatives to ?unbundling? the energy market. A coalition, led by France and Germany ? operators of energy monoliths EDF and E ON respectively ? were threatening to veto the original ... More About: Market , Libera , Alisa , Olly
VIDEO Jeremy Rifkin on the ?European Dream?
2007-08-24 16:11:00 Video by Bernd Kapeller, Jeremy Rifkin at the Aula Minderbroedersbrug, production of European Journalism Center <code><embed id="VideoPlayback" flashvars="" src="http://video.google.com/googlepl ayer.swf?docid=3499927403637315457&hl =de&playerMode=simple&loop=true&# 34; type="application/x-shockwave-flash&# 34; bgcolor="#000000" style="width: 400px; height: 326px;"/></code> Share This More About: Video , Dream , Rope
Romania seeks its definitive place in the European Parliament
2007-08-21 14:42:00 Just one week to consensus. The parliamentary parties in Romania were invited by Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu to suggest a date and lay out the organization for the country?s most important elections in the past two decades. The nation will designate 35 members of the European Parliament. Share This More About: European Union , European Parliament , Place
Death of a nation-state
2007-08-19 18:40:00 On 17 August, a spokesman for the Serbian Prime Minister asked that 1000 Serbian police and military be re-deployed to Kosovo, a border region of Serbia where the population is 90% Albanian. Kosovo seeks independence from Serbia and both have aspirations to eventually join the European Union . Thus the EU is arbitrating the disagreement, with ... More About: Nation , Death , Member States , State
European Defence and Security ? An Effort towards an Achievable Ambition
2007-08-16 23:55:00 After the Maastricht Treaty in 1992, a Common Foreign and Security Policy was initiated. That was the starting point for the Joint European missions, known as ?Petersberg missions". In 1997 a position of High Representative for CFSP was created by the Amsterdam Treaty, and together with the Helsinki Headline Goal process for future capabilities in ... More About: European Union , Defence , Ambition
On the Beach in the arctic north
2007-08-14 15:58:00 On the Beach was one of the few mandatory books I read in high school. As Nevil Shute?s radioactive, WWIII cloud crept towards Melbourne I felt, for the first time, the tension of imagining death as a real possibility. I remember marvelling at the complacence of the characters who, though they knew the ... More About: Energy , North , Arctic , The A
No more than a theory
2007-08-01 11:48:00 In February, 2006, MEP Caroline Lucas asked Andris Piebalgs about the European Commission’s strategy for dealing with peak oil production. [1] Piebalgs responded by saying that peak oil production constitutes ?no more than a theory? [2] and stated that the Commission would look into a ?policy framework which should lead to a sustainable and highly ... More About: European Union , Energy , Theory , Theo
European Perceptions of East and West and Everything in Between
2007-07-29 15:59:00 Analyzing Central Europe How do you know you live in West ern Europe? What is Western Europe? And where are Central and East ern Europe? These are not geographical questions as much as they are normative questions. Since the start of the Cold War, Europe has been split in half, and a clear distinction could be made between ... More About: European , Ween , Perception
The strategic comeback of Moscow
2007-07-18 22:49:00 During the last 2 years, and especially since the Security conference in Munich earlier this year[1]Russia is making a successful comeback in the global strategic stage, defending its national interests. Although the way of political maneuvering and the reaction capabilities of Moscow are rather brutal, Russia is trying to wipe out the humiliations that it ... More About: Strategic , Comeback , Rate
The Commission?s Sexy Promotion Campaign
2007-07-08 02:03:00 The European Commission has found a new way to gather support for the European Union ; it created its own space on the popular website youtube. This week it suddenly received a lot of media attention when the Commission broadcasted a controversial video in which it gives its support to the European movie industry. While most ... More About: Promotion , Campaign , Sexy
Good Cop, Bad Cop
2007-06-27 21:23:00 Analyzing Transatlantic Relations Since the fall of the Soviet Union over 15 years ago, Europeans complained about the one ruling power with great pleasure. Few Europeans, however, stop to realise what the Unites States through their dominating and overbearing behaviour is offering us. The advantages of having a global police force that does all the dirty ... More About: European Union , Good
Italy and the Netherlands: The Governments? Stance and the Public Opinion v
2007-06-16 00:44:00 "The Iraq crisis has again demonstrated the internal divisions between the EU Member States , the continuing primacy of national foreign policies, and the conflicting national interests [?]" (Dannereuther 2004, p. 3) The year 2003 has brought a significant turbulence in the international relations, due to which Europe and its still relatively ‘infant’ foreign policy project ... More About: Italy , The Netherlands , Public , Opinion
?Italy and its Discontents? Book Review
2007-06-06 13:35:00 The author of the book that is the subject of this review Paul Grinsborg himself is not Italian, however this is the area that he dedicated himself to. He has published several outstanding books on the contemporary Italian history, one of which "History of Contemporary Italy " became the school book under Italian system of education. ... More About: Book Review , Book Reviews , Review , Book
New Constitutional Treaty on its way!
2007-06-06 06:19:00 I wrote a short article about the possibility of revoking the Cons t itutional Treaty. As a matter of fact, a small group of politicians from around the EU have just finished drafting a proposal for a new Treaty. The group, led by former Italian Prime Minister Giuliano Amato, has called itself the Action Committee for European ... More About: European Union , Constitutional
Eastern Europe struggles to find workers
2007-06-05 11:54:00 The 2004 accession of 10 new Member States to the EU triggered the fear of a massive movement of workers from Central and Eastern Europe to the ‘old’ EU states. The recent statistics show that the movement in fact occurred but it hasn’t had a negative influence on the labor market or economies of pre-accession ... More About: Workers , European Union , Find
Sarkozy and Balkenende discuss EU Constitution
2007-06-04 09:58:00 French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende have similar views about the future of the Const itution al Treaty, according to the French president’s spokesman. Two leaders had a long conversation over a phone on 1 June 2007 during which they discussed the possibility of simplifying the treaty. French and Dutch voters rejected the ... More About: European Union , Member States
Mandelson, Mao and Confucius
2007-05-29 02:24:00 Analysing the trade-relationship between the EU and China ?Europe wants to be a constructive ally of reform in China rather than a constant critic.?[1] These were the words of the Commissioner for external trade, Peter Mandelson, last year in Strasbourg. However, one cannot help noticing that the EU has much to criticise regarding China?s refusal to ... More About: European Union
Different historical interpretation as a source of recent conflict between
2007-05-27 15:17:00 As it has been pointed out in the article "Estonia - Past & Future, Marching at the Front of Innovation", the 20th century history of Estonia is still highly contested amongst the contemporary scholars, politicians as well as by the ordinary citizens. This argument relates to the period between 1940-1991 when Estonia ‘changed hands’ from ... More About: European Union , Source , Historical , Conflict , Member States
A new Constitution: a new Referendum? (Dutch Perspective)
2007-05-25 11:02:00 - A Dutch perspective on the European Union - The German Presidency has placed the Constitution al Treaty and the negotiation of a new Treaty high on the agenda. In this summer, the first plans for a new Treaty for the EU will be discussed. The plans are there to have a new Treaty ready in early ... More About: Member States , Referendum
The notion of ?The European Dream?
2007-05-15 23:12:00 Europe’s Vision of the Future Jeremy Rifkin was very inspiring for many of us who attended his lecture at the University of Maastricht on the 9th May 2007 during the 3rd Forum Maastricht Conference, with the title: ?Europe, the big absentee?? Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome and at the same time the ... More About: European Union , European , Dream , Rope
The notion of ?The European Dream?
2007-05-15 23:12:00 Europe’s Vision of the Future Jeremy Rifkin was very inspiring for many of us who attended his lecture at the University of Maastricht on the 9th May 2007 during the 3rd Forum Maastricht Conference, with the title: ?Europe, the big absentee?? Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome and at the same time the ... More About: European Union , European , Dream , Rope
A reconsideration of the European Constitution?
2007-05-14 22:40:00 - A Dutch perspective on the European Union ? The European Constitution and the rejection by the French and Dutch citizens is still a hotly debated topic. After a period of reflection, the German Presidency took the lead and started to discuss new possibilities and new Treaty reforms for the European Union. Two years after the ... More About: Member States , Side
Europeanization of Italian Monetary Policy
2007-05-10 15:25:00 Europeanization of Italian Monetary Poli cy Already in the previously posted article on Italy?s economic developments since the Second World War references to the effect of Europeanization of Italy?s monetary policy have been made. It was pointed out that ?the notion of Europe provides for an external force that can correct the ills of the Italian governance.?(Sbragia, ... More About: Member States
A Historical Perspective on Post-War Economic Developments in Italy
2007-05-08 17:10:00 Italy is one of the most industrially advanced and economically sound countries today (Cohen & Federico, 2001, p. 107). It ranks as one of the eight strongest economic powers of the world, known as the G-8. Its people are considered rich and its standard of living is one of the highest in the world today. ... More About: Italy , Post , Historical , Stor , Economic
EU-Digest: Nicholas Sarkozy wins French Presidential election
2007-05-07 00:40:00 Nicholas Sarkozy the newly elected President of France (born on 28 January 1955) is the son of an immigrant father from Hungary and a French mother of Greek and Jewish background. But what makes Sarkozy most atypical in the French political landscape is that he did not study at the cole Nationale d’Administration. He was ... More About: Presidential , Election , Member States
Special Report: European Union?s Security With Regard to the International
2007-05-06 17:03:00 European Union ?s Security With Regard to the International Situation After September 2001. How has the EU responded to terrorist threats? Abstract This analysis is a part of a bigger research composed of three short essays, which try to tackle the problem of the EU?s fight against terrorism and terrorist attacks. The following research aims to answer the specific question ... More About: European Union , European
Special Report: European Union’s Security With Regard to the Internationa
More articles from this author:2007-05-06 17:03:00 European Union’s Security With Regard to the International Situation After September 2001. How has the EU responded to terrorist threats? Abstract This analysis is a part of a bigger research composed of three short essays, which try to tackle the problem of the EU’s fight against terrorism and terrorist attacks. The following research aims to answer the specific question ... More About: European , Report , Special , Repo 1, 2 |
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