Alemania ha dado un mal ejemplo a los europeos en su gestión de la crisis alimentaria ocasionada por el consumo de pepino fresco. Entender la alarma causada en el país germano ante las muertes y miles de infectados por la bacteria “E.coli”, no justifica la frivolidad con la que las autoridades de Hamburgo han actuado [...]

Plusieurs années après la découverte du « pot-aux-roses » le secret serait-il toujours imposé sur la prison secrète de la CIA ? Le journal polonais Gazeta Wyborcza du 30 mai 2011 pose la question. Des députés européens ont voulu relancer l’enquête (cf. Nea say http://www.eu-logos.eu/eu-logos_nea-say.php?idr=4&&nea=108&lang=fra&arch=0&idnl=1507. Initiative restée à ce jour sans lendemain.   « La CIAavait une prison secrète [...]

Having received a reply from the European Commission again refusing to publish the Great Charter of the Founding Fathers of the European Community, I was invited by the European Ombudsman to give my reactions. Background The Founding Fathers of Europe defined 18 April 1951 as the day which was the Birthday of Europe. Their signatures [...]

There is a new contagion spreading across Europe from Spain – not related to sovereign debt or tummy bugs, but rather, to the spread of hysteria about what we eat and feed our children. It is causing well-intentioned public officials to commit an out…

As a regular user of internet services as well as a content provider, I was very interested in last week’s e-G8 summit. The idea of bringing together the chieftains of the internet industry and the world’s most powerful political leaders seems a step in the right direction. The internet as a platform and applications such [...]

As of January 2012, the EU will formally include aviation into its emission trading system. From that date onwards all airline companies, domestic and foreign, will require allocations for C02 emissions, no different from power, steel or chemical companies, for operating in the EU. The allocations for 2012 will be equal to 95 percent of [...]

Die Idee, Benzinpreise 24 Stunden lang konstant halten und Erhöhungen ankündigen zu müssen, klingt zunächst verlockend. So wüsste man dann doch als Autofahrer wenigstens, dass der Liter Sprit auch abends auf dem Heimweg für zum Beispiel 1,50 Euro in den Tank fließt. Der Vorschlag von Bundesverkehrsminister Peter Ramsauer wird jedoch zu Recht nicht von Erfolg [...]

En fait, ces contrôles sont instaurés dans le cadre même des Accords de Schengen, qui en prévoient la possibilité en cas de graves menaces de troubles à l’ordre public (la France avait ainsi rétabli temporairement ces contrôles au moment du sommet de l’Otan à Strasbourg, en 2009 et en d’autres circonstances, l’Allemagne et d’autres pays [...]

   L’organe consultatif du Conseil de l’Europe pour les questions constitutionnelles a informé la commission des libertés civiles du Parlement européen de son avis sur la nouvelle constitution hongroise. Certains députés ne souhaitaient pas mener ce débat en commission, estimant que la constitution hongroise est du ressort de la souveraineté hongroise. Selon d’autres, le droit [...]

The European Medicines Agency is in difficulty, perhaps even in crisis. It is time for DG Sanco to take action. The board has been unable to approve either of the two short-listed candidates for Executive Director and the European Parliament has refused to discharge the agency’s accounts for 2009. The Parliament is one element of [...]

A speech delivered by Stanley Crossick’s daughter, Elizabeth, on the occasion of his memorial. This occasion really started as an afterthought. A response to those in Brussels and beyond who wanted to mark the sad event of my father passing. No…

Korn/Ferry International and Eucomed are co-organising the upcoming “How to differentiate in a changing environment?” conferencetaking place on 5 July 2011 in Brussels. We have worked closely together to design an exciting programme that will…

The Eurobarometer document entitled “Attitudes of European Citizens towards the Environment” should shatter the hopes and dreams of NGO activists and impassioned European civil servants as it shows how little European citizens really care about th…

If you’re like me and almost everyone else I know, you’ve got a To Do list overflowing with emails starred in various colours, Twitter favourites, starred RSS items, stuff bookmarked ‘Do’ or ‘In’ on diigo or deliciou…

Era evidente que los catastróficos resultados electorales del Partido Socialista en los comicios autonómicos y municipales del 22 de mayo tendrían consecuencias inmediatas en el futuro de la formación de la calle Ferraz. La semana se precipitó sobre Zapatero a la misma velocidad que los barones autonómicos socialistas exigían responsabilidades y cambio de rumbo al [...]