En un reportaje publicado en el diario El País recientemente, realizado por el periodista Miguel Mora y fechado en París, una emigrante de origen argelino expresaba con toda crudeza su desencanto con la moneda única: “El euro fue una trampa para los pobres, hizo más dura la vida a mucha gente, todo se hizo más [...]

The current EU policy and funding instruments have recognised that innovation consists of cross-disciplinary activities, which is not only limited to technological breakthroughs. Accordingly, a more comprehensive and systematic understanding of innovat…

Eurogroup chief Juncker: ‘Other solutions’ are necessary (Photo: consilium.europa.eu) Yesterday the President of the Eurogroup Jean Claude Juncker admitted that the EFSF will not be able to be levered up to 1 trillion euro as the October 26 Euro summit had initially hoped for (in vain). According to euobserver.com Juncker said “We have talked about [...]

Amongst the terrible economic gloom and doom of the last few days has come this news about rising unemployment in the eurozone. It never rains… One number really stood out for me, “Youth unemployment in Spain rose to 48.9%.” My goodne…

The European engineering industries, represented by Orgalime are the only industrial sector possessing system level expertise in all parts of the system chain – from power generation and the transport and distribution of electric power, to the control and drive elements fitted to vehicles. The electric car is part of the new world of energy. [...]

Das ging schnell: Nachdem im Juli ein erster Entwurf der Fraktionen für einen neuen Verhaltenskodex für EU-Abgeordnete angefertigt wurde, hat der zuständige Ausschuss des Parlaments ihn nun verabschiedet. Schon am 1. Dezember wird im Plenum darüber…

The voices calling the ECB to “do something” are increasing. Of course they are ignoring the fact that the European Central Bank is already intervening in the markets, doing much more than what many tend to believe. In its latest communique on November 28 the ECB admitted it has already used €203.5 billion for its [...]

Guest post by Kaj EMBREN, Sustainable Development export and blogger, Stockholm, Sweden. In the middle of some of the most turbulent political and economic crises of modern times, UN climate negotiators will meet in Durban, South Africa, on November 28th. Their greatest challenge will be making their voices heard above the noise of the ailing [...]

As predicted, yesterday’s speech of Minister Sikorski has sparked a storm on the right side of political scene. From being accused of betrayal and violation of the oath, to a motion for dismissal. Radek Sikorski is known for its unconventional behaviour and probably knew that he put the cat among the pigeons. The prospect of [...]

At the risk of being accused of jumping on the Leveson enquiry bandwagon (to which I would have to plead guilty), the European Movement has had its own skirmish with press regulation, with rather unsatisfactory results. The cause of the complaint was an article about Europol on page 1 of the Daily Express on 26 [...]

Delivering quality aid is not just about giving the right amount – it’s about giving it in the right way Today more than 2,000 negotiators including Ban Ki-moon, Hilary Clinton and the European Commissioner for Development Andris Piebalgs will meet in Busan for a crucial summit to decide how to make overseas aid work better, [...]

Guest post by Roeland SCHOLTALBERS, Media & Communication Officer at the international alliance of Catholic development agencies CIDSE. There is much at stake as the international community gathers in Durban, South Africa, for the yearly UN summit on climate change (28/11/11 – 09/12/11). The Kyoto protocol, the only binding international agreement on emission reductions, expires [...]

I’m going to try to break the habit of a lifetime this [morning/lunchtime/evening] and actually attend a physical [conference/workshop/seminar/PRpissup] about the EU and social media, something so self-evidently oxymoronic that I’ve often b…

The Republic of Cyprus is facing the increasing threat of coming to the need of a bailout as its economy continues to deteriorate. The malignancies of the Cyprus economy are indeed numerous and are found both in private and public sector. Cypriot banks suffer from their exposure to debt-ridden Greece, creating a major source of [...]

A few weeks ago I was asked to give a training on the EU online public space to a group of political science PhDs taking part in the EXACT Marie-Curie training programme (pre-session discussion here). Being a sucker for flattery I agreed, but being sho…