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EU Roma Week for a positive post-2020 Roma agenda?

March 30, 2017

Genval, 29th March 2017 – The Second European Parliament Roma Week put the spotlight again on the issue of Roma integration in Europe and its future post-2020. What about the mid-term review of the EU actions on Roma: is the glass half-full or half-empty? And what is the role of strategic litigation for the Roma… » read more

Posted by EU ZMK's Diary

blogactiv, Civil Society (NGOs), Education, EU Priorities 2020, Hungary, Languages & Culture, Public Health, Roma, Social Europe, Social Europe & Jobs

Brexit, Article 50 and the Unknown Unknowns

Genval, 28th March 2017. – Triggering article 50 tomorrow is one of the known knowns. The exact content of the future EU-UK trade deal is one of the known unknowns, while the in-depth health consequences of Brexit are still unknown unknowns. Brexit means Brexit (On the photo – Infographic from the NHS European Office explaining… » read more

Posted by EU ZMK's Diary

blogactiv, Civil Society (NGOs), EU Priorities 2020, European Integration, Health & Consumers, UK in Europe

The EU at 60: Turning integration into utility for citizens

March 27, 2017

Written by Adela Alexandra Iacoboc, Content Officer (Politics & Institutions) Last Saturday, on the 25th of March, Europe was celebrating 60 years since the signing of the Treaty of Rome, the EU’s founding treaty officially establishing the European Economic Community. The Treaty of Rome enshrined into law the foundation of the European project, which brought… » read more

Posted by 1989 Generation Initiative

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60 years after the Schuman Declaration, Europe must reinvent itself

March 24, 2017

[En français plus bas] 60 years after the Schuman Declaration, Europe must reinvent itself by Jean-Louis Guigou, president of IPEMED and IPEMED’s Political Steering Committee* “Europe will not be made all at once, or according to a single plan. It will be built through concrete achievements which first create a de facto solidarity” declared Robert… » read more

Posted by The Guest Blog

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Article 50, Bargaining Positions and the UK Dream

In less than a week, Article 50 will be triggered by the UK. On the same day of this announcement, the European Parliament Research Service published for the first time a document that reflects some of the thinking of inside the EU. Barbara Aubin, Head of Content at the 1989 Generation Initiative, explains why the… » read more

Posted by 1989 Generation Initiative

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Decreasing deficits are Europe’s Trojan Horse

March 22, 2017

Guest blog post by Sebastiaan Wijsman, Economist at the KU Leuven Faculty of Economics and Business Summary: Over the past four years, government deficits throughout the EMU have declined, but for some countries this is mainly due to decreasing interest rates. This hides the lack of real fiscal consolidation efforts, while it reduces the… » read more

Posted by The Guest Blog

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L’engagement citoyen – arme de mobilisation massive contre le populisme

Guest blog post by Argo, labo d’idées français. Participatif, factuel, connecté et optimiste. En 2017, les PRAF – ou “Plus Rien A Foutre” – ont fait leur apparition dans le jargon politique français. Très contemporains – on a presque envie de compléter par “… de rien” de Nekfeu – les PRAFistes sont des jeunes de… » read more

Posted by The Guest Blog

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Tackling Populism: Amplifying Citizens’ Voices Roundtable Report

This article is part of a series of papers based on the preliminary results of the 1989 Generation Initiative’s policy cycle “Tackling Populism: Hope over Fear”. The following article is based on the results of the Roundtable “Amplifying Voices” at its launching conference. Written by Martin Garrigue, External Content Officer. Taking back control: The development… » read more

Posted by 1989 Generation Initiative

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Tackling Populism: Education for Engagement Report

March 20, 2017

This article is part of a series of papers based on the preliminary results of the 1989 Generation Initiative’s policy cycle “Tackling Populism: Hope over Fear”. The following article is based on the results of the Roundtable “Education for Engagement” at its launching conference. Written by Greta Schmuelling, Content Officer. Knowledge is power, and this… » read more

Posted by 1989 Generation Initiative

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#EUPayBack – Corporations to pay for benefiting of the EU single market – TAXI: Dublin, Ireland

March 7, 2017

According to the European Commission, Apple made more than €50 Billion over the 2012-2014 period on the European markets. It took advantage of the single market to repatriate all its profits to Ireland, where it negotiated paying less than 0.01% in taxes rather than the 12.5% rate applied to other companies. This is unfair. The… » read more

Posted by TAXI: Europa

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A genuine European Union to ensure welfare, security and democracy

February 13, 2017

Guest blog post by March for Europe . Français & Deutsch below. We European citizens are worried and scared. The economic and financial crisis has impoverished many of us. Youth unemployment risks creating a lost generation. Inequality grows and social cohesion is in peril. The EU is surrounded by war and instability from Ukraine… » read more

Posted by The Guest Blog

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Naufrage et langue de bois

February 9, 2017

Un blog de notre invitée Véronique Likforman, Secrétaire Générale, DLF Bruxelles-Europe. L’Europe pourrait couler, les Européens ne l’écoutent plus ; et presque personne ne se demande s’il ne faudrait pas leur parler une langue qu’ils comprennent : la leur. L’Europe, vingt-quatre langues officielles. Plutôt que s’exprimer chacun dans la sienne pour être parfaitement compris des… » read more

Posted by The Guest Blog

blogactiv, EU Priorities 2020, French, Languages & Culture

Open Letter to EU leaders to denounce President Trump’s Executive Order on Immigration

February 6, 2017

Dear Donald Tusk (European Council President) / Federica Mogherini (High Representative / Vice-President) / Jean-Claude Juncker (European Commission President) / Antonio Tajani (European Parliament President) / We write with regard to U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order banning the citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. for 120 days, suspending the U.S. refugee… » read more

Posted by The Guest Blog

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Now coming to Europe: a parallel universe of alternative facts

February 1, 2017

Democracy and Public Space Debate about the European public sphere, the open space where news is disseminated and debated in the EU, can sometimes seem quite esoteric. Why then have academics and European politicians been so concerned about it? Because the concept is closely linked to some of the most burning questions about the EU,… » read more

Posted by Fritz Groothues

blogactiv, EU Priorities 2020, EurActiv.com, Languages & Culture

She for Sea : Women in maritime affairs

January 31, 2017

When I explain that the Atlantic Cities are looking at the Sea, even those who are not in the coast; I am sure that the audience thinks of a sad lady waiting (and longing) for her lover to return from far away. However, sea affairs have evolved and now those women have taken… » read more

Posted by Atlantic Arc Cities

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