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April 10, 2018
Guest blog post by Betrand L’Huilier – Coordinateur Europe – LaREM Benelux. Emmanuel Macron a mis l’Europe au cœur de son projet politique et a fait de sa refondation une priorité. Moins d’un an après son élection, le Président français lancera le 17 avril à Strasbourg les consultations citoyennes qui seront menées dans 25… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
A petition, an open letter, a blog article – these are all modest contributions. What else can I do? I am just a practitioner. But there is nothing degrading about being a practitioner in European affairs. Because a practitioner is perfectly able to analyse what is good and what is bad in the functioning of… » read more
Posted by Daniel Gueguen
February 28, 2018
In the European field of studies, the term democracy comes in all shapes and sizes. Whether it is through a historical lens or questioned on matters of validity under the term deficit, it is undeniably at the core of our political sphere in western civilization. Democracy is something my generation grew up with, this generation… » read more
Posted by Studies of the European Union
C’est la tombe de mon grand-père à Vignemont, près de Compiègne. Il est mort il y a 100 ans, quelques mois avant la fin de la Première Guerre Mondiale en 1918. Qu’est-ce qu’il faisait en France ? En 1914, l’Allemagne a déclenché une guerre terrible contre la France, la Grande Bretagne et la Russie. Après… » read more
Posted by Fritz Groothues
October 20, 2017
The title of the book “Cool Cities”, written by Benjamin Barber, plays with the different dimensions of climate change that can be tackled at local level and even the mood for doing it. It is thus, an integrated metaphor of the book itself. As a Political Science authority, Barber explains, in the first section of… » read more
Posted by Atlantic Arc Cities
by Sandra Cabrera Alvarado Growing rise in Euroscepticism among its citizens, threaten by rising tides of economic instability, troubling nationalism, security concerns and political uncertainty both within the region and internationally; the European Union (EU) finds itself at the crossroads. As we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Rome treaty, EU institutions must resolve to… » read more
Posted by RSIEAblog
May 9, 2017
I am today writing these lines still saddened by the death of Benjamin Barber. So, as a modest tribute, I am presenting today a few ideas on the future of the European Union and its governance. Those ideas were discussed in Viana do Castelo at the same time the European Council was gathered, last week… » read more
Posted by Atlantic Arc Cities
Guest blog post by Chris Wiersma, academic fellow in Media Law & Lucia Vesnic-Alujevic, Political Communication and Science and Technology Studies scholar. On 22 March, a communication has been issued by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg (ECtHR) about 49 cases against Russia. The country’s Foreign Agent Act is now under scrutiny by… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
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April 26, 2017
After a series of gruesome events in the past weeks in Syria, Russia and Sweden, media (including social media) turned their attention in reporting and raising awareness about the situations. One thing that media missed or neglected to report was the discriminatory language at the European Parliament. Maria Bizzotto and Angelo Ciocca from Lega Nord… » read more
Posted by Romalitico
by Prof. Herwig Hofmann and Catherine Warin Le droit de l’Union n’est plus ce qu’il était aux premiers jours de l’intégration il y a soixante ans. Née sous la forme de la CECA, conçue comme une organisation de nature administrative dans un but spécifique de régulation, l’Union s’est peu à peu dotée de cadres constitutionnels… » read more
Posted by RSIEAblog
by Johannes Hendrik Fahner The year 2016 was not a good one for Philip Morris. On 4 May 2016, the CJEU rendered its judgment in case C-547/14, in which it upheld the validity of the Tobacco Products Directive 2014/40/EU. On the same date, the CJEU also delivered its judgment in case C-477/14, in which it… » read more
Posted by RSIEAblog
Something is in motion in Europe. For several weeks now, thousands of people in Germany have taken to the streets to rally FOR a united Europe. A married couple from Frankfurt started a citizens’ initiative under the banner “Pulse of Europe”. The movement was triggered by the outcome of the British referendum and the American… » read more
Posted by The future of the European Union
December 7, 2016
Guest blog post by Milos Labovic, founder of EUKNOWHOW.eu. Finalist 2012 EU Public Affairs Award. Author of “EU Superlobby: Winning in Brussels”. The recently proposed Transparency register is a storm in a teacup. What it will establish demonstrate is that lobbyist are at work in Brussels. No big surprises there. At best, the transparency register… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
November 28, 2016
Thursday night marked the final Republican primary debate before Sunday’s vote. Former Prime Minister François Fillon and Mayor of Bordeaux Alain Juppé qualified for the knockout-round in the first round vote last week. Juppé and Fillon do not only represent two types of charismatic leaders, they lay out two different visions of French conservatism. Many… » read more
Posted by Campus Europe
November 18, 2016
By Geneviève Pons, Director of WWF’s European Policy Office As world leaders are busy discussing in Marrakech on how to turn the Paris Climate Agreement into action, you might wonder what you can do – as an individual – to help reduce CO2 emissions. Yes, solving climate change is a huge international challenge and… » read more
Posted by WWF Climate & Energy Blog
