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June 22, 2017
Guest blog post by Adrian Sonder, policy advisor within the German Parliament. The German labour market has experienced a job boom over the past decade. The number of employees who are subject to social insurance contributions reached a new record level of 32.3 million (Institute for Employment Research). The total number of employees is estimated… » read more
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January 25, 2017
Guest blog post by Margit Schratzenstaller and Danuše Nerudová. The debate about tax-based own resources, which as “genuine own resources” may (partially) replace current own resources funding the EU budget, is as old as it is controversial. On the one hand, Núñez Ferrer (2008) and Begg (2011) rightly stress that the current EU system of… » read more
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November 22, 2016
Version française disponible apres la version anglaise. Lea el texto en Castellano despues de la version francesa. THE ALARM HAS RANG FOR A TRANSITION IN FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL, WAKE UP! CURRENT SITUATION All around the Mediterranean, the rich agricultural history and the diversity of the diet and food systems have given birth to some of… » read more
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The full Euractory “Energy Union Germany” ranking can be found here. Read the speech in German here. Speech by Minister of State for Europe and Member of the German Bundestag, Michael Roth, at the State of the Energy Union event held in Berlin by EurActiv on 10 November 2016 Maroš Šefcovic, Ms Litt, Distinguished participants,… » read more
Posted by EU Community
November 10, 2016
Guest blog post by EUROCHAMBRES, On Thursday 13 October, over 700 entrepreneurs from across and beyond the EU filled the Brussels hemicycle for the 4th European Parliament of Enterprises, co-organised by EUROCHAMBRES and the European Parliament, the entrepreneurs discussed and voted on a range of issues relevant to the business community in 2016: trade,… » read more
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Guest blog post by Jason C. Moyer. Georgetown University. Apocryphal warnings of the end of days for the European Union as the Brexit referendum looms have ignored an unintended benefit of the vote to the cohesion of the EU. If the UK does indeed vote to break away from the EU, it will struggle to… » read more
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June 3, 2016
Who is the most influential on EU Energy Efficiency policy? The second #EurActory40 ranking of The top 40 policy experts with influence in EU Energy Efficiency policy was unveiled at a roundtable debate titled: “Energy efficiency, 2016: The year of delivery?”. Download the full ‘#EurActory40 – #EnergyEfficiency’ list (PDF) A video provides a summary… » read more
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blogactiv, Climate & Environment, Energy, Energy Union, EU Priorities 2020 |
Linda McAvan MEP, Chair of the Development Committee in the European Parliament, joined EurActiv and @eaDevPol for a Twitter chat on Development Policy. This #EUDevChat took place on Tuesday 19 April between 14:45 and 15:45 CET. #EUDevChat with Linda McAvan MEP Storify by EurActiv.com Thu, Apr 21 2016 13:53:38 Edit #EUDevChat with Linda… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
February 29, 2016
Who is the most influential on EU Energy Union policy? A ranking of the top 40 policy experts with influence in EU Energy Union policy was unveiled at a debate on the “State of the Energy Union one year after its launch”, organised by the EurActiv Institute. Download the full ‘#EurActory40 – #EnergyUnion’ list (PDF)… » read more
Posted by EU Community
November 20, 2015
Guest blog post by, Active – Sobriety, Friendship and Peace. November 20th marks the Universal Children’s Day, the date when in 1989, the Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted. This year’s November 20th has a dual role – it also marks the last day of the 3rd Awareness Week on Alcohol Related… » read more
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October 29, 2015
Dr Oliver Moore and Professor Michael Dower. Can rural areas step up to help with Europe’s refugee crisis? What is the rural response to climate change? And what are the core issues of inequality between rural and urban regions in the EU? These and other core issues will be examined in the Austrian town of… » read more
Posted by The challenges facing the CAP
October 14, 2015
Guest blog post by, Nicholas Brooke, founder of The Synergist, a nonprofit organization and brainchild of Safe Motherhood Week which runs from 28 September – 4 October 2015. In recent years, the topic of maternal rights in Brussels has had a hard time. Take, for example, the Directive on maternity leave which has reached a… » read more
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blogactiv, EU Priorities 2020, Fundamental Rights, Health & Consumers, Social Europe |
Guest blog post by Richard van Tongeren, Interim-manager. The last couple of years there is a lot to do about the survival of the EURO in it’s present form. However, I haven’t seen any article or discussion about the IT or organizational problems if the EURO would collapse. What are the challenges if… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
October 5, 2015
Guest blog post from Dr. Liz Goodwin, CEO of WRAP. “The environment and the economy are really both two sides of the same coin – if we cannot sustain the environment, we cannot sustain ourselves”, is what Wangari Maathi, the environmental and political activist once said. Wise words, and they’re still true of today, and… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
September 4, 2015
In this ongoing Storified article, we will be covering how the EU’s reformed Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) supports sustainable food supply, environmental protection, innovation and growth. Stay tuned for more, or follow @eaAgriculture and #CapOnTheGround. [View the story “The new CAP: stories from the ground” on Storify] The Storify can also be accessed here: https://storify.com/euractiv/the-new-cap-stories-from-on-the-ground
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