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Archives for EU Priorities 2020

Does the Eastern Partnership Promote Common Security for Eastern Europe? Views from Ukraine

October 30, 2018

At the Eastern Partnership (EaP) Ministerial Meeting, held in Luxemburg on October 15, 2018, ministers of the EU member states and six partner states evaluated the progress made under the 20 Deliverables for 2020, provided by the working document “Eastern Partnership: Focusing on Key Priorities and Deliverables”. According to the document, cooperation between the European… » read more

  Posted by Ukrainian Think Tanks Liaison Office in Brussels

blogactiv, Enlargement, EU Priorities 2020, EurActiv.com, Europe's East, Global Europe

Veto al bilancio e regole europee

September 3, 2018

Il bilancio europeo ha attratto l’attenzione dei media a seguito di dichiarazioni di importanti esponenti del governo italiano che, in diverse forme hanno indicato la volontà di mettere il veto sul bilancio europeo. Mi sembra utile chiarire cosa questo significa rispetto alle regole europee. La definizione ‘bilancio europeo’ viene usata genericamente per indicare sia il… » read more

  Posted by Alfredo De Feo European pratictioner and researcher

blogactiv, EU Budget, EU Priorities 2020

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1a Convenzione Cittadina di AllE in Italia – Bordighera – 17/8/18

August 23, 2018

Il 17 agosto 2018 si sono riuniti circa 20 cittadini per parlare d’Europa in una Convenzione Cittadina (CoCi) organizzata da Giorgio Clarotti per Alliance Europa sul modello ispirato dalle CoCi lanciate dai Presidenti Juncker, Macron e dalla Cancelliera Merkel. La riunione mirava ‘Adulti attivi’ nel lavoro o in associazioni perché avevano poco partecipato al “pilota”… » read more

  Posted by TAXI: Europa

blogactiv, EU Priorities 2020

Space power – a timely answer to Europe’s energy problematique

July 2, 2018

Guest post by Vidvuds Beldavs, strategist for NZP FOTONIKA-LV, the national photonics platform of the University of Latvia Juncker’s European Commission (EC) has until the end of its term 31 October 2019 to take decisive action to address Europe’s energy problematique – intermingled problems that cannot be solved independently. The EU needs to maintain robust… » read more

  Posted by The Guest Blog

blogactiv, development, digital, EU Priorities 2020, EU Priorities and Opinion, Global Europe, Innovation and Growth

European Parliament: make the ECI work!

June 8, 2018

Guest blog post by 15 European Citizens’ Initiative organisers and 50 civil society organisations. On 20 June, the Constitutional Affairs Committee (AFCO) of the European Parliament will cast a vote of crucial importance for the future of the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI).* With this open letter, civil society organisations and former ECI organisers call upon… » read more

  Posted by The Guest Blog

blogactiv, EU Priorities 2020, Future EU

Climate Change and the 2°C target – New report and video on Green Finance

May 24, 2018

The UN expects the world temperature to rise of about 2.7°C, well above the target maximum of 1.5°C to 2°C agreed upon in Paris. Even if countries manage to match this ambition with results, people in many parts of the globe still face a future of more frequent flooding, drought and storms. Urban population growth… » read more

  Posted by Kaj Embren

blogactiv, Climate & Environment, Development Policy, EU Priorities 2020, EurActiv.com, Leadership and sustainability, Sustainable Dev.

José Maria Costa : We have to assume our European responsibilities

May 16, 2018

To all Atlantic Mayors This year, the Conference of Atlantic Arc Cities will celebrate its 18th anniversary. This symbolic coming of age implies that we have to assume our political responsibilities at European level in a more energetic way. The moment we live is crucial for the survival of cohesion policy, at least as we… » read more

  Posted by Atlantic Arc Cities

blogactiv, EU Priorities 2020, Regional Policy, Urban Development

Why a ‘stand alone’ health programme is better for citizens’ health?

March 19, 2018

The EU’s budget line for EU health action (‘the Health programme’) will be either dismantled and mashed into the ‘soup’ of the Single Market with other ingredients such as food safety, animal, and plant health or will remain a stand-alone programme which would be actually better for citizens. Here is why. Cooking a healthy EU… » read more

  Posted by Hungarian-European Citizen

Agriculture & Food, blogactiv, Civil Society (NGOs), EU Priorities 2020, Health & Consumers, medicines, Public Health, Regional Policy, Roma

Reflections on democracy: An introduction

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

blogactiv, EU Priorities 2020, EurActiv.com, Values

A Europe of equals – Winning European hearts and minds

February 21, 2018

  Guest post by Tom Parker, CEO of Cambre. Parker is an active member of the British business community in Brussels and is a regular commentator on lobbying practice and the future of the advocacy profession. With an eye to 2019, European Parliament elections and the appointment of a new Commission, Jean Claude Juncker set… » read more

  Posted by The Guest Blog

blogactiv, democracy, Elections, EU Citizens & Media, EU institutions, EU Priorities 2020, EurActiv.com, Future EU, Global Europe, Justice & Home Affairs

José Maria Costa : Cohesion is a principle, not a policy

As president of the Conference of Atlantic Arc Cities, a city network representing more than 300 local authorities, I do not feel identified with the proposals issued by the Commission on February 14th. The suggested cuts and reorganisation of the multiannual financial framework do not respond neither to the expectations of the EU territories, nor… » read more

  Posted by Atlantic Arc Cities

blogactiv, EU Priorities 2020, Regional Policy

The 2014 European Parliament elections, under the 2019 rules

February 20, 2018

Guest post by Nicholas Whyte, Senior Director of APCO Global Solutions.   The proposed new allocation of European Parliament seats may benefit ALDE and the EPP, at the expense of the Left and the hard Right. This week’s European Council meeting will consider the European Parliament’s proposals for the reallocation of MEPs between the different… » read more

  Posted by The Guest Blog

blogactiv, Brexit, democracy, Elections, EU Priorities 2020, Future EU, Global Europe, Member States

Triggering a critical mass of sustainable investment: How can Europe do it?

February 12, 2018

Kirsten Dunlop is Chief executive of Climate-KIC, Europe’s largest public-private innovation partnership focused on climate change. Kirsten leads Climate-KIC’s mission to decarbonise and transform land, cities and manufacturing sectors through strategic innovation and systemic change. The European Commission’s HLEG Working Group on Sustainable Finance released its long-awaited final report on 31 January. More than two… » read more

  Posted by The Guest Blog

blogactiv, Business & Climate Change, Climate & Environment, development, Development Policy, EU Priorities 2020, Financial Services, Future EU, Global Europe, Science & Research, Sustainable Dev.
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