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Dear Theresa May

July 10, 2018

Dear Theresa May, I feel compelled to write, expressing a desire and hope that the United Kingdom can change course from the current political disaster that is Brexit. My hope is not, surprisingly, that Brexit should be stopped. With such important issues at stake, the current state of negotiations between your government and the EU… » read more

  Posted by FinancialGuy Writes!

blogactiv, EU Priorities and Opinion, EU Treaty & Institutions, UK in Europe

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Vive l’Europe – Es lebe Europa! 55 Jahre Élysée-Vertrag

January 25, 2018

Gastbeitrag von Yves Bertoncini und Dr. Rainer Wend. Die verstärkte deutsch-französische Zusammenarbeit bringt neuen Schwung in die europäische Integration. Die EU muss neue Wege gehen im Bereich Sicherheit und Verteidigung und neuen wirtschaftlichen Investitionen zur Stärkung des Euroraums und vor allem den Bürgerinnen und Bürgern dienen! Die Präsidenten der Europäischen Bewegung in Frankreich und Deutschland… » read more

  Posted by The Guest Blog

blogactiv, EU Treaty & Institutions, French, German, Global Europe

Brussels triggers Article 7 against Poland: a new hope for the judicial freedom of expression?

January 8, 2018

Guest post by Doriane de Lestrange, lawyer focusing on EU Regulatory law   On last 20 December, the European Commission made the crucial decision to trigger Article 7 of the Lisbon Treaty against Poland. This article, which has never been used before, allows the European commissioners to deprive Warsaw from its voting rights as it… » read more

  Posted by The Guest Blog

blogactiv, democracy, EU Treaty & Institutions, Europe's East, Polish

“Poland and Hungary: a puzzle for Europe?” civil society and media, not just EU Treaty, on top Belgian radio, La Première

November 20, 2017

  [Shutterstock] CRACOW, POLAND – JULY 23, 2017: People protest against violation the constitutional law in Poland. Defense of the triad of division of power and independence of the highest court in Poland.   On November 15th, on the radio show CQFD broadcasted on La Première, I debated with Nicolas Gros-Verheyde (@bruxelles2) on this topical… » read more

  Posted by Media4EU

blogactiv, EU Priorities and Opinion, EU Treaty & Institutions

A Single President is Exactly What the EU Needs

October 17, 2017

Guest post by Corey Cooper, Europe Fellow at Young Professionals in Foreign Policy (YPFP). He is also a Research Associate in US Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. Last month, European Commission President Jean-Claude Junker delivered his third and most important State of the European Union address. His remarks to the European Parliament… » read more

  Posted by The Guest Blog

blogactiv, democracy, EU institutions, EU Treaty & Institutions, Future EU

For MarchForEurope2017, the best Europeans were… Poles and Brits!

March 31, 2017

Terrorism wont divide us. Brexit will. Britons your country needs EU. Sharon Leclercq-Spooner   While EURACTIV covered the Rome and London marches, let me add a personal touch. My British wife and I were…separated: I was at the first event, also to attend a number of NGO events and to talk about Eramus4media She of… » read more

  Posted by Media4EU

blogactiv, EU Priorities 2020, EU Treaty & Institutions, Languages & Culture, UK in Europe

Les Traités européens prévoient les risques d’agression dans un cadre supranational.

November 20, 2015

En invoquant l’article 42,7 du Traité d’union européenne, le Président de la République a, devant le congrès réuni a Versailles, lancé un signal politique important tant à la nation qu’à tous les pays membres de l’Union européenne. La violente agression dont la France a été l’objet vendredi dernier est un acte de guerre et c’est… » read more

  Posted by Morucci Europe Blog

Actualité de l'Union européenne, Actualité de la Maison de l'Europe de Brest, blogactiv, Brest, CITOYENNETE EUROPEENNE, EU Priorities 2020, EU Treaty & Institutions, EurActiv.com, EurActiv.fr, Regional Policy

El debate de la Unión o de … ¿la desunión?

September 15, 2015

La pasada semana se celebraba en Estrasburgo, en la sesión plenaria del Parlamento Europeo, el debate sobre el Estado de la Unión. Correspondió al presidente de la Comisión, Jean-Claude Juncker, trazar en su discurso el marco de situación en que nos hallamos y la estrategia para afrontar los principales a los que se enfrenta la… » read more

  Posted by Con acento hispano

blogactiv, EU Priorities and Opinion, EU Treaty & Institutions, Euro & Finance, Justice & Home Affairs

EU Asylum Policy: Going beyond President Juncker’s proposal!

September 11, 2015

  – As Immanuel Kant in 1795 already stipulated, universal hospitality and Human Rights had to be at the centre of every evolving asylum and refugee policy. Upholding European values starts with the unambiguous acknowledgement for refugees and asylum seekers of legal obligations under international conventions ratified by the EU and its Member States. Beyond… » read more

  Posted by FEPS Fresh Thinking

blogactiv, Enlargement & Neighbours, EU Priorities and Opinion, EU Treaty & Institutions, EurActiv.com

EFSA’s Neonicotinoid Scandal, Part II: Illogical, Illegitimate, Illegal 

September 1, 2015

  Last week EFSA released three studies on the foliar (sprayed) applications of three neonicotinoids related to bee health, and the results surprised no one. The only surprising result from their three almost copy-pasted press releases, all concluding lack of sufficient data and a possible risk to bee health, is that the civil servants in… » read more

  Posted by The Risk-Monger

Agriculture & Food, blogactiv, EU Treaty & Institutions, Food & Consumers, Health & Consumers, Public Affairs, Science & Policymaking, Sustainable Dev., transparency

EFSA’s Neonicotinoid Scandal, Part II: Illogical, Illegitimate, Illegal 

EFSA has tried to use an illegitimate bee guidance document to reject the main bee science and push for a further ban on neonicotinoids.

Agriculture & Food, bee field studies, bee field trials, bee guidance document, Clothianidin, DG Santé, EFSA, EU Treaty & Institutions, Food & Consumers, Health & Consumers, Imidacloprid, Miko, neonicotinoids, neonics, Public Affairs, Science & Policymaking, Science & Research, Sustainable Dev., Thiamethoxam, transparency

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The Ashley Madison 14

August 26, 2015

Honestly, what government employee is so stupid that they use their work email address to sign up to Ashley Madison? According to EurActiv, the answer to that question was 14. Not being married or living with anyone I have never personally had a need to “cheat” so have no first hand experience with the site.… » read more

EU Treaty & Institutions

Dix ans après le traité constitutionnel, les Européens cherchent un texte commun.

May 29, 2015

Cela fait exactement dix ans que le traité sur l’Union européenne, encore appelé traité constitutionnel, était présenté aux Européens. Composé de trois parties, le traité regroupait en un seul document l’ensemble des traités précédents depuis le traité de Rome. La deuxième partie concernait la réorganisation institutionnelle et la troisième consacrée au champ social traitait de… » read more

  Posted by Morucci Europe Blog

blogactiv, Education, EU Priorities 2020, EU Priorities and Opinion, EU Treaty & Institutions, EurActiv.com, EurActiv.fr, Languages & Culture, Politique, Regional Policy
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