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7 Health actions to make a difference – Open Letter to the new Commission President-elect

June 27, 2019

Brussels, 25th June 2019 Subject: Suggesting 7 actions to your next five years plan to re-launch Europe by improving health Dear Commission President Elect, By the time of writing this, it is not known to whom that letter will be addressed but I am sure you can certainly have an interest to listen to me… » read more

  Posted by Zoltán Massay-Kosubek

blogactiv, EU Priorities 2020, European citizens, European Integration, Health & Consumers, Public Health, Sustainable Dev.

Illiberal Hungary, as a Result of Historical Frustrations – One Way Road?

April 16, 2018

Both Europe and Hungary were surprised one week ago by witnessing the third, landslide victory of Viktor Orbán, with unexpectedly high participation, resulting a consitutional supermajority. Were the elections fair and democratic? Is the Hungarian illiberalism democracy or dictatorship? What are the cornerstones of the Orbán regime? What about the weak opposition? What are the… » read more

  Posted by Zoltán Massay-Kosubek

blogactiv, Civil Society (NGOs), EU news & updates, Europe's East, European Integration, Hungary, Visegrád alliance (PL-CZ-SK-HU)

Wind of change: Air and Health in 2019

March 29, 2018

In the context of shaping the Future of Europe, the health community can bring the Wind of Change to the EU institutional renewal process by making the case for the added value of EU action on air pollution at European, national and local level, by pointing out the health benefits. Why is air pollution the… » read more

  Posted by Zoltán Massay-Kosubek

blogactiv, Civil Society (NGOs), Climate & Environment, European Integration, Health & Consumers, Public Health, Social Europe, Transport

The Health Programme as the Lighthouse of EU Health Policy

November 30, 2017

While all stakeholders – including key Member States, Members of the European Parliament from all political groups and even the Commission’s own Health Directorate – agree upon the strong EU added value of the Health Programme, reducing EU health policy to the absolut minimum post 2020 is still on its making. Despite the worrying signs,… » read more

  Posted by Zoltán Massay-Kosubek

blogactiv, EU news & updates, European Integration, Health & Consumers, Public Health

Health is a Big Thing!

June 7, 2017

Genval, 6th June 2017. – The European Integration is at crossroads, the EU is suffering from many crises, its legitimacy is questioned by populist forces and in order to respond to that what is the best idea President Juncker and his team could come up with? Bingo! Scrap the tiny health programme to alienate even… » read more

  Posted by Zoltán Massay-Kosubek

blogactiv, Civil Society (NGOs), European Integration, Health & Consumers, medicines, Public Health

‘Let’s Stop Budapest!’ – for Hungary, but by Hungarians

April 18, 2017

Genval, 14th April 2017 – Harassment of independent and critical NGOs, attempt to close the Central European University, mass anti-European campaign called ‘Let’s stop Brussels!’, violating Human Rights of Asylum seekers and antigypsyism resulting segregated education are the recent scandals in Hungary. If you look at them one-by-one and together, they can be considered as… » read more

  Posted by Zoltán Massay-Kosubek

blogactiv, Civil Society (NGOs), EU news & updates, European citizens, European Integration, Hungary, Roma

Brexit, Article 50 and the Unknown Unknowns

March 30, 2017

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 Zoltán Massay-Kosubek

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

#FactOfTheDay: Mogherini to the EU’s ministers of foreign affairs and defence: More convincing support from the EU is needed as the situation in the Western Balkans remains tense.

March 7, 2017

The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini took an official Balkan tour last week from 1 to 4 March. Her visit comes at a difficult time when ethnic and political rising tensions are undermining the process of European integration. Nevertheless, the EU can’t stop at 27. The… » read more

  Posted by EU-Logos

blogactiv, European Integration, Western Balkans

From reaction to action – Europe’s asylum and migration policy at the crossroad

June 19, 2015

This is a guest blog post by Olaf Böhnke, head of the Berlin office of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), and Darius Reinhardt, a Berlin-based researcher who focuses on EU affairs and the Middle East. Reports about the innumerable numbers of drowned refugees in the Mediterranean Sea have become a permanent part of our… » read more

asylum, Dublin-System, Economic Partnership Agreements, EU borders, EU Priorities 2020, EU-Affairs, European Integration, European Neighbourhood Policy, European Security Strategy, Foreign Affairs, Frontex, Fundamental Rights, Mare Nostrum, refugees, Triton

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Europe should be more German … and Germany a bit less.

June 26, 2012

As Angela Merkel comes under increasing pressure to soften Germany’s obsession with austerity in the eurozone, Ms Merkel stubbornly stands firm. The debate on austerity vs. growth seems far from over. Meanwhile Europe is on the brink of catastrophe. More world and European leaders stress now that cutting public expenditure too fast and too far… » read more

EU integration, EU Priorities 2020, Euro Crisis, European Integration

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