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December 7, 2018
Women’s fight for suffrage started early in the 20th century in Ottoman Empire – then ruled by a monarchy – but they faced many other challenges after the country switched to a parliamentary system as they failed to have suffrage added to the new constitution in 1924. Before Atatürk´s reforms, it is known that, peasant… » read more
Posted by BBurak
Opinions about Brexit can be divided into two broad groups: those that I will call ideology-based and those that are evidence-based. The dominant opinion in the first group is the question of sovereignty. It was a significant factor in the 2016 referendum and continues to motivate many of those favouring Brexit. It can be countered… » read more
Posted by Peter Bye
By: Jeroen Willemsen, Youth Development Working Group Graphic: Public Relations Committee of AEGEE-Europe We volunteer because it makes a difference. To celebrate the work of volunteers around the globe, the United Nations General Assembly mandated the International Volunteer Day (IVD) to be held each year on the 5th of December. A day on which we… » read more
Posted by Key to Europe
In the period since the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, Member States have more and more often and more and more passionately challenged the Union’s exercise of external relations powers conferred to it under the Lisbon Treaty. In the words of Advocate-General Kokott in her Opinion in the Antarctica cases legal actions are… » read more
Posted by ACELG
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blogactiv, Case law, Climate & Environment, Global Europe, Member States |
Introduction Case C-244/17 – Commission v Council (PCA with Kazakhstan) is one of the most recent cases in the long list of external relations cases and Opinions decided by the Court (in most cases in its Grand Chamber composition) since the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty (beginning with Dai-Ichi Sankyo, Case C –… » read more
Posted by ACELG
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blogactiv, Case law, Climate & Environment, Global Europe, Member States |
It is time for both EU and Ukraine to reshape their long-term relations, especially in the context of the heated debate about the future of the EU and its neighbourhood policy towards Balkans, Turkey and Great Britain. The jubilee 20th Ukraine-EU Summit provided a good basis for Kyiv to raise the issues of long-term cooperation… » read more
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blogactiv, Enlargement, EurActiv.com, Europe's East, Global Europe |
“Trident Juncture sends a clear message, to our nations and to any potential adversary: NATO does not seek confrontation, but we stand ready to defend all Allies against any threat […]Today, all our forces and equipment are in place – from the largest ship, to the smallest drone. Moving troops and equipment across borders on… » read more
Posted by EU-Logos
European Council President Donald Tusk stated last week that the European Union will extend its existing economic sanctions on Russia this month. This decision is to be taken at a summit of EU leaders on Dec. 13-14. The EU measures against Russia’s defense, energy and banking sectors should become another “punishment” for Moscow’s role in… » read more
Posted by News from the Baltic States
Le mot du Président « En réalité nous sommes tous climatosceptiques ! » Cette boutade de Clive Hamilton, philosophe et professeur d’éthique, fait réfléchir autant qu’elle inquiète, gravement. L’auteur de « Requiem pour l’espèce humaine » veut simplement nous faire comprendre que nous avons du mal à accepter la réalité dans sa globalité : celle… » read more
Posted by EU-Logos
How can we tackle irregular migration flows into Europe? This is a question that has been puzzling the minds of European politicians and citizens over the past few years, especially after the refugee crisis of 2015 caused by the ravaging war in Syria. Many have argued that the influx of asylum seekers has triggered fear… » read more
Posted by Fragmented Collisions
Il est rare qu’un éditorialiste débute son texte en demandant aux lecteurs de lire d’abord les articles situés en pages intérieures. C’est le cas ici ! Les articles publiés en pages 2 et 3 de la présente Comitology Newsletter sont éclairants de l’impasse bureaucratique où s’enferme l’Union. Manipuler la frontière entre actes délégués et actes… » read more
Posted by Daniel Gueguen
It does not happen so often that an editorialist begins his piece by requesting readers, first of all, to read the articles on the following pages. Such is the case here! The articles published on pages 2 and 3 of this Newsletter are very illuminating in exposing the bureaucratic impasse the EU finds itself in.… » read more
Posted by Daniel Gueguen
November 29, 2018
Guest blog post by Danilo D’Elia, Senior Policy Manager, & Ana-Isabel Llacayo, Policy Manager at the European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO). With the upcoming European Parliament elections, the call for a set of strong measures to raise the cyber resilience is becoming the central point of discussions in the European Union (EU) capitals. To have… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
Guest blog post by Patrick Gibbels, Secretary General of the European Small Business Alliance (ESBA) and Managing Director of Gibbels Public Affairs. The European Commission is proposing a tax on the revenues of digital services. The tax is supposed to hit global tech giants, but the cost will be borne by small businesses and consumers.… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
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blogactiv, Innovation & Enterprise, Innovation and Growth, taxation |
Si le mois de la cybersécurité s’est achevé le 31 octobre 2018, les problématiques liées au numérique continuent d’être au cœur de l’actualité européenne. C’est notamment le cas de la problématique liée à la taxation des géants du numérique, dont les figures emblématiques sont les GAFA[M] (Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft). Afin de comprendre l’engouement… » read more
Posted by EU-Logos
