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No one seems to be too happy about the results of the Spitzenkandidaten-procedure: Domestic governments feel a sense of loss of power; Juncker only reluctantly accepted his new position; older EU idealists like Neil Kinnock see a threat to the Commission’s equidistance and independence. What about the 1989 generation? For us the Spitzenkandidaten-procedure doesn’t go… » read more
Posted by 1989 Generation Initiative
October 12, 2015
Do people really want to have a conversation with brands, or their government? [Note: At last, a chance to bury the lede in a blog post. I started this post during my 2012-13 blogging hiatus, never finished it and then forgot clean about it. For reasons that will become clear, I’ve just rediscovered it… » read more
Posted by Mathew Lowry
“Why don’t we just build our community on Facebook?”. Some thoughts after a month playing with Knowledge Hub. [Notes: Reposted from Knowledge Hub – see disclaimer, below. Join me this Thursday in a Hangout-on-Air with Ezri Carlebach and Charlelie Jourdan on the ‘Rapido’ conference technique, visual communications and whatever else strikes our fancy] A short… » read more
Posted by Mathew Lowry
September 3, 2015
After the summer break parents often dread La Rentrée (the first day of school). In parallel there’s also the political Rentrée, which has to do with the social urgencies at EU and global level. The pressure to find answers and solutions to the migration flows have risen with the increasing number of migrants and humanitarian… » read more
Posted by Conny Reuter on Social Justice
August 24, 2015
Although it is difficult to define a “European sport model”, given the specificities of each country, there are nevertheless certain common characteristics. The pyramid structure, where the top (elite and professional sport) and the base (grassroots sport) work together, is the most striking feature. However, several European studies[1] and the current political and economic… » read more
Posted by Sport et Citoyenneté
My EuropCom 2015 workshop on online communities is taking shape. According to the EuropCom2015 site it’ll be held after lunch on Day 1, and will cover: Convening and managing an online community is an extremely effective way of achieving communications goals, but will probably fail if viewed primarily as a communications project. We will explore… » read more
Posted by Mathew Lowry
June 12, 2015
Is it really eleven years ago that Cyprus became a member of the EU, during the largest-ever round of enlargement? I have a fairly vivid recollection of 2004, a turning point in Cyprus political history. The referendum rejection of the UN reunification (Annan) plan by the Greek Cypriots had as result the complete isolation of… » read more
Posted by Stavros Papagianneas
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blogactiv, Communications, EU Citizens & Media, EU Priorities 2020, EurActiv.com, Future EU, Innovation & Enterprise, International relations, Media Freedom |
I need three speakers for a EuropCom2015 workshop to share their thoughts on convening and managing communities in the context of public communications and policymaking. The following throwaway remark on Linkedin landed me with the task of setting up a workshop at EuropCom 2015: “I’d suggest combining “Setting-up and managing online communities” and “The power… » read more
Posted by Mathew Lowry
April 28, 2015
An array of sophisticated language technologies could help ideas flow across EU borders, link national conversations together and support the EU Online Public Sphere – the demos the EU needs. But BloggingPortal is unlikely to feature them. Years ago I realised that a couple of innovative technologies (semantic analysis, machine translation, coupled with faceted &… » read more
Posted by Mathew Lowry
April 27, 2015
The European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) is an innovative measure which entered into force three years ago. It was foreseen in the EU treaty and is described as an instrument of participatory democracy. The ECI allows European citizens to influence EU legislation and offers a link to political decision-making. Taken at face value this should go… » read more
Posted by Mose Apelblat
Caricature by Pascal Hansens Language Title English Angela and Alexis, stop playing with our future!Open letter to two and all European leaders Français (English) Angela et Alexis, cessez de jouer avec notre avenir!Lettre ouverte aux dirigeants allemands et grecs, ainsi qu’à tous les dirigeants européens Ελληνικά (Greek) Άνγκελα και Αλέξη, σταματήστε να παίζετε με το… » read more
Posted by European Federalist Party
April 2, 2015
The European Union is a symbol of positive economic growth, and has been so for many decades now. The two oil crises of the seventies had put on considerable pressure on the continent to devise an increase in growth, so post-1993 there has been more movement for Europeans, goods, services, payments and capital, and… » read more
Posted by The European Politics Blog
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blogactiv, EU institutions, EU Priorities 2020, UK in Europe |
April 1, 2015
As Kader Sevinç said in her paper for Euractiv , one of the main challenges for our generation is to better conduct the transition toward a transnational world in order to be able to providing solutions in accordance with our expectations and values. EU has difficulties to find solutions, and should deal with institutional and… » read more
Posted by Kader Sevinc - Smart Democracy & Smart Citizenship
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blogactiv, English, Enlargement, Enlargement & Neighbours, Global Europe |
November 27, 2014
Despite a common misconception, the European Citizens’ Initiative is not the alpha and omega of EU citizens’ engagement in EU decision-making. There is a variety of other mechanisms that allow EU citizens to influence EU agenda. For example, an average civic society organisation would hardly ever opt in favour of a logistically as challenging high-cost […]
June 4, 2014
C’est la deuxième initiative à avoir abouti à ce jour après celle concernant « l’eau droit fondamental ».Cette décision est intervenue juste au lendemain des élections. La Commission a tenu à justifier et expliquer sa décision dans un long document et dans un communiqué de presse détaillé (cf.infra « pour en savoir plus ») La […]
