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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

blogactiv, Communications, EU Citizens & Media, EU Priorities 2020, EurActiv.com, Future EU, Innovation & Enterprise, International relations, Media Freedom

Seeking best practices: online communities & public communications

June 1, 2015

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

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Applying advanced language technologies to EU democracy

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

blogactiv, EU Priorities and Opinion

European Citizens’ Initiative: Failure or success?

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

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The Challenges of the Single Market

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

blogactiv, EU institutions, EU Priorities 2020, UK in Europe

Old Elite in a New World

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

blogactiv, English, Enlargement, Enlargement & Neighbours, Global Europe

Participation mechanisms beyond European Citizens’ initiative

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 […]

EU Citizens and Media, European Citizens' Initiative

Initiative citoyenne européenne (ICE) : la Commission ne donne pas suite à l’initiative « ONE OF US »

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 […]

European Citizens' Initiative, French

Rights, water and the EU

March 22, 2014

Today, March 22, 2014, is World Water Day. This worldwide event has been observed by all UN member states since 1993 when the United Nations first introduced it. The event aims on promoting social awareness on water issues such as access to clean and safe water and the promotion of sustainable aquatic habitats. This week, […]

Development Policy, English, European Citizens' Initiative, Sustainable Dev.

Referendum populaire français: relance Initiative Citoyenne Européenne?

October 5, 2013

François Hollande est-il vraiment dans la même Union Européenne que moi? Quasiment aucun article de presse n’a mis sa relance française, louable, dans le contexte des Initiatives Citoyennes Européennes (ICE) (A part quelques ONG). Pourtant…

EU Citizens and Media, European Citizens' Initiative, French, Member States

Androulla Vassiliou à Paris, un avant-goût de la semaine européenne du sport

September 20, 2013

Les 26 et 27 novembre derniers à l’occasion d’une réunion du Conseil de l’UE, les ministres en charge du sport ont adopté un projet de semaine européenne du sport en Europe en 2015. Avec la semaine “sentez-vous sport” organisée du 14 au 22 septembre, le Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français (CNOSF) s’inscrit dans la […]

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Les évènements sportifs d’importance majeure pourront être diffusés exclusivement sur des chaines publiques

July 18, 2013

Selon une directive européenne sur l’exercice d’activités de radiodiffusion télévisuelle[1], les États membres peuvent interdire la retransmission sur des chaines payantes d’évènements à l’importance majeure pour permettre leur libre diffusion sur des chaines publiques. La Belgique et le Royaume-Uni ont placé dans leur liste d’évènements la Coupe du Monde de football et l’Euro permettant leur […]

European Citizens' Initiative, French, Languages & Culture, Sport

Publication sur l’éthique du sport sous la direction de Bernard Andrieu

July 9, 2013

Les valeurs véhiculées par le sport telles que le respect de l’adversaire, le fair-play et le self-control font partie d’un code d’éthique à respecter. Pourtant, le débordement des règles et des valeurs du sport est constaté avec des phénomènes de tricherie, de dopage ou d’insultes. Pour autant le sport possède, par ses valeurs, un potentiel […]

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