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Time to iron out the EU budget differences – with a green shirt!

November 22, 2012

The EU budget summit, the much-anticipated showdown featuring Europe’s 27 member states, the European Parliament, the European Commission and European Council president Herman van Rompuy over how much EU funding – and for what – is to be spent in the 2014-20 budgetary period, is now on. And all the talk is of what exactly […]

Climate & Environment, EU Priorities 2020, Europe's East, Regional Policy, Social Europe & Jobs

Interview with Mr. George Ayfantis, Ambassador and Diplomatic Advisor to SYRIZA-USF

November 20, 2012

Mr. George Ayfantis is a Greek Ambassador and Diplomatic Advisor to SYRIZA-USF. He is amongst the most reformative voices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, being realist and rational, while keeping his profile outside media. 1. In the midst of a devastating financial meltdown, what do you personally believe the answer of the European Union […]

English, Enlargement, EU Priorities 2020, Global Europe, Member States, Regional Policy, Social Europe & Jobs

EU -Haushaltsverhandlung

November 15, 2012

Wenn es in Europa ein Land gibt, das die EU-Haushaltsverhandlungen retten kann, dann ist es Deutschland. Es gehört ganz sicher nicht zum Kreis der “Freunde der Kohäsionspolitik”, hat jedoch zur europäischen Integration ein ganz anderes Verhältnis als die Briten oder Schweden. Wer erwartete, dass Ministerpräsident Tusk dank der Regierungskonsultationen die Unterstützung von Angela Merkel für […]

EU Priorities 2020, Euro & Finance, German, Regional Policy

Words off our forefathers

November 9, 2012

TweetOn April 18 1951, in Paris Konrad Adenauer (West Germany), Paul van Zeeland, Joseph Meurice (Belgium), Robert Schuman (France), Count Sforza (Italy), Joseph Bech (Luxembourg), Dirk Stikker and J. R. M. van den Brink (Netherlands) signed what Schuman called “the Great Charter of Europe”. It was the document that created the European Coal and Steel […]

English, Enlargement, EU Priorities 2020, Future EU, Member States, Regional Policy

The Federation – a family

November 6, 2012

TweetI’ve seen in the past weeks / months all sorts of reactions to the problems affecting Greece. I’ve seen people calling for moderation, others for clear cut measure, others with no opinion. \But the worst part was hearing some people talking about cutting Greece out of the euro zone, or even EU altogether. I talk a lot about […]

English, Future EU, Member States, Regional Policy

To get the best deal we must engage with our natural allies

November 2, 2012

By Paul Haydon Although the Commons vote on the EU budget isn’t binding, the Government is now under pressure to make demands that simply cannot be met. Calling for a real-terms cut in the EU budget would not only be unrealistic, but would undermine the government’s ability to negotiate effectively and reach a much-needed compromise […]

blogactiv, Regional Policy, Sustainable Dev., UK in Europe

EU budget update: Are Europe’s leaders serious about taking the green shirt off all of our backs?

October 23, 2012

With a key EU summit one month away, how do things currently stand with the tortuous, plate tectonic-esque EU budget 2014-2020 negotiations? posted on the Bankwatch blog by Greig Aitken, Bankwatch Mail editor These are negotiations, if you recall, that got underway in summer 2011 when the European Commission proposed that 20 percent of future […]

Climate & Environment, EU Priorities 2020, Euro & Finance, Regional Policy

The EU should stop creating new financial Instruments

October 18, 2012

EU political leaders love to create new financial instruments. The latest example of this inclination is the proposal by European Council President Van Rompuy to endow the euro-area with a “fiscal capacity”, meant to help its members soften “asymmetrical shocks” or offer them incentives to tackle painful socio-economic reforms like phasing out wage indexation, making […]

English, EU Priorities 2020, Euro & Finance, Future EU, Regional Policy

Un premio Nobel para la paz europeista

October 14, 2012

Es evidente que con la concesión del Premio Nobel de la Paz a la Unión Europea la polémica está servida. Nos hemos acostumbrado a mirar los acontecimientos con cultura digital, de forma on line, sin perspectiva histórica y con miopía de futuro. Si lo que la academia Nobel premia es la situación puntual que viven […]

blogactiv, Enlargement, EU Citizens and Media, Future EU, Member States, Regional Policy, Social Europe & Jobs, Spanish

We all won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2012!

October 12, 2012

Yesterday started with a long anticipated news, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has announced the Peace Nobel Prize for 2012. The Laureate was a great surprise for all the AEGEE members and all the Europeans, since the prize has been awarded to the European Union “for over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and […]

blogactiv, English, Enlargement, EU Citizens and Media, Future EU, Global Europe, Member States, Regional Policy, Social Europe & Jobs

Deutschland besucht Griechenland

October 9, 2012

Wir wissen nicht, ob Frau Merkel die Griechen mag. Ob sie gerne Tzatziki isst, den griechischen Knoblauchquark. Wir vermuten, dass sie griechischem Wein wenig zugetan ist, sie mag französischen, keinen harzigen Retsina. Es ist allerdings anzunehmen, dass der Bundeskanzlerin aus ihrer Moskauer Studentenzeit der Konsum von Hochprozentigem durchaus vertraut ist. Sie hätte sicher Verständnis für […]

EU Citizens and Media, Future EU, German, Languages & Culture, Member States, Regional Policy, Social Europe & Jobs