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Candidates for Commission President 2019 (Spitzenkandidaten)

September 4, 2018

Prior to the 2014 European Parliament elections I examined all the runners and riders for President of the European Commission and other EU top jobs (2014 posts on President of the Commission: EPP, PES, Others | President of the European Council | High Rep for EU Foreign Policy). Now, with 9 months to go until… » read more

  Posted by Jon Worth Euroblog

Alexis Tsipras, blogactiv, Enda Kenny, EU Politics, federica mogherini, Frans Timmermans, Guy Verhofstadt, Martin Schulz

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Veto al bilancio e regole europee

September 3, 2018

Il bilancio europeo ha attratto l’attenzione dei media a seguito di dichiarazioni di importanti esponenti del governo italiano che, in diverse forme hanno indicato la volontà di mettere il veto sul bilancio europeo. Mi sembra utile chiarire cosa questo significa rispetto alle regole europee. La definizione ‘bilancio europeo’ viene usata genericamente per indicare sia il… » read more

  Posted by European pratictioner and researcher

blogactiv, EU Budget, EU Priorities 2020

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A glimmer of hope for the transatlantic relationship

August 27, 2018

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas recently authored an op-ed calling for a rebalanced transatlantic relationship between Europe and the United States. The op-ed was a remarkable departure from conventional doctrine for a high-level German diplomat, who openly questioned America’s role in the world and sees the EU as an alternative defender of liberal values and… » read more

  Posted by europainmundo

blogactiv, Future EU, Global Europe

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EU Closed Evidence by Stealth: Testing the Limits of Access to Justice and European Judicial Cooperation by Vigjilenca Abazi & Christina Eckes

August 21, 2018

More than a ‘Procedural’ Revision The European Union for the past few years has faced significant crises of political and economic nature. It has to deal for the first time in its 60-year history with a Member State wanting to exit from the Union; with hostility by and even trade wars with what used to… » read more

  Posted by ACELG

blogactiv, transparency

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Balkans occidentaux-Union européenne: Entre cohésion interne et stabilité extérieure

July 30, 2018

Article publié par la Fondation Robert Schuman : https://bit.ly/2K0zQbD Les Balkans occidentaux[2] « présentent des symptômes évidents de captation de l’Etat, dont les liens avec la criminalité organisée et une corruption à tous les niveaux du gouvernement et de l’administration, ainsi que l’important enchevêtrement d’intérêts publics et privés ». C’est en ces termes crus que… » read more

  Posted by EU-Logos

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Single-use plastics: the political calendar cannot exclusively define long-term environmental ambition

July 25, 2018

Author: Vicky Marissen A task force of ‘common sense’ On 10 July, the report of the Task Force on Subsidiarity, Proportionality and ‘Doing Less More Efficiently’ was published. Set up at the end of 2017, the taskforce’s objective was to make recommendations on how better to apply the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, identify policy… » read more

  Posted by Daniel Gueguen

Agriculture & Food, blogactiv, industry, InfoSociety, lobbying, Sustainable Dev.

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Yemen: the worst humanitarian crisis in the world amid war, famine and cholera – The European Union’s support

July 23, 2018

On the 25th of June 2018, the European Union (EU) Foreign Affair Council took place in Luxembourg. One of the main issues addressed by the Council concerned the humanitarian crisis in Yemen that has been going on since 2015. Following the outbreak of the civil war between the central power and the Houthis, and the… » read more

  Posted by EU-Logos

blogactiv, UN, War

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The Crime Of The Century

July 20, 2018

For more than one year your author has been avidly following the regular news and gossip updates from the United States regarding the Mueller investigation. It is one of the reasons why this blog has been so quiet – the news I am most interested in appears to have little EU relevance. Then this weekend… » read more

  Posted by FinancialGuy Writes!

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Fighting corruption by touch, or why Ukraine still does not have an Anticorruption Strategy for 2018-2020

July 16, 2018

The main priorities of the state anticorruption policy in Ukraine should be defined in a special regulatory act – the Anticorruption Strategy. This is an important document for combating corruption in Ukraine, as it defines the main priorities of the state anticorruption policy for a certain period and is the only basis for the elaboration… » read more

  Posted by Ukrainian Think Tanks Liaison Office in Brussels

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Ireland becomes first country in the World to divest from Fossil Fuels

July 13, 2018

In a groundbreaking bill approved by Irish parliament on Thursday 12th of July, the Irish government is set to completely divest its Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) from companies with shares in the fossil fuel industry. The move makes the Irish government the first government in the world to divest from fossil fuels. The Fossil… » read more

  Posted by Arthur Wyns - environmental journalist

blogactiv, Climate & Environment, Energy, EurActiv.com, Euro & Finance

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#FactOfTheDay : Like a bull in China shop, Trump at the NATO summit

July 12, 2018

Even those who did not expect much of the NATO summit currently held in Brussels may end up disappointed. At the last minute, Jens Soltenberg, the secretary-general of the organization announced the holding of a last-minute meeting, following Trump’s last declaration about NATO’s budget. Almost caricatural, the American president keep putting the topic on the… » read more

  Posted by EU-Logos

blogactiv, brussels, Crimea

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Dear Theresa May

July 10, 2018

Dear Theresa May, I feel compelled to write, expressing a desire and hope that the United Kingdom can change course from the current political disaster that is Brexit. My hope is not, surprisingly, that Brexit should be stopped. With such important issues at stake, the current state of negotiations between your government and the EU… » read more

  Posted by FinancialGuy Writes!

blogactiv, EU Priorities and Opinion, EU Treaty & Institutions, UK in Europe

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EP finally commits to stronger involvement in follow-up to succesful European Citizens’ Initiative

July 9, 2018

European Parliament votes to start interinstitutional negotiations on the revision of the European Citizens’ Initiative, but simultaneously commits to holding plenary debates on successful ECIs. On 5 July 2018, the European Parliament voted to start institutional negotiations on the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) on the basis of the legislative report adopted by the Parliament’s Constitutional… » read more

  Posted by The Guest Blog

blogactiv, democracy, EU Citizens & Media

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EU’s leverage on the state of human rights in Morocco

July 3, 2018

Guest blog post by Mauricio Ruiz, Freelance Journalist “Morocco has made significant progress in promoting democracy and the respect of human rights,” said Willy Fautré, Director and Co-founder of Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF), on Tuesday June 26th, at the European Parliament. “There are nonetheless a number of issues that still need to be addressed,… » read more

  Posted by The Guest Blog

blogactiv, Fundamental Rights

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