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The EU between aspiration and reality in the Gulf of Aden

Thursday 18 December 2008, by jr

In order to fight pirate activity in the Gulf of Aden the EU is about to launch “operation Atalanta” on December 8th, which provides the forces with a “robust mandate” to secure merchant and other vessels off the coast of Somalia. The ESDP mandate focuses on solving the piracy problem on the sea, (...) Continue
Thursday 9 October 2008, by JEF-Europe

The Young European Federalists (JEF Europe) are deeply concerned by the incapacity of European governments to propose a coordinated and firm response to the global financial crisis. The current financial crisis, sparked in the United States, represents another economic challenge for the (...) Continue
Friday 3 October 2008, by Guillaume Amigues, Translated by Elena Montani français

In spite of their recent electoral win, the Austrian Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) was not celebrating its victory whole-heartedly on September 28th given the surprising election success of the right-wing parties. The federal elections indeed gave rise to a strong vote of sanction against the (...) Continue
Scottish Nationalists win by-election and give Brown another headache.

Monday 18 August 2008, by Toni Giugliano français

On July 24, the Scottish National Party (SNP) has pulled off a historic by election victory in Glasgow East – the Labour heartland - leaving Gordon Brown and the Labour Party in complete disarray. The third safest Labour seat in Scotland and one of the safest in Britain has said NO to Brown’s (...) Continue
Friday 1 August 2008, by René Wadlow

Radovan Karadzic is a psychiatrist; his wife Ljiljan Zelem-Karadzic is a psychiatrist; their daughter Sonja is a psychiatrist. Had Yugoslavia continued united, Karadzic probably would have headed a private clinic for wealthy neurotics to whom he would have read his poems in the evening. Or he (...) Continue
Tuesday 29 July 2008, by Michela Costa italiano

On the 14th of July the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) filed an application accusing Omar Hassan Ahmad al Bashir - current president of Sudan – of being criminally responsible for ordering a campaign of genocide directed against the Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa (...) Continue

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December 2008 – Happy Birthday Eurobarometer !
During 2 days, high profile speakers had the opportunity to exchange with various representatives of the civil society, of students… about the evolution and the usage of the Eurobarometer surveys. Speakers like Margot Wallström, Jean Pierre Jouyet, Claes de Vreese, Enrique Baron Crespo, Jacques Santer, had intensive exchanges on the Friday and on the Saturday the “youth” had the chance to “take the floor”. I had the opportunity to represent JEF in these exchanges with some students from sciences-po and also other speakers. It was a very nice exchange of views and the opportunity to speak about what youth expects from the EU. I introduced the JEF manifesto which got a positive welcome and we also talked a lot about the programme Europe at school and the necessity to better inform and teach young people about European issues. You can find more information about the programme of the conference and soon its results on the => webpage <=.
March 2008 – European youth against the Belarus dictatorship!
On the night of 18th-19th of March 2008 JEF (Young European Federalists) will organise a co-ordinated pan-European action in different cities across the continent to show support to the suppressed civil society and opposition movement in Belarus. JOIN US!
Belarus Action 2008
January 2008 – EURO of 15
Today Cyprus and Malta have given up their respective national currencies to adopt the Euro thus enlarging the Eurozone to 15 members.
Read more about it here.
December 2007 – ALL THE BEST IN 2008!
Dear readers! I would like to thank you all for keeping up with our online magazine, browsing through our articles and getting involved in the forum debates. For the coming year I wish you many happy and memorable moments and hope to see you back on our site soon. Yours, Peter Matjašič, Editor-in-Chief of thenewfederalist.eu
December 2007 – Schengen Enlargment - Europe United!
The EU’s borderless zone expanded to nine new member countries - Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, which all joined the EU back in May 2004 - at midnight on Friday (21 December) in its biggest enlargement so far. Land and sea border checks between them and the other Schengen countries are now abolished, while air borders are set to follow on 30 March 2008.
Read more about it here.
December 2007 – I want my EU flag back!
JEF-Europe organises a pan-European action today in more than 50 cities across Europe demaning our flag back to remind the European leaders, who are due to sign the Lisbon/Reform Treaty today in Brussels, of the missing EU symbols in the new treaty.
Read more about it here.