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• Current Affairs

  High hopes for the first European Citizens’ Initiative

  

  Yesterday – Less than ten weeks remain before EU citizens will be able to register the very first European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI). From 1 April, citizens will be able to call on the European Commission to propose legislation on any issue where it has the (...) by Emily Hoquee

• Current Affairs

  EU summit: how the focus on austerity alone is fuelling youth unemployment

  

  Last Friday – Another summit has passed where the European leaders emphasized fiscal consolidation. Few lessons are drawn from the different austerity plans in place in the EU, even though the informal meeting raised awareness of the need to curb youth (...) by Mathias Maertens

• Current Affairs

  A Special Year for the European Union?

  

  2 February 2012 – Making predictions is not an easy task. The year 2011 revealed how ineffective our forecasts can be, especially if we take into consideration many unpredicted events that occurred (such as the nuclear accident in Fukushima, Arab uprisings and etc.). Nevertheless, it seems as if 2012 is going to be a challenging year for the European Union (at least on paper). Olympic Games In 2012 London will host the EU Olympic Games. Four years ago world media was focused on China and now it is switching (…) by Florent Banfi

• Current Affairs

  The medicine that may end up killing the patient

  

  31 January 2012 – A new international accord between the majority of the EU countries - a treaty on “Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union” - was born last night –Monday 30th January-. Presumably the bearers were 27 EU leaders but (...) by Joan Marc Simon

• Current Affairs

  JEF Croatia and JEF Europe set big expectations towards the referendum of accession of Croatia to the EU

  

  21 January 2012 – After over seven years of tieing the bond between Croatia and the European Union the citizens of Croatia have their final say on entering the EU. The Republic of Croatia officially embarked upon her european journey June 18 2004., just to (...) by Marko Boko, Pauline Gessant

• Current Affairs

  Neelie Kroes: Information is the new oil!

  

  4 January 2012 – Why is the European Commission interested in open data? Is data really « the new oil »? The most interesting thing for the European Commission is that so much can de done with so little when it comes to data. Opening up data that is already (...) by Laurent Nicolas

• Current Affairs

  Exclusive interview with Mr. Valéry Giscard d’Estaing : “it would be appalling to see Europeans leaving the euro area. That would be a disaster!”

  

  15 December 2011 – At the Meetings of Strasbourg organized by the Young European Federalists at the ENA, Mr. Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, President of the French Republic from 1974 to 1981, answered to our questions. According to Mr Giscard d’Estaing, the euro is the (...) by Jonathan Leveugle, Translated by Pierre-Alexandre Denoël

• Current Affairs

  Bulgaria and Romania - The winding road to Schengen

  

  2 November 2011 – On Thursday September the 13th 2011 at the EU Foreign ministers meeting, Finland and the Netherlands blocked Bulgaria and Romania’s entry into the passport-free Schengen travel area. Citing no tangible progress in the fight against organized (...) by Nelly Tsekova | 1 comment

• Current Affairs

  Eurosceptic Tories ?

  

  14 October 2011 – Informal meetings do not exist in politics. What are presented as informal are really alliances formulated in private corridors, away from the public… and party whips’ eyes. The latest of these ’informal meetings’ is a group of Conservative MPs who (...) by Morgan Griffith-David

• Current Affairs

  Nuclear energy in Europe: with or without you?

  

  7 October 2011 – We should eventually phase out of nuclear energy. The real question however is about how to optimize the production and consumption of energy in Europe, in order to reach a low-carbon economy. The answer is the Single European Market for Energy. (...) by Artus Galiay

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