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• The Future of Europe

  A tale of Europe in 2020

  

  3 May 2013 – Just like the 1930s, this crisis will have a long-lasting impact on Europeans’ lives. Just like for a war, our generation has no choice but to confront hardship. Just like any major historical event, it can reveal mankind’s brightest and darkest (...) by Artus Galiay | 3 comments

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  Should we fear the exit of a European Union Member State?

  

  26 March 2013 – In this period of major evolutions within the European Union and particularly within the Euro zone with an always bigger integration, the question arises, in parallel, by David Cameron to redefine the links of the United Kingdom with the (...) by Matthias Touillon, translated by Sarah Declercq | 9 comments

• The Future of Europe

  Europeans need a project to identify to Europe

  

  8 December 2012 – As Eurobarometers and other survey shows, European citizen do not feel a sense of belonging to a broad European community. The political construction and European identity are closely intertwined and influence each other. The ambiguity about the (...) by Chloé Fabre

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  The Face of European Democracy

  

  4 December 2012 – It is incredibly difficult to tell what the real face of democracy is. In the course of history, many thought that they knew it well, that they could see it in front of them and that they could identify it among many others. However, its (...) by Federica Martiny, Translated by Marion Denis | 2 comments

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  ECI: bringing citizens closer to the EU

  

  2 April 2012 – From yesterday, 1st of April 2012, European citizens have more rights and a stronger voice in Europe. Finally the regulation on the “European citizens initiative” (ECI), the new tool of direct democracy provided by the Lisbon treaty, has entered in force. One million Europeans with their signatures can ask the European commission to start a legislative procedure on all topics within its competences. Democracy, economic integration, environment, social rights, sustainable development are (…) by JEF-Europe | 1 comment

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  Future options for European defense

  

  20 January 2012 – By monopolising the attention of European governments and institutions, the Euro crisis is once again overshadowing an equally pressing issue: that of military cooperation amongst member states. Thirteen years into the Saint-Malo summit, in (...) by Francesco Molica | 1 comment

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  Simon Hix on Democracy in Europe and a brief Comment

  

  10 November 2011 – Why do the losers of decision making processes accept the outcome as legitimate in a democracy? Does this also apply for decisions made on the European level? And what does that reveal about the real or perceived democratic deficit within EU decision making processes? Starting out from those questions, Simon Hix gave a brief presentation of his most recent research findings on Democracy in the European Parliament and the EU in general at the Dahrendorf Symposium 2011. by Vincent Venus | 4 comments

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  Which should be the first federalist European Citizens’ Initiative?

  23 March 2011 – For the first time in history of mankind, Citizens are legally enabled to propose legislation to a supranational body. European Citizens can seize this opportunity from 1 April 2012, the first day of registrations for European Citizen (...) by Philippe Adriaenssens | 1 comment

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  Pan-European political parties: a weak step towards a more democratic EU

  

  28 February 2011 – As the European Parliament is preparing to re-open the debate about Political Parties at European Level (PPEL), there are still some critical points to clarify. Is the creation of a transnational party system the best path towards a more (...) by Fernando Remiro Elía | 3 comments

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  eDemocracy, eParticipation, ECI?

  

  9 January 2011 – Everything has its time. Especially, once ideas should be made reality and linked closely within society. For more than 60 years, JEF has been working for the inclusion and participation of all Europeans in a federal Europe and for more than 20 (...) by Inga Wachsmann, translated by Lina Ohltmann

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