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  • The European Union in the World: Sketches from the Future

    Wednesday 13 August 2008 by  Daniel Fiott , 0 comment
    ‘I promised change and that’s what we’ve got. Hope and change…’ bellowed President Obama. No-one could doubt this. The complete withdrawal of US troops from Iraq in the space of just fourteen months had been a major political coup for the ‘Peoples President’. ‘…America has broken free from the (...) Continue

  • Regions : Accidents of History, Building Blocks of the Future

    Gaza as starting point for a trans-State region in the Middle East

    Monday 21 July 2008 by  René Wadlow , 0 comment
    Regionalization is one of the most significant trends in contemporary world politics. Therefore, it is important to explore in depth the origins, dynamics, and future prospects of the process of regionalization. Regionalization represents a reshuffle of the power and decision-making from the (...) Continue

  • Will Democracy Survive in the Globalisation Era?

    Saturday 19 July 2008 by  Lucio Levi , 0 comment italiano
    Democratic peace theory holds that democracies do not wage war against one another. Two false consequences are drawn from this theory. The first is that the spread of democracy to every state would in itself be sufficient to achieve universal peace. The second is that spreading democracy should (...) Continue

  • Integration: Europe Succeeds, Africa Fails. But why?

    Friday 4 July 2008 by  Andrew D. Bishop , 0 comment français
    It is often said that Africa is a lost continent from which little other than oil and diamonds should be expected. In particular, commentators are prompt to point to Africa’s enduring political and economic failures. But rarely do these commentators take the time to understand and explain the (...) Continue

  • Israeli-Hamas Truce: A New Deal

    Monday 30 June 2008 by  René Wadlow , 0 comment
    The truce between the Israeli government and the Hamas-led authorities of the Gaza strip began on Thursday morning 19 June 2008. The truce was mediated by Egypt and holds the possibility for new relationships if strong follow-up measures are taken quickly. There are many in Israel, in Gaza, (...) Continue

  • On the agenda: energy dialogue between the EU and producer countries

    Sunday 22 June 2008 by  Tina Fistravec , 0 comment
    Due to the fact that EU imports around 40 % of oil from OPEC countries, it is understandable that the EU searches for a structured dialogue that would work to the advantage of its security of supply and transparency of the markets. This dialogue was agreed in 2004, with the first meeting taking (...) Continue

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News items

  • 18 March – 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
  • 1 January – 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.
  • December 2007 – Key climate summit opens in Bali
    Governments at a key UN climate summit will discuss how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions after the current Kyoto Protocol targets expire in 2012.
    Read more about it here.

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