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By Eberhard Rhein Between November 26th and December 7th the international community will again come together and discuss on what to do against climate change. Since its turbulent 2009 meeting in Copenhagen the international community has not achieved much worth mentioning. Above all, it has failed to define a global a strategy for containing the increase of global temperature within 2°C, its agreed objective.
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End of tax fraud
Posted by on 22nd May 2013
The Plenary Session in Strasbourg is being characterized by taxes, more precisely by the collection of taxes. It is estimated that the EU countries are losing approximately one trillion euro [...]
No Need for an Euro-zone Government à la Hollande
Posted by on 22nd May 2013
In an almost three hour long press conference May 16th, President Hollande has called for a Euro-zone government to overcome recession in the EU.
It should dispose of a separate budget [...]
Inflation in Germany is not an automatic remedy for the periphery’s economic woes
Posted by on 22nd May 2013
While having already addressed the argument which asserts a mechanical alleviation of the economic duress in the eurozone’s periphery by virtue of spontaneous or instigated rising inflation in the core, [...]
China, the United States, and Greece: The race of mirrors
Posted by on 22nd May 2013
The two major global powers have long accommodated their geopolitical interests in the international field. Actually they have never been enemies, but rather competitive to each other. Since the fall [...]
The Arab World should give priority to phasing out Subsidies on fossil Fuels
Posted by on 22nd May 2013
North Africa and the Arab peninsula are among the best insolated regions on earth. There are very few other areas with comparable duration and intensity of sunshine. If anywhere, it [...]
Under the Open Access Policy UNESCO Opens up its Publications Free of Charge
Posted by on 22nd May 2013
The United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) announced its digital publications will now be inclusive to the public and free of charge. This announcement is a result [...]
Towards a Lagom Society
Posted by on 21st May 2013
We have a wonderful word in Swedish, ’lagom.’ Its meaning, like all wonderful foreign words, gets lost in translation, coming out as something like ’sufficient’ or ’adequate’ in English. But [...]
The Czech Republic – my second home
Posted by on 21st May 2013
I have spent a few years as a child and then as an adult in the Czech Republic, so I feel that going back to Prague or any [...]
Breaking-Up with Brussels,is she really going to?
Posted by on 21st May 2013
Written by Saurav Raj Pant (member of IPWG). David Cameron’s announcement of holding a referendum by 2017 for deciding whether to stay in or move out of the EU if [...]
What is killing risk management research?
Posted by on 20th May 2013
The Risk-Monger’s Inbox overflows with invitations to next month’s Risk Summit in Dublin. The main reason he is giving this event a miss is that much risk research today has [...]
Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children…
Posted by on 20th May 2013
If a non-governmental organization releases a book on an educational topic, it means that it contains information that is not included in the school curriculum. This is happening frequently and [...]
Conservatives and Europe
Posted by on 20th May 2013
What on earth is going on inside the Conservative Party? Are the last years of the Major Government repeating themselves, with “Europe” once again tearing the Party to pieces and [...]
Citizens without a country
Posted by on 18th May 2013
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Thursday last I participated in a meeting held at the Romanian Senate, organised by the Romanian Association of European Federalists (AFER) on the European Citizenship, the European Year of citizens [...]
Fighting Homophobia is fighting for Europe
Posted by on 17th May 2013
Today AEGEE was invited by the Dutch Minister for Education, Culture and Science Jet Bussemaker for a conference that was part of a whole programme centered around IDAHO (International Day Against Homophobia and [...]
Will the European Institutions listen to the messages from EBS13?
Posted by on 17th May 2013
These are challenging times for Europe and for the manufacturing industry. “Unresolved public and private financial imbalances within the EMU and the subsequent decline in business confidence are now leading [...]
Sweden should follow the Baltic lead and join NATO
Posted by on 16th May 2013
Since the well-publicised mock attacks on Stockholm by Russian Tu22-M3 heavy bombers over Easter, and the subsequent lack of a Swedish military interception, the local media has returned to an [...]
A never-ending story of obsession
Posted by on 16th May 2013
Events over the last few days should not come as a surprise. Mr Cameron has for a while now been unable to impose his authority upon his party on the [...]
EU Privacy and the Cloud: Consent and Jurisdiction Under the Proposed Regulation
Posted by on 16th May 2013
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Cloud computing allows dramatic flexibility in information processing—and on a global basis. Its technology permits data transmissions that span the globe. Computing activities now shift from country-to-country depending on load [...]
What can Europe do for young people?
Posted by on 15th May 2013
In response to Wat kan Europa voor de jongeren doen? (translation: What can Europe do for young people?) by Bart Staes (Belgian MEP for Greens/EFA), published in Knack on May 9, 2013.
“Ask not [...]
The Commissioner will sue David Cameron for the way he treats the Poles
Posted by on 15th May 2013
You could say – this is a model operation with the use of national and European “forces and resources.” When David Cameron warned that he will be turning the bolt [...]
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