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September 18, 2010
V strategiji moramo opredeliti globalne izzive in probleme, ki jih bo Slovenija reševala z aktivnim članstvom v EU in NATU.
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Common Foreign and Security Policy, English, Foreign Policy, Globalisation, Slovak, Slovenia |
June 30, 2009
This was first published as part of Growth and jobs: reshaping the EU’s ‘Lisbon Strategy’ by EurActiv.com on Tuesday 23rd June. Besides the economic recession, EU officials have already identified a number of underlying challenges and opportunities that will shape the future Lisbon Agenda after 2010: Globalisation: The rapid emergence of new economic powers implies a… » read more
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Demographic Change, English, Globalisation, ICT Revolution, lisbon treaty |
May 23, 2008
Eight years after the start of the new millennium, we live in a new world. Unfortunately this is not the world 60s futurologist Herman Kahn presented in his famous “The Year 2000″ but a world very much along the lines of the Club of Rome “Limits to Growth” scenarios which were ridiculed by the cornucopian… » read more
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European Commission, Globalisation, Sustainability, Sustainable Development |
April 24, 2008
The economies of Central and South America offer huge opportunities for European business. But Carlo Secchi doubts whether the EU is doing enough to develop its relationship with the region SPRING 2008 By 2050 Brazil and Mexico will be among the world’s six leading economies. Does the European Union care? Perhaps, but almost certainly not… » read more
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Carlo Secchi, Finance & Business, Globalisation, international, Latin America, Trade |
The EU system shoots itself in the foot when it levels trade defence measures against low-cost competitors, warns Henrik Isakson of the Swedish National Board of Trade. SPRING 2008 The bottom line is that the EU really should not, under the guise of countering unfair trade, restrict competitors from exploiting natural comparative advantages just because… » read more
Social Europe can deal with the challenges posed by globalisation according to a new report written for a European Commission conference on 16 April. But the report fails to mention most of the social impacts of climate change, the looming energy crunch (including high energy and food prices and their social consequences) or growing water… » read more
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Energy and Climate Change, global governance, Globalisation, Sustainability, Sustainable Development |
February 28, 2008
It helps to understand the differences in European values and attitudes by thinking in geographical terms, what I call the ‘Macro-Divides’. There are at least three: the Island-Continent Divide, the East-West Divide and, for want of a better description, the ‘South-North Incline’. The Island-Continent Divide is the most obvious, especially on the British/Irish side! There… » read more
It helps to understand the differences in European values and attitudes by thinking in geographical terms, what I call the ‘Macro-Divides’. There are at least three: the Island-Continent Divide, the East-West Divide and, for want of a better description, the ‘South-North Incline’. The Island-Continent Divide is the most obvious, especially on the British/Irish side! There… » read more
January 13, 2008
While many Eurocrats and consumer goods marketers would like to believe that the Single Market is indeed single, the reality on the ground looks very different. Going from north to south in Western Europe we pass from one consumer zone to another. In beds, it’s from singles to doubles. In cooking, it’s from butter/margarine to… » read more
December 12, 2007
As John Doe scooped here a couple of days ago, the heads of state and government will be signing a Globalisation Declaration’ at the end of this week along with the Reform Treaty. This chimes with the report released by the Commission today, as reported on EurActiv.com (my emphases): EurActiv.com – Commission hails EU reform… » read more
December 10, 2007
The EU is determined to ensure that globalisation is a source of opportunity rather than a threat, a declaration to be signed at the end of the week by heads of state and government states. Read the document here (500 kB pdf): eu-declaration-on-globalisation.pdf The two-page document explaining what the Lisbon Reform Treaty – and at… » read more
