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March 20, 2015
By Katie Davey Dalsgaard, Brussels Liaison Officer, VSO. In New York on Monday last week President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf from Liberia addressed a high profile gathering of women about the prospects of achieving gender equality saying, “We still have a long way to go……It is a time to recalibrate the global agenda.” For almost 60 years,… » read more
March 15, 2015
Why does Julian Jappert (director of Sport and Citizenship) support this campaign? Sport and Citizenship is the first European “think tank” in the field of sport. It offers a forum for new thinking and lobbying which aims at putting forward the core values of sport in society, in the realm of politics, economics and… » read more
March 1, 2015
Like many other successful companies, we have quite an international team at Europa Media. Certainly, most are Hungarian, but there are also employees from Germany, Italy, Turkey and Ukraine. Diversity at Europa Media An international environment at the company yields obvious cultural benefits such as swapping language knowledge, exchanging traditions and customs and frequently tasting… » read more
February 22, 2015
The talented French writer, dedicated revolutionary and wise politician André Malraux wrote in his memoires that Charles de Gaulle was France’s “alibi for courage”. According to Malraux, De Gaulle’s actions saved France not once, but twice. The first time, by organizing the resistance against the Nazis during the WWII and, the second time, by defusing… » read more
February 16, 2015
“Kosovo, alles Scheiße. Serbien, auch Scheiße. Deutschland, das ist gut. Da kann man arbeiten, fünf Euro die Stunde, egal ob schwarz oder nicht, es ist besser.” (Rexhep Kurteshi) The greatest exodus from Kosovo since the 1998-99 war has started. More than 15 years after NATO bombing Kosovo is witnessing a dramatic surge in the number… » read more
February 8, 2015
AEGEE-Europe has always been advocating for the right of free movement in Europe. With a strong belief in a unified, diverse and borderless Europe, AEGEE has been among the first Pan-European associations promoting Youth Mobility as the core action to empower students and young people in Europe to take an active role in society. Thus,… » read more
February 3, 2015
Suite aux demandes réitérées de la société civile et du Parlement européen, le Forum consultatif sur les Droits fondamentaux a été lancé en 2011, officiellement opérationnel dès 2013, dans le cadre de la Stratégie Frontex pour les droits fondamentaux, ayant pour objectif de contribuer à améliorer la protection des droits fondamentaux aux frontières extérieures de… » read more
Greek elections were not about the end of austerity and debt-write off. This was just an election narrative that captured the hearts of the Greek electorate and, surprisingly, dazzled large majority of the pundits, commentators and economists in Europe. As good as it gets As financial analysts are explaining, countries like Italy, Spain, and Portugal… » read more
January 22, 2015
By Filip Kovacevic It is not only geography that is destiny as Napoleon claimed. The historical tradition of a given community has a role to play as well. And so, just like two and a half thousand years ago, Greece is once again in the position to revolutionize Europe.
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English, EU Citizens and Media, Member States, Social Europe & Jobs |
January 21, 2015
By Dimitris Rapidis Mario Draghi announced his intention to implement the so-called “quantitative easing”, adopting a similar decision of the US Fed to calm down pressures over the bonds market. Two ways this could develop…
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English, EU Priorities 2020, Member States, Social Europe & Jobs |
January 19, 2015
On September 26, 2014, BBC News published a story titled, “Islamic State crisis: ‘3,000 European jihadists join fight.’” Many more reports appeared in Western media outlets at the time, asking why ISIS was so appealing to young Western Europeans. Did these young men and women leave for the Middle East because they had suddenly developed… » read more
Self-employment hasn’t managed to successfully lure away a great share of the unemployed population for only somewhere around 14percent of European workers choose this job option. The figures vary however, as you head further into Eastern Europe, whose workforce have possibly been spurred on by dire poverty and war-ravaged locales to go out and make… » read more
January 8, 2015
The major topic / concern of EU, international and domestic media towards parliamentary elections in Greece is -again- whether the country will stay in or leave Eurozone. Actually it is an artificial dilemma as front opposition SYRIZA, leading the polls, never claimed against the fate of the country in the monetary Union. Therefore, it is… » read more
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English, EU Priorities 2020, Euro & Finance, Member States, Social Europe & Jobs |
December 16, 2014
By Florian Pantazi The numerous geopolitical tensions in 2014 in Ukraine, Syria or Iraq could not obscure the fact that the most worrying problems in the world today are economic, and not geopolitical, in nature.
December 14, 2014
On 17 November, a conference on “EU Energy Policy and Competitiveness” took place at the European Commission´s headquarters in Brussels. This conference, central to the analysis of the EU Energy Union was aimed at redesigning the EU’s energy policy to foster European competitiveness. Indeed, out of Juncker´s €300bn investment package to revive European economies, €21bn… » read more
December 11, 2014
Guest blogpost by Jana Hainsworth, Eurochild Secretary General. A mother from Bulgaria addressed Members of the European Parliament on 10th December to share her experience of the pressure put on parents to abandon children with disabilities into institutions. By bringing this testimony, the Opening Doors for Europe’s Children campaign hopes to illustrate everything that is… » read more
Following David Cameron’s speech on immigration, much has been made of his comments that the package of measures he proposed to reform EU free movement would require treaty change. In some cases, the speech was ambiguous about what exactly was being proposed. For example, did Cameron really say EU migrants will need a job offer… » read more
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Communications, English, EU Priorities 2020, Social Europe & Jobs, UK in Europe |
December 9, 2014
By Jallow Momodou (ENAR) People of African descent and Black Europeans are the most invisible ‘visible’ minority on the European political agenda despite an estimated 7 million living in Europe.
December 8, 2014
Die Bilanz der Griechenland-Hilfe seitens der Troika aus EU, IWF und EZB ist niederschmetternd: neben gestiegenen Steuern, gesenkten Sozialausgaben, Massenentlassungen und Lohnkürzungen stehen da ein Einbruch der Volkswirtschaft um 25 Prozent, eine auf 177 Prozent (des BIP) gestiegene und nie zurückzahlbare Staatsverschuldung, eine 26-prozentige Arbeitslosenrate, die unter den Jungen gar noch das Doppelte ausmacht, und… » read more
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English, EU Elections 2014, Euro & Finance, German, Social Europe & Jobs |
December 4, 2014
Head of PR Chris Rogers highlights a new Joseph Roundtree Foundation report suggesting increasing levels of poverty amongst young people. To read Chris’ article, please click here. The Whitehouse Consultancy is one of Europe’s leading public affairs and communications agencies.
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