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• Current Affairs

  The Agenda for Change: changing the EU’s development policy

  

  9 May 2012 – Changes in the development policies of the European Union (EU) are currently being discussed. The discussion is based upon the Commission’s “Agenda for Change”, proposed in October 2011. At this moment, the European Parliament and the EU’s member (...) by Alain de Raymond

• Current Affairs

  What price solidarity?

  

  6 May 2012 – Lord Mandelson has called for a referendum to rationalise debate on Europe in the UK and for clear discussions on the future of federalism across the continent. The fiscal union he suggests is necessary for the development of the European Union (...) by Chris Wilford

• Current Affairs

  Brighton Declaration will lead to ‘substantial’ reforms to the ECHR

  

  20 April 2012 – Members of the Council of Europe unanimously voted in favour of reforming the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Thursday, at a conference in Brighton, UK. The conference, instigated by the UK chairmanship of the council, involved (...) by Emily Hoquee

• Current Affairs

  Separating ‘Islamism’ and ‘Islam’

  

  17 April 2012 – The assassination of seven people, including three children, by an Al-Qaeda terrorist in France is likely to change the debate on Islam in Europe. EU member states need to individually define how Islam fits with their society, repress Islamism (...) by Artus Galiay

• Current Affairs

  Unknown but trusted: the corrupt opportunists of Europe

  

  11 April 2012 – Who do you trust the most: the European Commission or your national government? You will most likely answer the former, according to the latest Eurobarometer results . This is remarkable, because you can probably tell more about your national (...) by Alain de Raymond

• Current Affairs

  20 Years After Sarajevo’s Siege: Peace Holds, but Conflict Continues

  

  9 April 2012 – Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina, marked on 6 April 20th anniversary of the beginning of its siege that lasted almost four years and during which 11,541 women, children and men were killed. However, 16 years since the end of the war, (...) by Andrea Petkovic

• Current Affairs

  Greece: Catharsis or a new act in the drama?

  

  1 April 2012 – In the last few days, the private bail-out by banks and institutional funds was welcomed as 85% of the debt was exchanged for long term debt covered by the EFSF system. If Greece is however to regain growth within the Eurozone framework, (...) by Mathias Maertens

• Current Affairs

  Syria: “Why have we been abandoned by the world?”

  

  6 March 2012 – This outcry for help from the citizens of Homs was recorded in the last piece by Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin. She died two weeks ago with French photographer Remi Ochlik and 21 Syrians after a ruthless attack on their makeshift press (...) by Mathias Maertens

• Current Affairs

  ACTA and the EU: Dangerous bedfellows?

  

  18 February 2012 – Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Europe and beyond last weekend to protest against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). Citizens in several cities including Vilnius, London, Sofia, Valetta and Tallinn rallied together (...) by Emily Hoquee

• Current Affairs

  Hey Zeus, you picked the wrong Europe

  

  14 February 2012 – After the positive vote for the second bailout in the Greek Parliament, Greek youngsters woke up and they are still in Eurozone. Greek lawmakers cheerfully maintained that they saved the country from a collapse and that took a responsible (...) by Sarantis Michalopoulos

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