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  • A European Energy policy of small steps?

    Thursday 27 March 2008 by  Camille Lepinay , 0 comment français
    On 24 March 2006, the European Council approved the idea of an “energy policy for Europe”, proposed by the Commission. Two years later, how far has this policy come? An assessment of the policy on the occasion of the last European Council on 13 and 14 March highlights mitigated results: although (...) Continue

  • A common immigration policy is a necessity. Why?

    Monday 25 February 2008 by  Sauvons l’Europe , 0 comment français
    Simply because the free movement of persons in the European Union is guaranteed to the migrants, which reside legally within one of the member states. Therefore, any policy concerning immigration led by a country can, and does have, consequences for all the member states. A common immigration (...) Continue

  • Why Europe's Economy Needs More Integration

    Wednesday 13 February 2008 by  Frode Dal Fjeldavli , 0 comment
    Europe’s economy needs more integration. For more than 50 years the integration of European economies has stimulated economic growth and delivered a level of prosperity that no other part of the world can match. Economic integration has been a tool to create a lasting peace amongst the countries (...) Continue

  • Gearing Up for the EURO&hellip; <br>the Maltese Way!

    Friday 28 December 2007 by  Josephine Borg , 0 comment
    “Are you FAIR?” This has been one of the most heard expressions on the islands for the past months. FAIR is a pun on words - if you look it up in the dictionary it means equitable or impartial treatment; a fair or equal chance; justice. For the shops in Malta however it has meant, for the past (...) Continue

  • For a Financial Independence of the European Union

    Inquiry of EurActiv France on the next French EU Presidency

    Wednesday 7 November 2007 by  les Jeunes Européens France, Translated by Peter Matjašič , 0 comment français - italiano
    The ceiling on the budget of the European Union at 1.24 % of the GDP of Member States does not allow the implementation of policies that meet the expectations of citizens: the creation of a European foreign and defence policy, investments in research… This is explained by the total (...) Continue

  • The Independence of the European Central Bank

    Wednesday 15 August 2007 by  Pietro De Matteis , 2 comments italiano - français
    One of the results of the Treaty of Maastricht was the creation of the European Monetary Institute (EMI) chaired by Wim Duisenberg. In 1998 when the third stage of the Economic and Monetary Union began, the EMI was replaced by the European Central Bank (ECB) whose primary objective, according (...) 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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