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Monday 8 February 2010 by Miguel Castro Mendes, Clémentine Chaigneau, Translated by Elena Montani , 1 comment - français

In her statement in front of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton, said on 2 December 2009 that her mission would be possible only if she "were supported by a powerful new service, a service which will be envied from the rest of the world. This is why the construction of an external action service, that I will direct, will be my priority for the coming months “. We can (...) Continue

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Obama to skip the EU summit: “there is confusion over the summit” US officials say

Saturday 6 February 2010 by Pietro De Matteis , 0 comment

Such a strong decision was in the air especially in Washington. The US was expecting a new EU after the Lisbon treaty: more coherent, stronger and more comprehensible. An Europe that after about 8 years since the Laeken Convention, that started the path towards EU’s institutional reform, could (...) Continue
thenewfederalist.eu > Economic & Social Affairs

Thinking about the Crisis

Thursday 4 February 2010 by Simone Vannuccini , 0 comment

Thinking about the current crisis, which many called a once-in-a-lifetime-crisis, means thinking more broadly of the symbolic meaning of the concept of crisis, and therefore of the risks and opportunities it brings with it. Indeed, to quote Foucault, the idea of crisis represents the “perpetual (...) Continue
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Milestone role for the EU regarding the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Tuesday 2 February 2010 by Stijn Houben , 0 comment

The possible EU accession to the European Convention on Human Rights has widely attracted media attention: another important instrument of international law, however, is already on the way and might entail important consequences for the protection of human rights in Europe. By ratifying the (...) Continue
thenewfederalist.eu > The future of Europe

Europe needs a genuine plan for the future, not another ten-years‘ placebo

Sunday 31 January 2010 by Maja Augustyn , 0 comment

After its term has almost elapsed, the ambitious Lisbon Agenda has long stopped to raise eyebrows. Herman van Rompuy has declared that a follow-up strategy for the years 2010-2020 should become his first priority, but certainly he will have a hard task managing the formation of a more (...) Continue
thenewfederalist.eu > Opinions

The right to refuse to kill

Conscientious Objection in Europe

Friday 29 January 2010 by Giorgos Kosmopoulos , 0 comment

According to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (art. 18) and the United Nations Human Rights Committee (General Comment 22, Para. 11) a Conscientious Objector (CO) is an “individual [who has] claimed the right to refuse to perform military service" on the grounds of (...) Continue
thenewfederalist.eu > Economic & Social Affairs

2010: European Year for combating Poverty and Social Exclusion

Wednesday 27 January 2010 by Saorlaith Ni Bhroin , 0 comment

Last week EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities Vladimír Špidla at the opening conference of the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion defiantly declared ’Halte à la Pauvreté’! This decisive and welcomed step was unambiguous in nature and served as (...) Continue

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Eurozone Watch
2 February – European plans for macroprudential supervisison: Will it work?
The Federal Union blog
29 January – A failure of strategy in Iraq
Jon Worth Euroblog
November 2009 – A strange wave of anti-Communism in the EU’s corridors of power
Jan’s EUblog
October 2009 – Chasing Brussels podcast

EuroNews
8 February – Fonseka arrested for 'military offences'
Cafe Babel [en]
8 February – Relationships under the microscope in Budapest
EurActiv.com
8 February – English papers lead campaign to 'ditch the directive'
Telos-eu
July 2009 – Attempting the Impossible: constructing Life out of Digital Records

December 2009 – Wallström praises Le Taurillon!
Outgoing Commissioner Margot Wallström praises the work of former JEF-Europe President Jon Worth as blogger and our JEF webzine Le Taurillon!
Read about her thoughts after 5 years of blogging here
December 2009 – No more visa, no more barriers
Joint PR of JEF, LYMEC, FYEG, EFAy and YFJ on new visa rules

Young people of three Balkan countries (MK, MN and RS) can for the first time freely experience Europe!

If Maja from Belgrade wants to visit an art exhibition in Budapest, if Dejan from Skopje wants to book a low-cost flight for his New Year’s visit to Berlin or if Milica from Podgorica wants to attend a youth camp in Sweden, they can all finally do it from the 19th of December 2009 onwards freely, without a long, expensive and uncertain procedure of applying for a Schengen visa.
Read the full text of the Press Release here.
December 2009 – Less Talk and more Action for a World beyond Carbon
The Young European Federalists (JEF-Europe) welcome the UN Copenhagen talks on Climate Change, which were solemnly opened last week. Nonetheless, talks are not enough and JEF-Europe demands a bold, binding and long-term environmental deal because climate change is not only a global threat to human, economic and social rights but also risks to put at stake the stability of democratic regimes through conflict over scarce resources and mass migration.
Read the full text of the Press Release here.
December 2009 – Lisbon treaty enters into force
Tooday the Lisbon treaty enters into force. What does it bring and what do Young European federalists think about it? Click on the link below.
The Lisbon Treaty introduces new notes to a yet unfinished symphony

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