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The parties have their Commission President candidates. TV channels, it’s over to you: 15th May debate on prime time TV please.

Jon Worth, ’blogger, writer, speaker, trainer’, encourages TV channels to display the 15th May Debate between candidates for President of the European Commission - which was not the case for the 28th April debate - putting forward the democratic duty of the media. I write this blog entry as a (…)

Friday 2 May 2014

Die Debatte zur Europawahl gehört ins Hauptprogramm!

Die Parteien haben Präsidentschaftskandidaten für die Europäische Kommission aufgestellt. Jetzt sind die Fernsehanstalten gefragt: Sie müssen die Debatte am 15. Mai im Hauptprogrammen ausstrahlen! In mehreren europäischen Ländern gibt es dazu nun eine Petition.

Sunday 27 April 2014

It’s time for One President of the EU

“Who do I call if I want to call Europe?” is Henry Kissinger’s famous question. It’s high time for an answer, and the institutional changes in the EU that will be introduced from 2009 when the Treaty of Lisbon is ratified allow that to happen – only not quite in the way the media has been (…)

Wednesday 5 March 2008

La Commission que tout fédéraliste devrait vouloir

Depuis l’époque où Jacques Delors était à la tête d’une Commission forte, l’exécutif européen est loin d’avoir fait preuve de dynamisme. Au fil des élargissements de l’UE, le nombre de commissaires a suivi cette tendance à la hausse. Nous nous trouvons aujourd’hui dans une situation plutôt (…)

Friday 15 June 2007

The Commission
any federalist should want

Since the days of Delors leading a strong Commission, the EU’s executive has been far from vibrant. As the EU has enlarged, so too has the number of Commissioners. Today we have the somewhat absurd situation with Commission portfolios as miniscule as multilingualism. This clearly has to change. (…)

Friday 13 April 2007

Qu’est ce que l’«Europe sociale»?

A la lumière des «non» français et néerlandais à la Constitution européenne, la demande d’une «Europe sociale» s’est encore renforcée. Mais que signifie exactement ce terme ? Et, concrètement, comment y parvenir ? Telles étaient les questions présentes à mon esprit lors d’une intervention (…)

Saturday 2 September 2006

What is a ’Social Europe’?

In light of the French and Dutch no votes on the European Constitution, calls for a ?Social Europe’ became ever stronger. Yet what does this term actually mean? And how might a ?Social Europe’ actually be achieved? These were the questions I had in mind when addressing the recent JEF-Europe / (…)

Tuesday 22 August 2006

The threat from the skies, the threat from within?

The UK woke once more on Thursday 10th August to terrorist threats dominating the everyday news, this time a supposed plot to use liquid explosives in hand luggage to blow up planes en route between London and destinations in the USA. With the 7th July 2005 bombings still fresh in every London (…)

Saturday 12 August 2006

Vers une recomposition politique au Parlement européen ?

L’une des caractéristiques essentielles d’une vraie communauté politique européenne, d’une vraie fédération, serait le développement d’une vraie vie politique européenne, avec des partis se présentant aux élections européennes sur des programmes identiques dans toute l’Union. Bientôt, de (…)

Monday 24 July 2006

L’Ue blogga?

Se avete usato internet anche solo qualche volta negli ultimi anni con molta probabilità vi siete imbattuti nei blog. Ci sono più di 41 milioni di blog e una buona parte di loro sono in Europa. Un blog è in sintesi un sito web personale, un diario, spesso aperto ai commenti e alle analisi dei (…)

Tuesday 11 July 2006

Do eu blog?

If you’ve used the internet sometime over the last year the chances are you will have come across blogs and blogging. There are more than 41 million blogs in existence, and a considerable proportion of those are in Europe. A blog is essentially a personal website, a journal or diary, often (…)

Friday 23 June 2006

Dick Marty and the Council of Europe Report

The Council of Europe report into the rendition flights across Europe was released on Tuesday last week. The press across Europe was filled with details of the claims that were made by author of the report, Dick Marty, that Europe was complicit in deportation of suspects to locations where they (…)

Tuesday 13 June 2006

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