The New Federalist

Do European women have their own money and room yet?

The article explores the issue of gender equality, looks at what the EU is and/or should be doing on the subject of gender balance and just why is it that the Nordic model is a young girl’s best friend, combined with the role of social partners and NGOs in ensuring a gender equal society. (...)

Sunday 9 March 2008

International Women’s Day

When talking to (male) friends about International Women’s Day, celebrated every year on March 8th, I had long been used to receiving a plethora of understanding looks which meant little more than an acknowledgement of their utter lack of interest in the day which makes every female soul (...)

Saturday 8 March 2008

Europe really can... give the People of Belarus a Voice! It’s time to react!

On the night of the 18th - 19th March 2008, the Young European Federalists (JEF Europe) will take to the streets in protest against Lukashenko’s Belarus regime. For the third conservative year, JEF Europe activists across the continent and the world will gag statues - symbolically preventing (...)

Friday 7 March 2008

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

A European government for the ecological revolution

The European Commission has approved a package called “Climate Action: Energy for a Changing World”, a set of proposals on emission of greenhouse gases, energy and climate change. The objectives that need to be implemented by the Member States are very ambitious as well as the spending necessary (...)

Sunday 2 March 2008

Turkey and the European Union

Turkey’s European vocation has long been a cause for debate within the EU, especially since the election of the moderate Islamist Abdullah Gül as President of the Turkish Republic. The question of Turkish integration is, however, not new. Turkey requested to join the EEC in 1959, and in 1963 (...)

Thursday 28 February 2008

A common immigration policy is a necessity. Why?

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 (...)

Monday 25 February 2008

Serbia and Kosovo together in the EU, but… in which EU?

On 17th February 2008, a new state was born in the European continent. This birth, however, was not celebrated by all, causing deep splits within the United Nations and the European Union. “In this critical moment in the Balkan region, JEF Europe invites the youth of Belgrade and Pristina to (...)

Saturday 23 February 2008

Independence of Kosovo and the European Union

The Assembly of Kosovo on Sunday, 17 February 2008, declared independence of the province situated in the south of Serbia with a population of more than 90% ethnic Albanians out of its 2,2 million inhabitants. Let us take a critical look at the role of the European Union. “From now on, Kosovo (...)

Thursday 21 February 2008

Defending Hell on Earth: EU troops deploy in Chad

Thousands of refugees and humanitarian aid workers will look forward to the long overdue deployment of a European Union (EU) force to the harsh grasslands of Chad and Central African Republic (CAR) where they are currently housed. The eastern Chadian town of Abeché recently saw the arrival of (...)

Monday 18 February 2008

When the Americans believe to control Europe…

The Slovenian newspaper Dnevnik raised a scoop: the USA addressed a document to Slovenia who currently chairs the Council of the European Union… to give it instructions on how it should manage the European Union during the first six months of 2008. We thus give a red card to the American (...)

Saturday 16 February 2008

Why Europe’s Economy Needs More Integration

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 (...)

Wednesday 13 February 2008
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