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Desperately Seeking Europeans

The Franco-German motor needs a serious revision, failing which Europe will not get out of the crisis. Such is the call issued by four Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) of the Liberal and Democrat Group (ALDE). Images matter in politics, and so does content. Helmut Kohl and François (…)

jeudi 23 septembre 2010

International Security : the EU brings real added value

Catherine Soullie is the French MEP for the constituency of Massif Central-Auvergne-Limousin, member of the European People’s Party and regional councillor for the region Centre. At the European Parliament, she sits in particular in the Committee on security and defence, the Committee on (…)

mardi 21 septembre 2010

The Passive Poisoning of the Romani People

A side victim of the 1999 confrontations, the Romani population in North Kosovo is currently suffering one of the greatest sanitary and humanitarian disasters on the planet, says the WHO. Before the war, about 8000 Roma lived in a quarter of the periphery of Mitrovica called “Roma Mahalla”. (…)

lundi 23 août 2010

Gypsies, Travellers, Roma : the Black Sheep of Europe

Many different names to actually talk about the same people. The difference between them ? They live in various countries, from one end of the Old Continent to the other. The Roma, who arrived in Europe in the 16th century, speak the Romani language, which is close to Sanskrit and still used (…)

samedi 21 août 2010

Translated by Sarah Todd

Articles de cet auteur (4)

Desperately Seeking Europeans

International Security : the EU brings real added value

The Passive Poisoning of the Romani People

Gypsies, Travellers, Roma : the Black Sheep of Europe