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Galileo : Broadening Europe’s boundaries

On 25 July, the European Union successfully launched four satellites from French Guiana. That was one of the last steps before the completion of the Galileo program, scheduled for 2020. This system, created to compete with the American GPS system, presently provides positioning and time measuring services to about 400 million users. Its goal is to make Europe independent from the USA in the fields of technology and digital advancement.

jeudi 16 août 2018

Madeleina Kay, héroïne anti-Brexit : « On ne sait pas apprécier ce que l’on a jusqu’à ce qu’on le perde »

Depuis plus de deux décennies, Schwarzkopf-Stiftung octroie le prix Young European of the Year à un européen engagé dans la promotion de l’unité en Europe. Cette année, le prix a été attribué à Madeleina Kay, l’activiste pro-européenne de Sheffield, au Royaume-Uni.

samedi 7 avril 2018

Google sentenced : the struggle between the European Commission and web giants

On 27 June 2017, the European Commission sentenced Google to a fine of 2.42 billion euros. The message sent by Margrethe Vestager, Commissioner for Competition, is clear : the Commission will not allow American companies to derogate from the rules of the European market, no matter how powerful (…)

mercredi 17 janvier 2018

Do European monarchies still have any purpose ?

Even if the European Union is based on unity, the political structures that it is made out of come in all sizes and shapes. Republics are dominating the European political scene, but seven out of its twenty-eight Member States are monarchies. This minority is intriguing : what kind of legitimacy (…)

mercredi 3 janvier 2018

Poland : reasons behind Beata Szydlo’s resignation and the appointment of a new Prime Minister

On Thursday 7 December 2017, the Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo gave her resignation to the political committee of PiS (Law and Justice). Mateusz Morawiecki, the Minister of Finance, will take her place. This is a dramatic turn of events in Poland. The current Prime Minister, Beata (…)

mercredi 20 décembre 2017

European Space Agency : Europe among the stars

The European Space Agency (ESA) has been very active these last years and has known a series of success and discoveries that let it catch up with its Russian and American counterparts. Let us delve into the sector that Europe might soon be the leader of. « Ground control to Major Tom... » (…)

jeudi 14 décembre 2017