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« Wir brauchen einen dritten Weg für Europa »

Welchen Weg wählt Europa in die Zukunft ? Euroskeptiker befürworten die Rückkehr zum Nationalstaat, die amtierenden Regierungschefs wollen den Status quo bewahren. Pietro De Matteis, Präsident der European Federalist Party, plädiert mit der Vision eines neuen europäischen Gesellschaftsvertrags für einen dritten Weg. Sein Grußwort an die Jungen Europäischen Föderalisten lest ihr hier im Wortlaut.

vendredi 17 avril 2015

We need a “third way” for Europe !

“Nationalism is not a solution”, is Pietro De Matteis convinced. As president of the European Federalist Party he fights for the vision of a new European social contract and sends his greetings to all Young European Federalists. It took the worst crisis since the 1930s, five long years of (…)

lundi 19 janvier 2015

The “Post-Copenhagen Era” and Cancún : an opportunity for the EU and China

Today there is no agreement on what should replace the Kyoto Protocol (KP) expiring in 2012. What is certain, however, is that the framing of the new climate regime may create new scenarios involving new fora and strengthening certain international players. Since the Copenhagen Summit in 2009 (…)

lundi 29 novembre 2010

Can today’s EU stand a new wave of Enlargement ?

Following the ICJ ruling about the legality of Kosovo independence on July 22nd, Italy, Austria and Slovakia have argued that Serbia’s accession process should be accelerated to support pro European Serbian President Boris Tadic. On July 27th Iceland initiated its official negotiations, despite (…)

samedi 7 août 2010

Obama va manquer le sommet de l’UE : « Il y a de la confusion sur le sommet » selon les officiels américains

Une décision forte comme cella là était dans l’air en particulier à Washington. Les américains s’attendaient à une nouvelle UE après le traité de Lisbonne : plus cohérente, plus forte et plus compréhensible. Une Europe qui environ 8 ans après la convention de Laeken, qui ouvrit la voie vers une (…)

dimanche 14 février 2010

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

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 (…)

samedi 6 février 2010

The European Citizens’ Initiative : 1 million signatures to have our voice heard in Europe.

As some of you might be aware of currently there is a public consultation with regards to the European Citizens’ Initiative. This has been introduced by the Lisbon Treaty and allows 1 million citizens from the EU to present to the European Commission a request to propose legislation on a certain (…)

jeudi 31 décembre 2009

Two challenging choices for EU’s future : President Van Rompuy and HR Ashton

Many words have been written about the appointment procedure of the two new positions set up by the Lisbon treaty and on the possible candidates. What we have experienced on 19th November is once again a process carried out behind closed doors despite the fact that some Member States had (…)

samedi 21 novembre 2009

The President of the European Council

Following the debate on the new president of the European Commission, it is now everyday more pressing the competition behind closed doors for the future post of President of the European Council. Should the Lisbon treaty be ratified we will finally have some of the important institutional (…)

dimanche 1er novembre 2009

Il Presidente del Consiglio Europeo

Dopo il dibattito sul nuovo Presidente della Commissione, si fa sempre più fitta la competizione “behind closed doors” riguardo il/la futuro/a Presidente del Consiglio Europeo. Se il trattato di Lisbona verrà finalmente ratificato, avremo infatti alcune tra le modifiche istituzionali che da (…)

lundi 12 octobre 2009

L’indépendance de la Banque Centrale Européenne

L’une des résultats du traité de Maastricht fut la création de l’Institut Monétaire Européen (IME), présidé par Wim Duisenberg. En 1998, lorsque la troisième étape de l’Union Economique et Monétaire débuta, l’IME fut remplacé par la Banque Centrale Européenne (BCE), dont l’objectif principal (…)

jeudi 20 septembre 2007

L’indipendenza della Banca Centrale Europea

Uno dei risultati del Trattato di Maastricht fu la creazione dell’Istituto Monetario Europeo, presieduto da Wim Duisenberg, sostituito nel 1998, dalla Banca Centrale Europea. L’obiettivo principale, secondo quanto prevedono trattati, è mantenere la stabilità dei prezzi in seguito definita (…)

mardi 21 août 2007

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