Yesterday in Brussels, the launch conference of the Special Review “Euroland at a crossroads” (organised by LEAP with the support of the EIB and the Ceci n’est pas une crise Foundation) brought together about sixty representatives of civil society and political groups on the one hand, and of banks and ...
Read More »Is the Juncker Commission about to know a Bis repetita of the Santer scandal? by Mélanie Lavergne*
The European Union currently is experiencing an unprecedented existential crisis. Brexit, redefinition of the European project, collapse of the structuring transatlantic axis, parties of extremes in renewal of notoriety: They all undermine the Federalist Union imagined by the founding fathers. If all European Institutions are in the line of Eurosceptic ...
Read More »Selected pieces “Euroland at a crossroads” : Philippe Maystadt’s interview (Strengthening the Economic and Monetary Union)
Among the numerous and prestigious contributions of our Special Review “Euroland at a crossroads“, we have the honour of counting one of the last texts by Philippe Maystadt, former Belgian minister, who unfortunately passed away on December 7th last year, during the preparation of the Review. We have wished to ...
Read More »Special edition : Euroland at a crossroads
LEAP and Anticipolis have just released a Special Review entitled “Euroland at a crossroads” consisting of a compilation of complementary views on the theme of the reform of the eurozone, the purpose of which is to report on the vigor of the debate on this reform in order to encourage ...
Read More »Nation-States, Europe, Regions and …. Macro-Regions: The “Habsburg” are back (Christel Hahn)
On December 21, the Catalans re-elected their parliament, the majority of whose seats returned to the separatist lists (and not the majority of votes). Earlier this week, the Austrian government, on the basis of an idea defended by the FPÖ, relaunched the issue of South Tyrol by offering an Austrian ...
Read More »#CITIZENSROUTE – 1st E-Café debate: Looking at the Catalan crisis from a European angle – Online 6 Nov. 2017
The #CitizensRoute (A Franck Biancheri Network initiative) initiates its first e-Café debate! You are cordially invited to join us for an online public debate on Monday, November 6th at 18.00. The objective is to mobilise the organisational and political network of partners on burning issues, to create a dynamic debate around the #CitizensRoute ...
Read More »[PODCAST] Marie-Hélène Caillol and Giorgio Clarotti invited by Radio Lingvistika for an interview: European Citizenship, how?
Tuesday 3 October 2017 – Brussels: Marie-Hélène Caillol et Giorgio Clarotti were invited by Konrad Fuhrmann et Catherine Vieilledent-Monfort (European Commission) on Radio Lingvistika for an interview on the issue: “European citizenship, how?”. “Marie-Hélène Caillol and Giorgio Clarotti are alumni of the European Movement AEGEE (Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de ...
Read More »Comments on a proposed “Treaty for the Democratisation of the Eurozone” by Thomas Piketty and Friends (Christel Hahn)
Piketty’s “Pour un traité de démocratisation de l’Europe”, which is available in french since March, has just been released in german as „Für ein anderes Europa“ (for a different Europe). The subtitle of the german book clarifies, that the book presents a „Treaty for the Democratisation of the Eurozone“1, a very specific project, which ...
Read More »SAVE THE DATE ! The Franck Biancheri Network and iCAN invite you in Louvain-la-Neuve on July 1-2!
EU DEMOCRATISATION: A CITIZEN PROCESS Kick-off event “French Elections 2017- European Elections 2019: Two years to turn the EU towards its citizens” Louvain la Neuve (Belgium), July 1-2, 2017 # Subscribe now! Free and compulsory subscription! Register now: fill the form here ! # Read the complete presentation document of the ...
Read More »Franck Biancheri Network and the ICAN network: one more attempt to enforce positive (and democratic) change in European governance
On Januray 8th in Berlin, Marie-Hélène Caillol our President, took part in a small meeting which resulted in the launching of a new initiative: ICAN, where CAN stands for Change Agent Network. “Most Citizens of Europe do not want the EU to carry on with “business as usual” as its ...
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