The internal difficulties of the member-states in continuing the European constitutional project were detailed in GEAB Nr1. This month, LEAP/E2020 undertakes to analyse the converging capacity on this subject of the various institutional players. It was indeed one of the three requirements defined in this field. {{Within the EU Council}}, ...

{The internal difficulties of the member-states in continuing the European constitutional project were detailed in [GEAB Nr1->http://www.europe2020.org/en/section_institutions/121206.htm]. This month, LEAP/E2020 undertakes to analyse the converging capacity on this subject of the various institutional players. It was indeed one of the three requirements defined in this field.} Within the {{EU Council}}, ...

In this beginning of 2006, the project of constitutional treaty is still at the centre of most EU discussions. Does this mean that the process of ratification is being rejuvenated or is it the sign of a profound deadlock in which the EU institutions and political leaders are stuck? What ...

{Russia needs for the Council of Europe’s strategic vision, a clear enterprising line on the Council of Europe (CE) transformation into an effective tool for its external and internal policies, a complex program for the participation in this authoritative international organization’s activity. For the time being, Russia obviously has the ...

{Russia needs for the Council of Europe’s strategic vision, a clear enterprising line on the Council of Europe (CE) transformation into an effective tool for its external and internal policies, a complex program for the participation in this authoritative international organization’s activity. For the time being, Russia obviously has the ...

{ {{{The trial of Orhan Pamuk had barely started in Istanbul, Turkey, on 16 December 2005, when the presiding judge adjourned the proceedings until 7 February 2006.}}} } Few are the media-savvy and news-conscious Europeans across much of the Union who will not have heard of Orhan Pamuk. An internationally ...

There are two ways in French to talk about suburbs: “la banlieue” and “en banlieue.” Say you live in “la banlieue,” and everybody knows it is in a public housing project. Say you live “en banlieue,” and it is likely to be outside Paris, for instance Neuilly, like the Minister ...

organized in partnership with {{The National Investment Council}} {{{Concept}}} In March 2004 in Warsaw (Foksal Palace) in partnership with the Diplomatic Academy of the Polish Foreign Ministry, Europe 2020 organised a seminar on the future Common EU Policy towards Russia as part of the GlobalEurope 2020 series of anticipation seminars ...

{{Abstract}} This contribution will provide a short analysis of the concept of “path dependence” and its relevance for understanding the European Union (EU). It is assumed that apart from the official (documented) objectives which are supposed to put Europe on a specific track of peace, prosperity, multilateralism, human rights, democracy ...

All Program may be seen in hindsight as that marking the beginnings of the end of one era ushering in a paradigm shift of hurricane proportions, though concrete visibility of this shift will not be immediately perceived. It is therefore of concern to raise awareness of the impacts of Emerging ...