by régis Jamin 18/04/2005 On 12 October 2004, the European Commission, after several years of work and following a tedious call for tenders, finally signed a contract with Eurid, formalizing its status as the “EU” registry. Would European identification on the Internet, known as’.EU’, finally be available to European companies ...
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For a new governance of the European aid: Towards a greater efficiency of the cooperation to community development
by Carlos Santiso 16/03/2005 Abstract The necessary overhaul of European foreign aid is a core dimension of the reform of European governance. Yet, the Constitutional Convention on the Future of the European Union has hardly addressed it, while de facto choices appear to have been made. This study argues ...
Read More »December 17th 2004: the day the European Council lost the EU people’s confidence?
by Franck Biancheri 01/12/2004 All around the EU, and in particular in countries where referenda on the EU Constitution will take place, the question of possible Turkey’s accession to the EU has become, by far, the prominent topic of people’s discussions when it comes to EU’s future. And, if ...
Read More »“Europe or death”: The impact of the EU’s Eastern Enlargement on the future of Europe
by Kilian Strauss 30/01/2004 “Enlargement and the constitution are two sides of the same coin” (G. Schröder) The year 2004 announces itself as the year of Europe par excellence. It will see EU enlargement (in May), elections to the European Parliament (in June), a new Commission (in September) ...
Read More »Bringing Europeans to the Moon
by Franck Biancheri 01/12/2003 Year 2003, with recent tragedy of US space shuttle Columbia and with very likely launch of a manned spacecraft by China, is definitely closing an era of space conquest and opening a completely new one. The finishing era is the era of USA/Russia complete ...
Read More »21st century economy : Too much short term kills the long term
by Henri de Courtivron 23/06/2003 Our economy is currently particularly dull and very few are those who can see any prospect of improvement in the near future. One of the reasons possibly explaining this situation is perhaps an unbalanced mix between all the numerous parameters to be taken into account ...
Read More »EU Democratisation – Which political message in Laeken and how to make it heard?
Executive summary Seminar EU-Governance 2020 (Paris, October 5, 2001) 05/10/2001 ANALYSES During this 6th Europe 2020 Anticipation Seminar which took place on October 5th, 2001 at the International Conference Centre of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the theme : « Which message in Laeken and how to ...
Read More »Seminar EU-Governance 2020 / The conditions of succes of a public debate on Europe’s future orientations
Paris (Kléber Centre), April 6, 2006 06/04/2001 Organised with the collaboration of the French Ministry of European Affairs and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Seminar’s executive summary Programme 8.30 – Participants registration 9.00 – Opening 9.30 – THEME 1: What kind of debate does the public opinions ...
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