by Harald Greib 25/01/2003 We always talked about it and often: this cooperation between two countries that had overcome their so-called hereditary antagonisms after three wars in less than a century, a cooperation that had made it possible to begin the path towards a peaceful, prosperous and united Europe. France ...

by Marie-Hélène Caillol 07/01/2003   A new entity requires new tools to be run properly and languages are a key-aspect in 21st-Europe success or failure. Indeed languages (at the crossroads of cultures and politics) are at the heart of the basic requirement of the European construction : creating unity while maintaining ...

  The Hague (Townhall), November 22, 2002 22/11/2002   Organised in partnership with the City of The hague Seminar’s executive summary Concept The need for closing the gap between the EU institutions and the European citizens, the changing nature of European societies moving towards a “network society”, the enlargement of ...

Executive summary Seminar Eurorings 2 (The Hague, November 22, 2002) 22/11/2002 A new geography for the European institutions by 2020 The Court of Justice in The Hague, the Central Bank in Frankfurt, the Commission in Paris! The Parliament and the Council in Brussels or in London? The second Eurorings seminar ...

by Franck Biancheri 12/11/2002   Recently, the European Commission has been celebrating its 1 million ERASMUS students. Romano Prodi has personally reverberated the event in an article underlining the programme’s success and launching some orientations for the future. Being among those who made it possible for the ERASMUS programme to ...

by Franck Biancheri 10/10/2002   I. Some methodological and operational advises to succeed in Copenhagen The following recommendations, in the line of the ’three scenarios for Enlargement’ published by Europe 2020 in November 2001 and of the “Europe 2020 vision” project, launched in June 2002, are based on the intention ...

  October 2002 – July 2003 03/10/2002   Bringing democracy to new frontiers in size and diversity A series of 100 debate-conferences on the future of Europe Organised by Newropeans and Europe 2020 Thanks to the support of Hippocrène Foundation, ACCOR Group and Bernard Rossmann Held in 100 towns from ...

Paris (Centre Kléber), May 16, 2002 16/05/2002     Organised with the support of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Seminar’s executive summary Concept This seminar takes place as part of the series of the EU / Governance 2020 Anticipation Seminars which were initiated in 1999 (organized within the EU) ...

  May 9 – 23, 2002 03/05/2002   The first Trans-European online election First European Student Council elected and democratic 82,000 European students elect their representatives by Internet An event organized by Europe 2020 and Newropeans   Thanks to the support of the Hippocrène Foundation, the Robert Schuman Foundation, Andersen, ...

by Fred Lafeber 17/04/2002 Introduction ‘Enlargement presents an historic opportunity and an unprecedented political and economic challenge for the ever-evolving institutions of the European Union’. This statement by Gunter Verheugen ‘EU commissioner for enlargement’ is not yet shared by all people in Europe. Only 1 out of 5 EU-citizens believes ...