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 ...

by Harald Greib 26/09/2002 For some months now, the Interior Ministers of the Member States of the European Union have been discussing, at their formal or informal meetings, the measures to be taken to combat illegal immigration, immigration that abuses, in most cases, national asylum systems in order to qualify ...

by Tim Rogmans 27/06/2002 The decision by the Bush administration to impose tariffs on steel imports from various countries is certainly a violation of WTO rules. Legally, the safeguard mechanism that the US invokes is only allowed under WTO rules if there has been a recent surge in imports. In ...

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 ...

by Ralf Teschner 15/04/2002   Secondary European capitals like Brussels, Strasbourg and Luxemburg are inappropriate to represent the EU as a strong, confident and forward-looking global player that it so desperately wants to be. They appear remote from the citizens and breed incestuous behaviour. Moving the Council, Commission, Parliament and ...

Atlanta (Georgia Tech), April 12, 2002 12/04/2002 Organised by the le EU Center of the University System of Georgia in collaboration with Europe 2020 Topic The theme for this year’s event is an exploration of the security dimension in the transatlantic context. Security is defined broadly to include topics ranging ...

a scenario drawn up by Franck Biancheri for Europe 2020 in November 1998 25/03/2002   «Forecasting is a difficult art, especially when it comes to the future» (Pierre Dac) «Thinking about the future only makes sense if it is aimed at improving one’s thinking about the present and about the ...

by Adrian Taylor 22/03/2002 “Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent Alliances, with any portion of the foreign world” George Washington, September 19th 1796 [1] “The stunning and unexpectedly rapid success of the military campaign in Afghanistan was a tribute to American capacity, but it has perhaps reinforced some ...

by Europe 2020 15/01/2002   Scénario A (currently, the official scenario) : The bureaucratic Temptation – Integration in 2004 Agenda: Basing the process of enlargement on the same model as the Euro, this very bureaucratic approach relies on the past experiences of European integration, of legal and administrative up-grading, with ...

by Franck Biancheri 19/10/2001   The unability of the European system to find sustainable ways towards the future, as well as the scattered aspect of the political contributions of the European leaders, show it : the EU has reached a limit. Illegitimate child of the European Community and of the ...