For the fourth consecutive month, accompanied by all the usual precautions, our team continues to believe that the crisis’ peak is now behind us. It’s clear that two photos taken five minutes before and five minutes after this peak can be identical. On the other hand the film isn’t comparable; ...
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Europe 2020 – Community or empire?
This title is inspired by Franck Biancheri first book (unpublished) written in 1992 and in which the author showed that the founding principles of the European project conceived at the end of the Second World War (a community of countries giving themselves the means to jointly build a lasting peace ...
Read More »NKI BRICS-LEAP meeting in Paris (27/07/2014)
On July 27th, in Paris, as part of the Euro-BRICS project, representatives of NKI BRICS and LEAP met in order to discuss interesting perspectives of cooperation: “The BRICS National Research Committee is developing forms of cooperation with countries outside the regions, especially with the European Union countries, concerning the problems ...
Read More »Acceleration of the process of distinction between Euroland-EU, by Franck Biancheri (February 2012)
An excerpt from GEAB N°62 (February 2012) At the same time these two years will see the acceleration of the difference between Euroland and the EU. It is a phenomenon which will in fact characterize the whole of the decade. Euroland which functions to a large extent in the form ...
Read More »The Anglo-Saxon World of the 21st century: a return to feudalism, by Frédéric Beaugeard (updated 3 March 2013)
When it comes to understanding the Contemporary World in order to analyse its possible future evolutions, it must be said that the apparent principle of synergy between the different elements of the Contemporary World was only a misleading appearance. The main actors of Modernity, Europe, Russia-Soviet Union, and 19th and ...
Read More »European Commission: Ten disastrous years since the big 1999-crisis, by Franck Biancheri,
As the debate rages over Manuel Barroso’s renewal at the head of the European Commission, everyone seems to forget that this year is also the 10th anniversary of Santer’s Commission collective resignation on grounds of ill-management and corruption scandals. According to Newropeans, and to all those interested in the progress ...
Read More »Concrete proposal for a European language learning policy, by Marie-Hélène Caillol
The management of linguistic diversity is one of the major challenges of European integration; it lies at the heart of what is Europe’s motto: “In varietate concordia” (Unie dans la diversité). Unfortunately, the staff and political and administrative structures currently in charge of meeting the challenges of European integration are ...
Read More »European environmental policy: how to finance public water services in Europe? by Fabien Dupuis*
Recital 1 of the European Framework Directive establishes as a principle: “Water is not a commodity like any other, but a heritage that must be protected and treated as such”. Although the Directive was implemented in 2000, the European Union did not wait until the end of the 20th century ...
Read More »Community law applicable to the provision of water supply and sanitation and its development prospects, by Fabien Dupuis*
The confusion between the nature of the service and the persons in charge of the above-mentioned service leads the European Commission not to define the notion of public service. In this sense, the terms: Service of General Interest (SGI) and Service of General Economic Interest (SGEI) are preferred. According to ...
Read More »The water supply and sanitation service in Europe, by Fabien Dupuis*
Foreword : This article is the introduction to a series of articles on the role of the European Union in the water supply and sanitation sector in relation to the German, French and Dutch systems. The latter being a thesis subject, the study will be spread over several years. At ...
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