The 6th annual European Forum on the Rights of the Child was held in Brussels last week, on the 23rdof November. The key actors from European Institutions, EU Member States, and Ombudspersons for children, international organisations and NGOs were sharing their experiences and ideas, exchanging views and providing examples of the best practices of...
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Euro-orphans: What about us?
A speech? What speech?
By Agatha Akhabue & Enora Régnier The 28th of September, the president of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, made his annual speech about the state of the Union and solutions he proposed to end the crisis. A discourse that didn’t really empassion Europeans, who often missed it entirely. Barroso? Who’s that guy?...
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Turkey – a long day’s journey into membership
By Anna Buch, Ana Muñoz Padrós, Beatriz Paúl Naya and Anna Rydholm For over fifty years, Turkey has been knocking on the door to Europe. But negotiations have proved sluggish, obstructed by conceptions like religion, law and identity. Yesterday was an important day in the history of Turkish accession to the European Union, since...
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Reach for the Skype
By Piers d’Orgee, Steffen Windfeld-Hansen and Michael Huguenin Keeping in touch with people abroad used to be thought of as a pretty expensive process. To directly call someone by phone across a border often leaves one with a phone bill comparable to a mortgage payment. It still can be arduous on the wallet if...
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Bigger is better in the EU
Increasing the role of the parliament may leave smaller member states in the dark by Andrew Codd, Miguel Duran de Barbozza, Margot Perrier, Alexandra Tengberg Smaller member states are becoming increasingly common within the EU through the enlargements that has marked recent political activity within the Union; However, as their numbers grow, the power...
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Fine Details Threaten ECI Implementation
By Michael Huguenin, Piers d’Orgee and Steffen Windfeld-Hansen The European Citizens’ Initiative is in its final stages of development, but negotiations over fine details continue to draw out the process. European politicians continue to squabble over how the ECI is to be conducted. The general concept is still considered to be a huge improvement...
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Pandora’s box opened again
by Anna Buch, Ana Muñoz Padrós, Beatriz Paúl Naya, Anna Rydholm When the president of the European Comission, Jose Manuel Durao Barroso, mounted the platform to hold the first speech of the State of the Union, expectations were low. Not without reason, afterwards the speech was criticized for being dull – a mere shopping...
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Barroso Slammed for ‘Vague PR Stunt’
By Piers D’Orgee, Steffen Hesseldal Windfeld-Hansen & Michael Huguenin Members of the European Parliament have slammed José Manuel Durão Barroso’s ‘State of the Union’ speech for lacking conviction. Vice President of the Socialist Group, Hannes Swoboda, claimed the inaugural ‘State of the Union’ address by the European Commission President was “a disappointment”. Swoboda was...
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And again the power goes to the…big states
The representatives from France, Germany and Spain have won the most important jobs in the European Commission. After the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty about a month ago and the nomination of the president of the Council and the High Representative, Commission president Jose Manuel Barosso could start with the nomination of the new...
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