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  Paris, 30/01/2003– Franco – German proposals, Commission or Council, rotating or stable Council Presidency, structure of the European Parliament, … most of the European debate seems to be seen through the prism of Member States size. But ‘Small or ...

“Neo-liberal policies killed the process by leaving big corporations free to cash in the profits without giving back taxes, nor jobs in the net contributors countries. No surprise that therefore citizens in the same countries start to be reluctant to ...

Et demain démagos et populistes en tous genres vont envahir la scène politique européenne – Alors vraiment, pourquoi s’inquiéter ? Pourquoi craindre qu’en 2002, lorsque les problèmes succèderont brutalement aux beaux discours, lorsque l’actuel immense effort de manipulation politique et ...

The move to a single currency is not only the most important economic challenge the European Union has taken on in its forty years of existence, but it is above all the most significant political challenge it has ever faced. ...

LEAP2020 and Anticipolis editions publish a Special review: “Euroland at a crossroads“, a compilation of texts written by about fifteen authors. The purpose of it, is to report on the vigor of the debate on this reform in order to ...

“How do I see the European Union? In a single sentence: as a community of values and a partnership of 27 sovereign states that make each other stronger when a joint approach is needed, and keep to the agreements they ...

The current lack of respect for this diversity steadily increases the number of people worried about the Community process, even starting, as evidenced by the difficulties encountered by the ratification of the Maastricht Treaty, in winning numbers of young people ...

… to be a “smart alec”, who is in the same time smart, funny and scheming … and very visible. The “mariole” is not the crook who disguises himself or hides himself; no, he parades himself because he knows he ...

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From time to time, rather than making a longer editorial on one or the other EU current issues, I will try to elaborate those ‘little comments’ reflecting discussions, debates I have with average Europeans like me in various parts of ...