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 ...
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Feed SubscriptionWhat kind of EU do we want? Euro-Leaders and Euro-Citizens together towards a common democracy (I). Franck Biancheri (2004)
The common democracy must adopt European reasoning: common market -> single market -> single currency -> single democracy The exlcusive character of the politico-administrative engine in the European construction needs to be changed. There is urgent need to replace the ...
Read More »A successful enlargement of the EU! How to avoid having the Copenhagen Summit go down in history as a missed opportunity – Franck Biancheri, 2002
While France and Germany celebrate the 55th anniversary of the Elysée Treaty, and the European Commission is lulling towards a rapid enlargement to the Balkans, it is good to re-read the recommendations of Franck Biancheri made in December 2002 on ...
Read More »Community or empire: up to the European citizen to choose! (excerpt from “Europe: Community or Empire?“, a book by Franck Biancheri, 1992)
The unpublished book “Europe: Community or Empire?” written by Franck Biancheri in 1992 (edited by Editions Anticipolis -12/2017) is an unparalleled historical work. In this book, which was never published during his lifetime, Franck Biancheri poses the drifts of the ...
Read More »Are lifelong jobs and privileges compatible with modern democracies? Franck Biancheri (2005)
This kind of title sounds a bit like a topic for political science students – slightly disconnected from today’s news. In fact it is quite the contrary : this is an underlying question to a number of recent news headlines from both EU ...
Read More »Road-map #CitizensRoute73 – Synthetic draft of the kick-off event in Louvain-la-Neuve (BE), July 1-2, 2017
On July 1-2, 2017 on the University of Louvain-la-Neuve, thanks to the hosting and support of the municipality of Ottignies-Louvain la Neuve, the Franck Biancheri and iCAN networks, in partnership with a number of other organisations of the European civil ...
Read More »From the European Union to the European Space: From Brexit to Crisexit? (Abstract GEAB N°116, June 2017)
On June 8, the British elected a new Parliament where a Common’s majority escaped from Prime Minister Theresa May and her Conservative Party. … result of this election for Theresa May is that it allows it to justify a change ...
Read More »Washington and Brussels are from the Moon… though of course they do not come from the same side! – by Franck Biancheri (2003)
This article is based, with Franck Biancheri’s humor, on the title of an American bestseller published in March 2003: “Americans Are From Mars, Europeans From Venus” by Robert Kagan. For Franck Biancheri, Americans and Europeans are not of two different ...
Read More »(Français) #CitizensRoute73 – Démocratiser l’Europe: la réponse de Paul Magnette à Thomas Piketty
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Read More »Press Release: EU civil society at work on #CitizensRoute73
PRESS RELEASE EU civil society at work on #CitizensRoute73 «Horizon 2019 European Election: 73 seats in the European Parliament for European representatives» The Franck Biancheri Network (FNB), the Change Agent Network (iCAN) and their partners* are proud to announce the ...
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