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Publications Articles and interventions 2007: A NEW SINGLE EUROPEAN ACT AT THE HEART OF EUROPEAN REVIVAL2007: A NEW SINGLE EUROPEAN ACT AT THE HEART OF EUROPEAN REVIVAL
We voted yes to the Constitution project in 2005, and we hope that any new text will retain the main thrust of its substance. The German presidency is presenting a roadmap in June 2007, which will be followed by negotiations and ratification procedures in 2008. Something is missing from this scenario however. Citizens have expressed the need for a project able to respond to the major challenges facing the EU. The economic union’s weakness is evident to all, and the EU social model is a major concern in the face of globalization. At the same time, cooperation between member states and Union’s capacity to drive forward change are clearly lacking[...]
A new type of lobby
Brussels has become the focal point for the construction of Europe . A lot happens there. A civil society is emerging, made up of several different nationalities and people from a wide range of different backgrounds. Among them are the “lobbyists”. They are becoming increasingly influential; indeed, their influence is sometimes crucial.
Who are they?
These interest and pressure groups represent national or international economic, social and cultural stakeholders from the public or private sector determined to play a part in the decision-making process. (...)
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Minutes, slides, photos
- The Roadmap for Energy - Confrontations Europe celebrates its 20 years
- Social dialogue and industrial relations to solve the competitiveness/solidarity equation - Nuclear safety - CAP lunch-debates - Competitivness lunch-debates - EEE in Warsaw - AGE The Single Market Act - EEE in Budapest: Nuclear ownership - EEE in Brussels: European Budget - Looking for Clean cars - Biofuel sector in Europe - Lunch-debates on nuclear Energy
Romanian Perspectives Regarding the Inter-war Plans of Creating a “Danubian Confederation”
Will Europe retain its farmers? - Henri Nallet
Preparing European forests for climate change - a contribution of François Calonne to the Commission’s Green Paper
Fragmented Power : Europe and the Global Economy - Bruegel
Wages and wage bargaining in Europe: developments since mid-1990s - ETUI + Reader’s comment (in French)
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