Why Europeans don’t have babies
Katinka Barysch in Why Europeans don’t have babies
Europeans live longer, work less and have fewer babies. On current trends, the EU will not have enough workers to pay for its growing number of pensioners. Economists and policymakers have moved beyond scratching their (greying) heads in despair. They focus on what can be done to alleviate and possibly reverse the trend. That is also what they did at last week’s Munich Economic Summit that brought together some of the world’s best people on the subject (http://www.munich-economic-summit.com/mes_2007/participants.htm)....
Europe's borders - second issue of SHIFT Mag
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The second issue of SHIFT Mag takes a transgressive look at Europe's borders....
Superfoods no longer super
New rules from the European Union mean that it will no longer be legal to refer to certain items as “superfoods” that can help protect against cancer and heart disease, without scientific evidence to back it up....
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Gordon Brown’s EU Policy
By Eric Shaw
Can we expect a reshaping of British policy towards the European Union under Gordon Brown? Or should we anticipate more of the same?
As is well known, Brown’s objections effectively thwarted British membership of the Euro – and few in the Labour party would gainsay that he had some powerful arguments. However, as Chancellor, Brown’s reservations about the European Union extended well beyond the single currency....
From closed circuits to communicating tubes
European democracy exists largely within nation-states, and not in the continental dimension. Even the ponderous TV channel "Euro-News" has not succeeded in creating a European public sphere. But without a European consciousness there will be no European federation. For this to happen interpreters are needed, to explain the motives of one side to the other. By Adam Krzeminski....
