"Europe sees China as a bigger threat than the United States
Europe sees China as a bigger threat than the United States
More Europeans now consider China a bigger threat to global stability than they do the United States, according to a Harris/FT poll out this week.
Quelle horreur! France's Eurovision song has English lyrics
Language purists in France are fuming. The country's entry in the Eurovision music contest has English lyrics! (OK, two lines are in French.) Of the 43 countries participating, more than half -- 25 -- submitted songs in English. It sounds like there's a new linga franca.
Euro MP calls for strong women's commission in Parliament
Rapporteur on women's issues of the European Parliament Emine Bozkurt yesterday hailed the ruling party's latest proposal to establish an equal opportunities commission in the Turkish ParliamentEU competitiveness 'much better' than US, says Barroso
The European Union is "uniquely placed to make the most of globalisation," says Commission President José Manuel Barroso, despite concerns raised by his colleague Employment and Social Commissioner Vladimir Spidla relating to the "far-reaching and often brutal consequences of globalisation", which include "the outsourcing of jobs and the closure of factories".France seeks more ambitious EU globalisation strategy
The EU's growth and jobs strategy needs to be supplemented by a global arm if Europe wants to remain competitive in the future, argues a new French government report, which is likely to become official policy when the country assumes the EU Presidency on 1 July.Cohen-Tanugi: Lisbon Strategy 'inadequate' answer to globalisation
The current Lisbon Strategy will not be sufficient for Europe to compete with fast-growing Asian economies and needs to be upgraded to a "Lisbon Plus" agenda that encompasses the bloc's external economic policies, Laurent Cohen-Tanugi, the author of a report for the French government entitled "A European strategy for globalisation" told EurActiv France.Interview: 'Sarkozy is wrong on migration'
Migration, economic woes and civil liberties will be the hot issues for the Liberal family in the 2009 European Parliament election campaign, Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) leader Graham Watson told EurActiv.Pressure mounts ahead of key energy vote
The Commission's controversial proposals to complete the liberalisation of the EU gas and electricity markets are entering a critical phase as Parliament prepares for a decisive vote in May. But the tight schedule is now leading some to speculate that an agreement could be delayed.Chair of European Parliament's agricultural committee discusses renewable transport with Wikinews
ESDP: Time for the First Teeth, but Whom to Bite?
Marek Swierczynski: The Lisbon Treaty opens a new path for the European Security and Defense Policy. After Europe failed to create either a relevant European defense capability or a common security strategy, it favors a collective defense that may ultimately threaten NATO.Support for the Democratic Process in Europe
This paper presents an analysis on one of the main indicators for the study of political support, which is Satisfaction with Democracy. It also offers a revision on the actual levels of this indicator in different European societies. This paper, therefore, deepens and presents data on the levels and nature of support for the democratic process, measured by the indicator of satisfaction for democracy.A Need to Integrate Schools Curriculum across Member States
At present, most EU members have varying differences in the educational curriculum and teaching methods within European schools. If we begin to introduce an integrated curriculum between member states, then moving forward in our committed ideas will have a stronger chance, if our younger citizens ‘grow their minds together’ in the classroom. An integrated approachPutin following Sarkozy?
As you may be aware, rumors have been furiously circulating in the European press that Vladimir Putin has divorced his wife and will soon marry a Russian gymnast, the 24-year-old Alina Kabayeva. The paper that first put the rumor to print last weekend, Moskovsky Korrespondent, apparently subtitled its article "The Sarkozy Syndrome."
European Immunization Week 2008 - time for reflection
This week's edition of Eurosurveillance is dedicated to European Immunization Week 2008, which will take place from 21 to 27 April....Communist-influenced union praises consensual approach
Nicolas Sarkozy, French president, has won unlikely support from the country's biggest trade union, the communist-influenced CGT, for his consensual approach to...Balkan blackspots
Prime responsibility for cleaning up Romania and Bulgaria rests not with Brussels but with Bucharest and SofiaSelf-styled saviour is symptom of Italy's ills
Silvio Berlusconi owns three TV stations, two newspapers and a publishing empire. Try to imagine Angela Merkel or Gordon Brown doubling up as media tycoons: impossible. It should be impossible in Italy, writes Philip StephensBarroso assures Irish on tax ahead of referendum
José Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission, sought to reassure Ireland that its corporate tax policy would not be affected by voting Yes to the Lisbon reform treaty, which is set to be put to referendum in June.Italy’s hour of darkness, Geoff Andrews
Geoff Andrews is staff tutor in politics at the Open University. He is the author of Not a Normal Country: Italy After Berlusconi (Pluto, 2005), published in Italian as Un Paese Anormale (effepilibri, 2007). His The Slow Food Story: Politics and Pleasure will be published by Pluto Press in 2008. Geoff Andrews is also an associate editor of SoundingsNicolas Véron : Preventing Europe’s Next Banking Crisis
As shockwaves from America’s subprime disaster continue to reverberate, there is growing doubt about Europe’s ability to handle a financial crisis on a major scale. Severe lapses in bank regulation – in Germany, Britain, and perhaps France – have damaged the credibility of national systems of supervision. But this is only part of the problem. The European Union remains hopelessly ill-equipped to handle the crises that haven’t yet happened: cross-border crises sparked by EU banks’ increasing interdependence.
