In an interview to be published in the next issue of Politique Internationale, Jean Claude Juncker, the newly elected president of the European Commission, admits that he “does not really like the armament industry”, regretting at the same time that “it is necessary to rely on military research to make the other sectors progress”. Such …
A Superhero always arrives on time – so does Captain Europe when he agreed to meet up with us for an interview. His blue spandex costume, enveloped in a EU flagged-cape, stands out from the sea of suits on Place de Luxembourg, in the heart of Brussels European district. Yellow boots and a blue mask …
There has been a lot of talk in the past months about relaunching Europe’s fragile economies through major investments programmes. As recently as the last European Parliament’s session in late July 2014, Jean-Claude Juncker, the new European Commission president, announced an ambitious plan to invest €300 million. But where is this money to come from? …
It was a request of many civil society activists: the outgoing European Commission and the Member States finally gave inand published the mandate of negotiations granted by the Council (i.e. the Member States) to the European Commission regarding the Transatlantic Tradede and Investment Partnership (TTIP) under discussion with the United States. This text will allow … Continue reading
Free movement of workers is one of the founding pillars of the Single Market and, by extension, of the European Union. Free movement of citizens then followed in the 1990s, much supported by the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) during the past decade. Free movement can be seen … Continue reading
MEP Claude Moraes (48) is considered to be one of the key figures of the British Labour party and the S&D in the European parliament. Moraes, who is of Indian origin and who has worked as a lawyer for several NGOs before going into politics, has been member of the plenary since 1999 and was … Continue reading
“The elections of Schulz and Juncker are two totally wrong signals to EU citizens” All across the EU, the results of the May 2014 European elections brought substantial gains for Eurosceptic parties in the European parliament. In the coming legislative term, more than 200 of the 751 MEPs of the plenary will be occupied by … Continue reading
Alongside with the Greens, the EPP and the S&D, the European liberal party ALDE lost several seats in the May 2014 European Elections. While in countries such as UK liberal losses were substantial, the now fourth-largest party in the plenary (behind the EPP, S&D and ECR) managed to gain seats in member states like the … Continue reading
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