The most recent articles

• thenewfederalist.eu > Current Affairs

  The European Parliament shoots down the EU/US SWIFT agreement to protect civil liberties

  Friday 12 March 2010 by  Alessio Pisanò , 1 comment
  
  The European Parliament said NO to an agreement to share bank transfer data between the EU and United States that was meant to fight terrorist financing. MEPs voted against the agreement with the US so called “SWIFT” by 378 votes to 196. SWIFT is the name of the Belgian based financial company (...) Continue
  
  
• thenewfederalist.eu > Economic & Social Affairs

  Can a Monetary Union Survive without an Economic Union?

  Wednesday 10 March 2010 by  Guido Montani , 1 comment
  
  To overcome the Greek crisis the EU needs more integration. The menace of a Greek default shows that there is something wrong in the institutional architecture of the European Union. In the Maastricht Treaty, the EU’s member states decided to create an Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). Today (...) Continue
  
  
• thenewfederalist.eu > Global Affairs

  March 8:International Day of Women: Women as Peacemakers

  Monday 8 March 2010 by  René Wadlow , 1 comment
  
  ’’It is only when women start to organize in large numbers that we become a political force, and begin to move towards the possibility of a truly democratic society in which every human being can be brave, responsible, thinking and diligent in the struggle to live at once freely and unselfishly’’ (...) Continue
  
  
• thenewfederalist.eu > The future of Europe

  The fine art of procrastination

  Europe 2020: a letter of good intentions. With no commitments.

  Saturday 6 March 2010 by  Till Burckhardt , 2 comments
  
  The Lisbon Strategy, adopted ten years ago, had the goal of turning the EU into “the most dynamic and the most competitive knowledge economy in the world by 2010”. The Commission is now trying to repackage the strategy in order to succeed in 2020. What went wrong with the Lisbon Strategy? What (...) Continue
  
  
• thenewfederalist.eu > Thinking Federalist

  Differences between the United States of America and the European Union?

  Thursday 4 March 2010 by  Grégoire Henning , 0 comment français
  
  Lawyers would say us that the European Union and the United States of America are completely different. They are probably right, but from the point of view of the citizens, the similarities in their daily lives are numerous, even if some fundamental differences still remain. Similarities Let us (...) Continue
  
  
• thenewfederalist.eu > Thinking Federalist

  European Olympic Team - Union is Strength

  EU the best competitor

  Tuesday 2 March 2010 by  JEF-Europe , 8 comments
  
  If all the medals won by the EU countries were to be added up, the EU could easily compete with the medal “giants” such as the USA, Russia, or Canada. The Young European Federalists (JEF-Europe) would like to use this simple thought experiment to promote European spirit in the unlikely area of (...) Continue
  
  

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |> |...