Anna Ferrari

Protéger et regarder la planète depuis l’espace : entretien avec l’astronaute Paolo Nespoli

Au cours de sa longue carrière, Paolo Nespoli, astronaute de l’Agence Spatiale Européenne (ASE), né en Italie en 1957, est allé trois fois dans l’espace (en 2007, en 2010-2011 et en 2017), pour un total de 313 jours. Il commença sa carrière en tant que soldat au Liban pour le compte de l’armée (…)

Protecting and viewing the planet from the space : an interview with astronaut Paolo Nespoli

In his long career, Paolo Nespoli, astronaut from the European Space Agency (ESA), born in 1957 in Italy, went into the space three times (in 2007, in 2010–2011 and in 2017), for a total of 313 days. He started out his career as a soldier in Lebanon as part of the Italian military. There he met the famous Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci, who inspired him to go to study Aerospace Engineering in the United States, in order to fulfil his childhood dream of becoming an astronaut. He retired in November 2018.

In this interview, Paolo Nespoli takes the opportunity to speak out for protection of the environment, the value of scientific research, the European Union and to encourage young people to follow their dreams.

Covering international development : Interview with the Faces2Hearts bloggers by EuropeAid

If you are passionate about travel blogging and international development, you might have heard of the Faces2Hearts project of EuropeAid, the EU’s International Cooperation and Development department, operating within the European Commission. Four young photographers and bloggers - Ellie Tomassi from Italy, Jean Luc Habimana from Rwanda, Lauren Kana Chan from China and Japan, and Ariel Contreras from the Dominican Republic were chosen this year by the European Commission to travel for five months in Africa, Latin America and Asia to report on EU-funded development projects in those areas, through blog posts, videos and social media.

Climate Change : How Young People Can Save Our Planet

Jayathma Vicramanayake, born in Sri Lanka in 1990, is United Nations Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth since June 2017. In that capacity, she is promoting the empowerment of young people in decision-making processes all over the world, as well as the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and (…)

« La communication est un instrument puissant pour la démocratie »

Interview de Juana Lahousse, ex directrice générale de la communication du Parlement européen.

„Kommunikation ist ein mächtiges Instrument für Demokratie“

Juana Lahousse war von 2007 bis 2017 als Generaldirektorin für die Kommunikation des Europäischen Parlaments zuständig. Im Februar dieses Jahres übertrug sie ihr Amt auf Jaume Duch Guillot, den Sprecher des Europäischen Parlaments. TheNewFederalist-Autorin Anna Ferrari hatte die Möglichkeit, Juana Lahousse während ihrer Amtszeit im Rahmen des Europäischen Jugend-Events 2016 im Europäischen Parlament in Straßburg zu interviewen.

Electoral databases : good or bad for democracy ? A lesson from political marketing

Anna Ferrari discusses the impacts of targeted political campaigning on democracy and privacy.

The communication strategy of the European Parliament

In an interview conducted by Anna Ferrari, the former head of the European Parliament’s communications team Juana Lahousse discusses how the Parliament works to share information about what’s going on in Brussels and Strasbourg.

Does a European public sphere exist ?

A public sphere connects citizens with each other and the politicians. Does such a connection exist on a European level ? Anna Ferrari approaches the question through a number of relevant studies.

The milk war

In 1984, the EU introduced milk quotas to limit milk production in every Member State to end structural surpluses that by far exceeded the demand. Last year, milk quotas were removed in the name of a more open and competitive European and global market. The present agricultural policy is (…)

Poland’s tricky political turn : Rule of law and media freedom endangered ?

There is a country in the European Union where it is feared that an ongoing attack to democracy and the rule of law is now in place, by undermining the Constitutional Tribunal and by putting under control of the Government the public TV and radio. Is it George Orwell’s 1984 ? No, it’s Poland 2016.