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A rebirth of European federalism in Slovenia ?

Scintillating mountains and Alpine lakes, emerald hills as far as the eye can see, turquoise rivers and a Venetian littoral : Slovenia has undoubtedly known how to place itself on the touristic map of Europe. In Brussels and European chancelleries, on the contrary, Ljubljana remains one of the least-known capitals as regards its identity, values and policies. The country, member of the European Union since 2004 and of the Eurozone and Schengen Area since 2007, is rarely heard about in debates on the continent’s future – what if the time has come ?

vendredi 30 novembre 2018

Is Angela Merkel becoming a federalist ?

On Tuesday, 13 November, Angela Merkel was invited to give a speech on the future of the European Union at the European Parliament in Strasbourg at its monthly plenary session. At this twelfth debate on the future of Europe with a head of state or government, Angela Merkel delivered an ode to solidarity and tolerance in a Europe that is trying to find its feet on the eve of European elections.

mercredi 21 novembre 2018

#EURegionsWeek : More innovation for better cohesion

More than 6,000 participants and 300 partners participated in the European Week of Regions and Cities that took place from 8 to 11 October in Brussels. Closed by the European Commissioner for Regional Policy, Corina Crețu, and the President of the Committee of the Regions, Karl-Heinz Lambertz, (…)

vendredi 26 octobre 2018

Murder of Viktoria Marinova : Freedom of the press threatened in Europe

On Saturday 6 October, the lifeless body of journalist Viktoria Marinova was found by a cyclist in a park in Ruse, the fifth-largest city of Bulgaria located by the Danube river and the Romanian border. Raped and strangled, the young woman, mother of a young girl, seems to have lost her life as a result of violent blows to the head and suffocation.

jeudi 18 octobre 2018

Antonio Tajani on the European project’s future : “We have to be brave”

On 9 October, Antonio Tajani, current President of the European Parliament and member of the European People’s Party (EPP), was invited to speak in front of the students of the College of Europe at the traditional opening ceremony of the Postgraduate Institute in Bruges. Our French sister (…)

mardi 16 octobre 2018

Once Erasmus, always Erasmus ?

The second edition of #Erasmusdays is taking place this weekend ! The two-day event celebrates mobility in Europe and the Erasmus+ programme whose budget for 2014 - 2020 is 14.7 billion euros.

samedi 13 octobre 2018

Why Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia should join the Schengen Area

Last spring, the European Parliament reiterated its support for the “immediate accession” of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen Area, as well as that of Croatia, as soon as the accession criteria are met. The European Commission, however, already gave a green light for Bulgaria and Romania to (…)

mercredi 10 octobre 2018

Postcards from Slovenia and Gozo

This summer, you can read our French sister edition Le Taurillon’s summer print version edited for JEF-France’s Europe En Vacances project. It’s an occasion to get readers to travel around with the help of postcards. Today’s postcards come from Slovenia and Gozo ! Slovenia, between the sea (…)

mercredi 22 août 2018

Postcard from Cyprus

This summer, you can read our French sister edition Le Taurillon’s summer print version edited for JEF-France’s Europe En Vacances project. It’s an occasion to get readers to travel around with the help of postcards. Today’s postcard comes from Cyprus !

vendredi 17 août 2018

Sylvie Guillaume : “We need to stop being hysterical about the different crises and find concrete solutions”

In Le Taurillon’s interview, Vice-President of the European Parliament Sylvie Guillaume discusses youth policy, women in politics, and challenges ahead for the current European Parliament.

mardi 14 août 2018

The most remote places of the EU : Lampedusa

Politically Italian, geographically African. The island of Lampedusa belongs to the Sicilian province of Agrigento, but it is located only 113 kilometres from the Tunisian coast, and is therefore part of the African tectonic plate. Because of its proximity to North Africa, Lampedusa has become globally known as the “refugee island” in the last few years. Some 21,000 refugees land on the shores of this island whose reception centre can officially only accommodate 800 people.

mardi 7 août 2018

The most remote places of the EU : Curaçao

Four of the 24 official languages of the EU are spoken on the Caribbean island of Curaçao : Dutch, English, Spanish and Portuguese. In addition to that, there’s the Papiamento creole language that is a mixture of all of these four European languages. The island that belongs to the Kingdom of the Netherlands is inhabited by people from more than 50 nationalities.

lundi 6 août 2018

Translated by Juuso Järviniemi

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