Civic participation in Europe – the elite misses the forest for the trees, unfortunately!
One of Germany’s seroius newspapers, the FAZ, has once a week the rubric “liberal arts / humane science”. On June 29th the FAZ reported from a panel discussion realised by the “Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence“. The main topic was how civic participation could be realised within the framework of the Treaty of Lisbon. The … Read more
Crisis in Europe normally lead to futher integration…and this time??? We need European leadership – now!
If you look back at the history of the integration process in Europe big crisis and critical moments normally led to futher steps in European integration (for the good of it). The best example were the deepening by the end of the 80s / beginning of the 90s with the huge step forward via the … Read more
Doubtful future for an independent EU youth programme – we need YOUTH IN ACTION
The crucial question to get right to the point is the question whether we will have an independent youth programme in the European Union after 2013. The current programme YOUTH IN ACTION will expire by the end of 2013. From 2014 onwards we’ll have the next generation of European programmes and the new financial framework … Read more
