Est. 1min 29-08-2002 (updated: 07-11-2012 ) Euractiv is part of the Trust Project >>> Languages: Français | DeutschPrint Email Facebook X LinkedIn WhatsApp Telegram European centre-right parties are launching the European Ideas Network – a pan-European think-tank – to promote new thinking on the key issues facing the EU. Read more with Euractiv Enlargement negotiations to progress on regional policyFour candidate countries are expected to provisionally close negotiations on regional policies at the first negotiation round under the Danish EU Presidency. Subscribe now to our newsletter EU Elections Decoded Email Address * Politics Newsletters BackgroundThe European Ideas Network (EIN) will be launched in the form of a summer university at Oxford University in the United Kingdom on 30 August to 1 September 2002. The EIN will seek to bring together, on an on-going basis, politicians, academics, journalists, businessmen and party activists from across the centre-right spectrum Europe-wide. The focus will be on current issues of common concern, such as the implications of globalisation and future trends in society, the promotion of democracy and accountability in the EU, how to create jobs in Europe, the role of the private sector in providing public services, the crises in farming and food safety, the sustainability of the Economic and Monetary Union, and the geo-political framework in the post September 11 world. This activity will be backed up by a website, launched to coincide with the summer university. The initiative is a response to the centre-left "Third Way" thinking that dominated the 1990s, and it reflects the growing number of centre-right governments in power in EU Member States.
