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On the Primacy of Process: Brussels and Copenhagen
"It is process rather than personalities which holds the key to understanding the European Union as it totters into a new world after the ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon," writes Tom Spencer, executive director of the European Centre for Public Affairs (ECPA), in a Christmas briefing paper, predicting that "it will be some months yet before we can say with any certainty how the Union will function in its new Treaty garb".EU president picks Catholic forum to outline vision
Herman Van Rompuy, Europe's newly-appointed president, spelt out his political vision before hundreds of people at a Brussels gathering of the 'Grandes Conferences Catholiques' shortly before Christmas.An EU ‘fit for purpose’ in the global age: Can we rise to the challenge?
Although the imminent completion of the Lisbon Treaty ratification process should allow the EU to emerge from its "period of introspection", "we should be under no illusions" as the "long and painful" ratification experience revealed problems with the legitimacy of EU integration and the direction the Union is taking, write Loukas Tsoukalis, Olaf Cramme and Roger Liddle in an October paper for the Policy Network.
Interview: European Parliament needs ‘ideological coalition’
An "ideological coalition" holding a majority in the European Parliament should be formed after the EU elections in June 2009 to push forward a substantial package on the economy, Graham Watson, leader of the liberal group in the Strasbourg Assembly, told EURACTIV in an interview.Sharing a vision of the ‘New Europe’
"The vocation of Europe in the course of the 21st century is to become the lever of step-by-step intercontinental convergence and unification," writes former Belgian Prime Minister Mark Eyskens in an August paper for Europe's World, claiming that one must look to the future "to understand Europe's current choices".
Interview: ‘Political reality hampering Sarkozy’s EU ambitions’
France's EU Presidency objectives, primary among which is the much-vaunted 'Union for the Mediterranean' project, are so ambitious that the government may not have the means to implement them, Olivier Ferrand, the president of Terra Nova, a new progressive think tank, told EURACTIV France in an interview.
Ireland opens debate on Lisbon Treaty revote
A second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty would "ultimately" be required in Ireland to prevent its isolation now that all other 26 member states appear likely to ratify it, the country's Minister of State for European Affairs Dick Roche said at the weekend.
France to launch European citizenship project
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has asked his Prime Minister François Fillon to "start inter-ministerial work" on the basis of a report, presented last week, which highlighted the hurdles still faced by millions of Europeans living in another EU country, an Elysée spokesperson told EURACTIV.
Professor: Citizens want ‘concrete, pragmatic EU’
Demand is growing among Europeans for a "pragmatic" EU which focuses on "concrete" issues, Dominique Reynié, a professor at Paris's prestigious Sciences-Po university, told EURACTIV France.What next? How to save the Treaty of Lisbon
Most suggestions on how to proceed following the Irish 'no' vote on the Lisbon Treaty "entail considerable political costs" despite being legally feasible, argue Daniel Gros and Sebastian Kurpas of the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), instead proposing their own solution to the impasse.Irish vote, Europe’s future: Four options after the ‘no’
In the aftermath of the Irish rejection of the Lisbon Treaty, Dominik Hierlemann considers four options for the future in a June 2008 paper for the Bertelsmannstiftung.
EU questions its future direction on Europe Day
Today, as on every 9th of May, the European institutions will celebrate Europe Day, highlighting the successes of EU integration. But socialists and other political leaders say the celebration should also offer "a more political debate" about the EU's future direction.‘Le Monde’ goes Europe, the UK goes chicken
National communication plans on Europe tend to see the EU as a problem, implying that "how to communicate" dominates "what to communicate," write Judith Merkies and Marcel Canoy of the European Commission. Instead, we'd better accept Europe as a fact of life, they argue.
Forum seeks to address ‘gulf’ between youth and policymakers
An innovative online forum has been launched to narrow the 'yawning gulf' between the concerns of young professionals and those of the EU institutions.A star pupil playing it safe in the EU: Slovenia’s Council presidency
The EU presidency will serve as a powerful instrument for further 'Europeanisation' of Slovenia both in terms of adopting European practices, norms and values and promoting its political interests at EU level, argues Manja Klemen?i? in a paper for the think tank Notre Europe.
Vienna theatre stages high-level discussion on Europe
Germany's former foreign minister, Joschka Fischer, and George Soros, financier and philanthropist, were among the speakers at a forum on "World disorder and the role of Europe" hosted in Vienna's oldest theatre. EURACTIV Slovakia reports.
Blair speech sparks EU presidency speculation
Tony Blair has set out his vision for the future of European democracy as speculation mounts over the identity of the first president of the EU, set to be inaugurated in 2009.The new EU Treaty and the prospects for future integration
As European leaders prepare to sign the Treaty of Lisbon on 13 December, a new publication from the European Policy Centre (EPC) considers the outlook for the future of EU integration.