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European Issues Thursday 8th January 2009

Views on the Turmoil and Internal Market

EI n°123 - 05/01/2009 - Olivier Boutellis-Taft, Jacques Potdevin

European Defence - from the Saint Malo Summit to the French Presidency of the European Union: the birth of a strategic player

EI n°122 - 22/12/2008 - Camille Grand

A Successful Presidency - Results of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union

EI n°121 - 15/12/2008 - Jean-Dominique Giuliani

The French Influence in the European Parliament : results and perspectives. What challenges are on the horizon with the European Elections - 2009? (Part two)

EI n°120 - 08/12/2008 - Thierry Chopin

L'influence française au Parlement européen : bilan et perspectives. Quels enjeux à l'horizon des élections européennes de 2009 ? (1ère partie)

EI n°119 - 01/12/2008 - Thierry Chopin, Claire Dhéret

The Reform of the "Telecoms Package": the principle of subsidiarity at the heart of debate

EI n°118 - 24/11/2008 - Mathieu Denoix, Olaf Klargaard

The EU-Russian Summit in the light of the Georgian Crisis

EI n°117 - 10/11/2008 - Isabelle Facon

Europe in Barack Obama's Mirror

EI n°116 - 03/11/2008 - Justin Vaïsse

The referendum in Ireland to ratify the European Treaties : obligatory or tradition

EI n°115 - 27/10/2008 - Laurent Pech

Cleaning up the Mediterranean: a major challenge for the "Barcelona Process : a Union for the Mediterranean

EI n°114 - 20/10/2008 - Philippe Garo

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Slovakia
Slovakia adopted the euro on 1st January; it became the 16th EU Member State to join the euro zone and to use the single currency, created 10 years... States/Crisis
Publications
The December issue of the German review 'Internationale Politik' is called "Die Stunde der Staaten - The States' Time". Indeed we see that during the... Interim Government
Belgium
Outgoing Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt succeeded in reaching agreement on 19th December to form an interim government until 23rd March next... Russia/Ukraine
Presidency
The Russian gas group Gazprom decided to stop its gas deliveries to the Ukraine on 1st January when the contract with this country ran out after the... EUPOL/Palestine
Council
On 1st January Englishman Paul Robert Kernaghan took over the EU police mission in the Palestinian Territories, EUPOL COPPS. On this occasion the EU... Wishes
UK
In his New Year's speech British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown called on the British to "build a better tomorrow, from now on." In his opinion the UK... Happy New Year!
Foundation
The Chairman of the Robert Schuman Foundation, Jean-Dominique Giuliani and the Administrative Board together with the entire team wish you a very... USA
Georgia
On 25th December the spokesperson for the Georgian Foreign Minister, Khatuna Iosava announced the launch of negotiations between Georgia and the USA... Wishes
France
As he presented his wishes to the French for the second time since his election French President Nicolas Sarkozy spoke at length of the economic... Near East/Gaza
Presidency
In the face of the Israeli attack on the Hamas in the Gaza Strip that started on 27th December, the French Presidency of the EU organised an... Bicentenary
Finland
Finland is commemorating the bicentary of it gaining autonomous status on 17th September 1809 with the Hamina Treaty which associated Finland with... EU/Referendum
Iceland
A large majority of the Icelanders support the start of negotiations for their country's accession to the EU, an issue that is dividing the coalition... Development
Studies/Reports
In a study published on 22nd December by the DGAP (German Society for Foreign Policy) Jennifer Moreau and Alexander von Kap-Herr compare the work... Lessons/EU Presidency
Foundation
The Chairman of the Foundation, Jean-Dominique Giuliani was the author of a column in the Figaro on 25th December entitled "After the Presidency". New government
Belgium
On 30th December the new Belgian government led by Herman van Rompuy (CD&V) took oath before the Belgian King Albert II. He replaces Yves Leterme who... Employment
Germany
According to figures published on 2nd January by the German Statistics Office 40.35 milliojn people had work in 2008 ie 1.5% more than the previous... UK/Europe
Studies/Reports
In a study published by the Center for European Reform, Charles Grant explains why the UK is more euro-sceptic than the other European countries. In... Big Ben
UK
In 2009 the British Parliament will be organising several events to celebrate the 150 year anniversary of Big Ben, the nickname given to the massive... Treaty ratified
Italia
Italian deputies have voted at the unanimity on july, 31th the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, just one week after the positive vote from the... Ukraine
Studies/Reports
The Center for European Reform published a study in December entitled "Why Ukraine matters to Europe". Tomas Valasek explains that until the... OSCE/Presidency
Greece
Greece took over the chair of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) as from January 1st within a context that has been... Government
Romania
Romanian Prime Minister, Emil Bloc achieved the confidence of the Romanian parliament on 22nd December with regard to the composition of his... Euro/10 years
ECB
1st January 2009 heralded the 10th anniversary of the euro and the euro system. Ten years ago the European currency, the euro, was introduced as a... Future of the EU
Studies/Reports
It is now highly likely that Ireland will hold a second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty and that the "Yes" will win. But what will happen then?... Austria
Culture
The Austrian town of Linz has been declared "European Cultural Capital 2009" together with the Lithuanian town of Vilnius. For 12 months Linz will... G8/Presidency
Italy
Since 1st January Italy has been heading the rotating presidency of the G8 (including Germany, Canada, the USA, France, Italy, UK, Japan and Russia).... Lithuania
Culture
On New Year's Eve the festivities in Vilnius, elected European cultural capital 2009, were launched. A series of lights and fireworks illuminated the... Czech Republic
Presidency
Since 1st January the Czech Republic has been in office as President of the Council of the European Union for a six month period; its motto will be...

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