| | | | Our activities in January 2024 |
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| | | TRIBUTE TO WOLGANG SCHÄUBLE | | 22/01/2024 A key figure in the peaceful reunification of Germany, Wolfgang Schäuble, former German minister and President of the Bundestag, passed away on 26 December. He was one of the Foundation's friends, and a member of its Board of Trustees, which hosted him on several occasions in Paris. Jean-Dominique Giuliani described him as "the most European of Germans". A national memorial ceremony was paid to him on 22 January in Berlin. | | Read the article |
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| | | European elections 2024 | | The Foundation has developed a dedicated website to help readers gain a better understanding of the European elections and what is at stake, how the campaign is unfolding in the 27 Member States, as well as the functioning, role and history of the European Parliament. | | Visit the website |
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| | | Schuman Network, European Ideas Platform | | The Schuman Network aims to promote debate and reflection on European issues. Numerous contributions from think-tanks on the international situation, the forthcoming European elections and the issues and challenges to be faced are now available. Others will follow. | | Visit the website |
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| | | Successful transitions: incentives and innovation before prohibition | | 31/01/2024 "To make a success of the transition, we need to encourage rather than prohibit, we need to innovate before regulating". In Jean-Dominique Giuliani’s view, the European authorities have abused their legislative power under the Green Deal, whereas the ecological transition requires the commitment of all: governments, citizens and businesses. | | Read the editorial |
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| | | 2024 : A strategic Europe at last? - The challenge of forward defence | | 22/01/2024 Jean-Dominique Giuliani writes: "Europe aims to be 'geostrategic': the time has come!” "Europe must assume global responsibilities to avoid the contagion of the Russian example, which has unleashed violence all over the planet and left thugs unfettered where they hope to exploit hitherto contained resentments." | | Read the editorial |
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| | | The German Schuldenbremse crisis: a symptom to be taken seriously in Europe | | 29/01/2024 The German budgetary crisis and its repercussions on Berlin's political choices, particularly with regard to the ecological transition and agriculture, should lead to a debate on the debt brake provided for in the Basic Law. For Clara Bösche, this debate is all the more necessary at a time when the European Union is seeking to reform the rules governing its single currency. | | Read the study |
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| | | A new European security order | | 22/01/2024 "Europeans cannot afford not to reflect on the future of stability in Europe in response to the Russian question, which has plagued our continent for too long" and which is at the heart of the matter, writes the French Ambassador, Pierre Vimont. | | Read the study |
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| | | European vote: a red alert! | | 15/01/2024 Les Européens sont appelés aux urnes entre les 6 et 9 juin 2024, selon les pays, pour renouveler les membres du Parlement européen qui seront désormais 720. Pascale Joannin présente un bilan contrasté de la législature qui s'achève, les principaux écueils auxquels les partis politiques en campagne devront faire face et les innovations du scrutin européen. Elle analyse les possibles changements des équilibres politiques qui pourraient en résulter, et espère que la campagne sera à la hauteur des enjeux. | | Read the article |
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| | | Results of the first round of the presidential election in Finland | | 29/01/2024 On 28 January, former Prime Minister and National Coalition Party candidate Alexander Stubb and former Foreign Minister and Green Party member Pekka Haavisto came out ahead in the first round of the Finnish presidential election, with 27.21% and 25.8% of the vote respectively. The turnout was 71.53%. They will face each other in a second round of voting on 11 February. | | Read the article |
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| | | Map of European recovery plans | | In response to the economic and social consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, the European Union has set up a €672.5 billion recovery fund, known as the "Recovery and Resilience Facility", to be used by Member States in the form of grants and loans. The Foundation offers you an interactive map of the plans, country by country, to see the amounts, timetables and priorities. | | Read the study |
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| | | Women in Europe | | Europe is the continent of women, but progress still has to be made. To illustrate the place of women in European politics, society and the economy, the Foundation has produced a map and three tables showing the number of women in governments, national parliaments and the European Parliament, taking stock of the many elections in 2023. | | Read the study |
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| | | Franco-German round table on Europe | | 30/01/2024 On 30 January, the Mouvement Européen Paris and the Young Europeans organised a Franco-German round table, moderated by Pascale Joannin, Managing Director of the Foundation. The event focused on the major European projects awaiting France and Germany. | | Visit the website |
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| | | 2024 : in Europe, the inexorable rise of the far right | | 10/01/2024 | | Read the article |
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| | | Disinformation in Europe: How European democracies are having to cope with an insidious form of misrepresentation on digital networks? | | 17/01/2024 | | Read the article |
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| The contributors of the letter: Stefanie Buzmaniuk, Helen Levy, Loup Panteix, Juliette Bachschmidt, Charles Devoud N°ISSN : 2729-6482 | Editor-in-Chief: Peggy Corlin Publisher : Pascale Joannin | | Have a question or suggestion ? Contact us ! info@robert-schuman.eu | Click here to cancel subscription
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