April 3, 2008
In these days the Parliament in my home country Austria is going to sign the recent EU-Treaty. Although rather interested in EU topics I found myself fairly uninformed about details of the new treaty. In discussions with friends and citizens of my country I realized that the majority of the people I talked to does… » read more
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It is a shame that the Lisbon Reform Treaty looks like it is going to be ratified by all 27 countries with only one country putting it to a referendum (Ireland). Similarly it was the case with the EU constitution where only a handful of states had, or were planning, a referendum on the issue.… » read more
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March 15, 2008
It is debated for years of the possibility to include a ‘one million voice’ democratic leverage in a Community Treaty. It means that a petition signed by one million people have to be treated as a direct expression coming from Civil Society. With currently 450 millions inhabitants sharing different views, we can imagine to put… » read more
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March 11, 2008
Le principe de subsidiarité est coulé dans la jurisprudence européenne. Trop souvent appliqué dans une perspective unilatéralement étatique, il pose de réels problèmes dans le champ éducatif. D’une part, il évacue la dimension ” common values”, d’autre part il ignore la dimension transnationale en matière éducative et culturelle( notamment quand des enquêtes du type Pisa… » read more
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February 19, 2008
Una sola Europa ya no es operativa: el fracaso de la Constitución lo demuestra. La posición egoísta de álgunos países impiden el avance de la Unión. Debe crearse un núcleo pionero que esté dispuesto a avanzar políticamente a través de una nueva Constitución. El resto de los países deberán quedar a la espectativa de incorporarse… » read more
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February 18, 2008
I first spoke at a conference in favour of Britain joining the the Common Market in 1961 – at the request of Harold Macmillan who needed support for his forthcoming application to join. I have supported the idea ever since and ever more enthusiastically as I see what I had hoped for coming to pass.… » read more
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