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Nein zum Burka-Verbot !

Der Islam hat es schwer. Die Schweiz verbietet Minarett-Neubauten und in ganz Europa gibt es Bestrebungen Burkas zu verbieten – Hessen, Frankreich und Belgien haben bereits Einschränkungen erlassen. Julia Mikić ist Feministin und spricht sich gegen ein Verbot der Vollverschleierung aus. Für sie ist klar, dass die Argumente der Befürworter nicht überzeugen.

jeudi 10 mars 2011

Was passiert wirklich in Weißrussland ? – Tag 4

Zusammenfassung der Ereignisse seit dem Tag der Wahl.

dimanche 26 décembre 2010

Pro/Contra : Does the EU have a democratic deficit ? YES !

There is an ongoing debate on whether the EU has a democratic deficit or not. In order to give room to opposite positions, two different authors will have the chance to argument in favour for their own personal standpoint, also taking into account a federalist point of view. The first one to do (…)

lundi 11 octobre 2010

An EU Tax Indeed !

EU Finance Commissioner Janusz Lewandowski’s suggestion to introduce a direct EU tax is neither new nor complicated. Still, his ideas are controversial and have triggered many reactions. How it Works Today Just like a states’ budget, the EU budget is annually submitted by the Commission and (…)

samedi 25 septembre 2010

SWIFT : Security strikes data protection

After all, the SWIFT agreement was passed in the European Parliament following strong opposition just six months ago, which had then resulted in a rejection of the agreement by the Parliament. The MEPs celebrated being taken as seriously as the US Congress. Now, 484 MEPs supported the agreement (…)

jeudi 2 septembre 2010

Is Europe2020 the right consequence after the failure of the Lisbon Strategy ?

It is obvious that the Lisbon Strategy did not succeed, as the EU has surely not become the most competitive global region. Many critics claim that Europe2020 will not be successful either. Europe2020 goes beyond where its predecessor had by using three adjectives “smart, sustainable and (…)

samedi 28 août 2010

Requirements for Europe2020 – an overview

The European Commission’s initiative to build a new, common strategy for the development of the European Union in the coming decade after the entry into force of the Lisbon Strategy has generally been welcomed. The not very successful Lisbon Strategy mainly failed because of its non-binding (…)

jeudi 26 août 2010

European External Action Service : Still very much national !

On 6th July, the European Parliament passed the European Council’s proposal on the future structure of the External Action Service. One may welcome that such institution will exist at all, however, the way it was dealt with and especially how the European Parliament dealt with the Councils (…)

lundi 16 août 2010

What is “Europe 2020” ?

The European Commission presented its “vision of Europe’s social market economy for the 21st century“ on 3rd February 2010 with the concept for „Europe 2020“. At the centre of the Commission’s suggestions are how “to go out of the crisis” and “prepare the EU’s economy for the next decade”. For (…)

lundi 12 juillet 2010

Pros and Cons : Great Britain in the EU

Since the European communities were founded in the 1950s, there is a debate about the political and economic integration of Great Britain. This is the first topic for Treffpunkt Europa’s new section entitled ‘PRO & CON’, where arguments will be shown both in favour and against the membership (…)

mardi 6 juillet 2010

Lena Triumphs – Europe Wins

Lena Meyer-Landruth won the 2010 contest, but Europe won too thanks to the brilliant mass choreography organised by the Norwegian television network. From Oslo to Vilnius, London, Hamburg and Iceland, thousands danced to Madcon’s song “Glow”. This campaign was unique in the history of the (…)

jeudi 17 juin 2010

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