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Tuesday, January 31 2012 By rosie rose | Galaxy Europe
By Matteo Adduci
Presenting the freshly reached agreement on a fiscal pact ratified by 25 EU member states (everyone except the UK – same old story - and the Czech Republic – due to “different problems in relation to the possible adoption of the agreement”), Italian PM Mario Monti stated that Italy had had significant impact in the achievement of this “very good and successful result”.
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Monday, January 30 2012 By rosie rose | Galaxy Europe
By Cristina Mariani
‘I am here with my little bag to collect a bit of money’ said IMF head Christine Lagarde in Davos recently, proferring her big LV handbag. It's big, but is it big enough? And is anyone going to offer to fill it for her?
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By Dominique
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By Matteo Adduci
Photo by Davide Martinotti
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By rosie rose | Galaxy Europe
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By Julie Kavanagh
The Party of European Socialists have dismissed as ¨empty proposals¨ a new EU draft paper detailling measures to tackle youth unemployment. With the issue expected to be high on the agenda at today´s informal summit, politicians and policy-makers alike are eager to emphasise youth employment as pivotal to growth.
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By Dominique | Galaxy Europe
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By Julie Kavanagh
Photo by Davide Martinotti
Today´s general strike in Belgium has seen transport ground to a standstill, but the European quarter of Brussels remains a hive of activity as the latest EU summit kicks off.
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Wednesday, January 25 2012 By kit | Galaxy Europe
By Hans Mund
Two figures of the Eurozone safer team: Van Rompuy and Italien's Prime Minister Mario Monti
The coming week that starts on Monday 23rd, can be considered as the kick-off for the year 2012 when it comes to EU politics. It will be the first real working week of the Danish Presidency. It is the start of the last 6 months of the first permanent Council Presidency of Herman van Rompuy. It started with the meeting of the Finance Ministers of the Eurogroup members last Monday, the financial compact drafted and released by Van Rompuy, was discussed. For the Danish presidency, it will be the first test in acting as “the bridge over troubled water”; in itself, it is not a member of the Eurozone , but Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt and her Minister for European Affairs Nicolai Wammen are aware of what is ahead of them and intend on getting a solution soon.
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Tuesday, January 17 2012 By manajan | Galaxy Europe
If you are between 18 and 30, have a creative eye and feel like you could do with the € 5,000 Video Challenge first prize, then Europe Past Forward is for you!
The European Economic and Social Committee invites you to submit a video where you answer the question of the competition: "What does Europe mean to you?".
"It is a deliberately open question to enable the kinds of diversity of culture, thought and contribution that we Europeans are so rightly proud of", states Anna Maria Darmanin on her blog.
You can submit your video URL on the competition's website until 15 February. Public voting will end beginning of March.
Take 1, start the camera!
Tuesday, January 10 2012 By blog.bruxelles | Job vacancies
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Cafebabel Brussels is currently looking for its new EDITORIAL OFFICER (unpaid trainee position) from February onwards and for a period of 3 or 6 months. Preference will be given to candidates entitled to a grant (i.e. Leonardo or other).
Do you happen to be a master in writing breath-taking articles? Are you a student in Communication or Journalism, interested in everything Europe is and will be and in everything that’s happening in Europe? Then you may well be the one we are looking for!
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Monday, December 12 2011 By manajan
Today cafebabel.com won third prize for the Intercultural Innovation Awards in Doha, Qatar at the occasion of the 4th United Nations Alliance of Civilizations Forum.
This prize was given by Princess Rym Ali of Jordan to cafebabel.com for our outstanding contribution to Intercultural journalism with our annual series of Europe on the ground projects, which some of you have participated in as writers and translators.
This is world wide recognition for cafebabel.com and the outstanding work we are all doing - whether it is thanks to you as volunteers across Europe or the team of professionals in Paris.
Sunday, December 11 2011 By kit | Galaxy Europe
By Davide Martinotti and Lisa Kittel
Photos: Davide Martinotti
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By Dominique | Galaxy Europe
By Dominique Strzyz
Photo Davide Marinotti
Friday morning, sleepy European leaders appeared after 10 hours of all-night negotiations, to explain the conclusions they will take home with them. Thursday night there was no time to sleep on it because the conclusions have to come out before the stock markets wake up, which is normally 9h30 in the morning. What do we have by this time?
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By kit | Galaxy Europe
By Cristina Mariani
“The debilitating effects of two bloody wars and the weakening of Europe's position in the world brought a growing realisation that only peace and concerted action could make the dream of a strong, unified Europe come true. … A start was made with a coal and steel community. Other economic activities, such as agriculture, were subsequently added in. A genuine single market was eventually established forgoods, persons, services and capital, and a single currency was added in 1999. On 1 January 2002 the euro is to become a day-to-day realityfor 300 million European citizens.”
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By kit | Galaxy Europe
By Lisa Kittel
“Will there be another summit this year?”, a question put to Merkel afterthe summit finished yesterday. It’s true that there have quite been a lot meetings of late at the European Council. Merkel already seems to know every single correspondent by face, and eventually might even notice if they get their hair cut. As familiar as the press conference appears as familiar is the main topic: the Euro crisis.
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Saturday, December 10 2011 By kit | Galaxy Europe
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By Tanja Milevska
European leaders have not given candidate status to Serbia. “Unwise decision” for some…This last European Council of heads of states and governments of the EU will have displeased many, not only inside the EU but also among those waiting at its doors, such as some candidates to enlargement. The first one is Serbia, who has been sent back to the European waiting room for at least three more months.
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Friday, December 9 2011 By Dominique
By Elena de Pascual
It is official. Croatia is in the European Union. Following six years of negotiations, Croatia today signed the Accession Treaty during the most significant European Council Summit meeting of 2011. It will become the twenty-eighth Member State of the European family on July 1, 2013.
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By kit | Galaxy Europe
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By Lucía Martín Noya
As part of the European Summit, where the protagonists are the crisis and the incorporationof Croatia, the Council will also discuss the Directive for energy efficiency. The adoption of this proposal could provide great benefits not only in environmental but also economic. What is the subject of the Directive?
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By Dominique | Galaxy Europe
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By Dominique Strzyz
Photo: Davide Martinotti
Waiting for the dancing queen
The Merkozy duet proposes to open the music box of the Lisbon Treaty whether we dance with 27 or with 17. But what can we dance together to persuade the maestros of financial markets that we are dancing to the same melody? The leaders of 27 EU members are gathered today in Brussels to resolve this urgent question. And it is very probable that the summit will continue much longer than Friday afternoon as originally scheduled.
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By kit | Galaxy Europe
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By Joan Manuel Lanfranco Pari
Translation: Davide Martinotti
The idea of different speeds for integration has accompanied the history of the EU in last decades. As a matter of fact, the EU already works at different speeds. For instance the Schengen Treaty, with all EU member states except for Ireland and the UK participating. The EU Summit starting today is expected to add a new dimension to the idea of a two-speed Europe, as regards euro area members. The proposals tabled by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy talk about further fiscal union between the 17 euro area member states, as well as the possibility to hold monthly Eurozone summits until the crisis is solved.__
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Thursday, December 8 2011 By kit | Galaxy Europe
Photo: Davide Martinotti
Prior to the informal meeting, few heads of state were talkative. Angela Merkel then made a spontaneous statement about the evening’s proceedings...
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By kit | Galaxy Europe
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By Aurélie Feller
Photo: Davide Martinotti
At 7:30 p.m. the 27 Heads of State will begin their discussion during an extended working dinner that is likely to be tense! The leaders have the obligation to produce results on the issue of economic governance, as the whole of Europe is now under the watchful eye of Standard and Poor’s rating agency. They will also have to figure out how to put aside their contrasting points-of-view of recent months in order to move forward. For many people, and as Nicolas Sarkozy reiterated this afternoon, this summit is the last opportunity!
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