While the EU is preparing to celebrate its 60th anniversary since the Treaty of Rome in 1957, the European Commission has presented a white paper “on the future of Europe”. To make it worse, many authors and literates affirm that Europe is facing a serious identity crisis, whose origins can be found in the economic …
As the XIX century is remembered for the establishment of masses parties, or the time when citizens actively entered into politics, while the XX century is classified as the “totalitarianism siècle”, or time of disruptive ideological clashes, in the same way our XXI century will pass to history as the …
Europe is living one of its most significant changing eras. In this time of uncertainty, even its identity and its bedrocks are being put in doubt. We can no longer take European unity for granted. We saw it a couple of months ago. At that time, what created incertitude were the political …
One year after Brexit, many are the issues discussed, such as EU citizens’ rights, freedom of movement, but we have barely heard about the effects on the British food system. It has remained out of radar, but it should be considered alongside the other topics, because its under-consideration could lead to …
The 70th Anniversary of the Marshall Plan fell early last month (5th June 2017). The event marks the speech of the Secretary of State George Marshall during Harvard graduation ceremony the 5th June 1947. This speech and the European Recovery Program born after it, made history for its multiple meanings and consequences. Transatlantic …
Basing on the latest news, the UK recognized to have a book account with Brussels. After more than a year of uncertainty, since the UK voted to leave the EU on June 23rd 2016, things are starting to be clearer. To understand better this situation, let’s have a look back at …
Nowadays, we always heard about clean energy and digitalisation, and they are also key arguments for the modernisation of European mobility and transport. In fact, the European Commission is taking into consideration these themes, inside the programme “Europe on the Move”, for a socially fair transition and to maintain the …
Affirming that history repeats itself is probably too contentious and disputable. However, it’s hard to not recognize some recurring events or patterns, characterized by incredibly similar conditions that let us think to live an historical “deja-vu”. The 2017 French presidential elections are an example of these recurrences, albeit with some …
On 28-30th June 2017, the First Green Growth Community Transnational Event – “New Challenges in the Agrofood sector” took place in Girona (Spain), close to Barcelona. This event aimed to gather the whole Green Growth community and relevant stakeholders of the Mediterranean area and other European regions to jointly discuss about the new challenges that the agrofood sector …
JULY 2017 What do the construction of a new motorway linking two sides of a main Czech region and the restoration works of Pompei archaeological site have in common? Without any doubts, both are improving the daily life of European citizens: the first project will assure a faster and safer route …
