The lost decade (Franck Biancheri, Director for Studies and Strategies, Europe 2020) Recently, the European Commission has been celebrating its 1 million ERASMUS students. Romano Prodi has personally reverberated the event in an article underlining the programme’s success and launching some orientations for the future. Being among those who made it possible for […]
Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, In wenigen Tagen treffen Sie sich in London zu einem weiteren Gipfeltreffen. Aber ist Ihnen eigentlich bewusst, dass Ihnen gerade noch sechs Monate bleiben zu verhindern, dass die Welt in eine tiefe Krise von mindest zehnjähriger Dauer abstürzt? Mit diesem offenen Brief möchte LEAP/E2020, das den Ausbruch der “umfassenden
As part of the “Citizen’s Agenda RETO 2030” organized by the Spanish Presidency of the EU from 1st half of 2010, 14 European personalities from the world of Science and Innovation had been selected, including Franck Biancheri for its “Overcome language barriers using technology”. We offer you today to review the video presenting
Die EU ist in eine politische Falle gelaufen: Herausforderungen, Fehler und Lösungen Ehrlichkeit ist angesagt. Indem die Europäische Union es zugelassen hat, dass sich das Kosovo für unabhängig erklärt, ist sie in eine große politische Falle gelaufen. Dies wird ihre Innen- und Außenpolitik über viele Jahre schwer belasten. Wir haben diese Falle jahrelang beschrieben [1].
Let’s transform the Greek tragedy into the first Eurozone epic! (22-03-2010) A tragedy requires the heroes to be aware that the gods are playing with their destinies but without being able to prevent disasters of unraveling. An epic requires wars and fights, adversaries, if not dark enemies, to be violently defeated. What looks like a
(04/09/2019) Back to school! So, the question that cannot be ignored: what will this European return to school look like? A short editorial by Franck Biancheri from 04/09/2007. Look for and find similarities and differences with what Franck described 12 years ago! In brief: it will look like a fine mess, thanks to this
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(Editorial team, 08/10/2019) “Its time for the EU to be a power project” … writes the Irish Times today 08/10/2019, “The emerging world order will increasingly be shaped by might, rather than law“… This is so far away from the ideas Franck Biancheri and Newropeans were advocating years ago. It’s time, for the sake
This kind of title sounds a bit like a topic for political science students – slightly disconnected from today’s news. In fact it is quite the contrary : this is an underlying question to a number of recent news headlines from both EU and US media. The growing criticism against the head of Italy’s Central
I could witness how Jacques Chirac was a particularly effective communicator in this type of exercise. On the evening of 7 April, however, to convince, he will also need to have a clear vision of the EU he wants to see emerge after the adoption of the Constitution. (Franck Biancheri, 01/04/2005) French President Jacques Chirac
Franck Biancheri, 25/04/2005 I spent the past week debating the future of the European Union and transatlantic relations with nearly a thousand American citizens in Florida, Georgia, Indiana and finally Wisconsin. The exercise is new, but it has attracted a motivated and diverse audience (students, retirees, Republicans, Democrats, military, professors, business leaders,…) and,
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