Channel: Future Europe

Is it time for a United States of Europe?

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Debating Europe is happy to have partnered with the “United States of Europe” project – a travelling exhibition about European identity, citizenship and today’s Europe organised by the Paris branch of the German Goethe-Institut, alongside nine other organisations. They recently held a live …

Debating Europe Schools: Belgium

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Debating Europe wants to give students the chance to question policymakers, debate with fellow students from other European countries, and learn more about the work of the EU. To achieve this goal, we are working closely with schools and colleges …

Are Europe’s education systems failing young people?

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All this week, Debating Europe has been publishing a themed series of posts looking at the issue of youth unemployment in Europe. With young people the first to be fired and the last to be hired in a crisis, this …

New poll: Dramatic rise in pessimism in the EU

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All this week, Debating Europe will be publishing a themed series of posts looking at the issue of youth unemployment in Europe. With young people the first to be fired and the last to be hired in a crisis, this …

Should the rules for internships be tougher?

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All this week, Debating Europe will be publishing a themed series of posts looking at the issue of youth unemployment in Europe. With young people the first to be fired and the last to be hired in a crisis, this …

LIVEBLOG: Healthcare in times of austerity

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Good afternoon, and welcome to Debating Europe’s liveblog of our event in partnership with Friends of Europe: “Healthcare in Times of Austerity”. Today’s event will be focusing on the barriers that still exist to the successful implementation of immunisation programmes across …

Do you trust the European Union?

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On Saturday, we liveblogged the European Commission’s “Debate on the Future of Europe” event in Brussels; a townhall-style debate with the Vice-President of the European Commission, Viviane Reding. An audience of ordinary citizens (i.e. not just the usual crowd from …

LIVEBLOG: Debate on the Future of Europe

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What do YOU want the EU to look like in 2020? This is probably the single most important question we can discuss on Debating Europe, and we’ll be looking at it today as we liveblog the “Debate on the Future …

Would these 5 ideas help save Europe?

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Back in March, Debating Europe published a post on the “5 Ideas for a Younger Europe” initiative launched by the First Vice-President of the European Parliament, Gianni Pittella (a member of the group in the European Parliament), and the then Vice-President of the European …

Do we need an EU directive against domestic violence?

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Despite sky-high unemployment and a struggling economy, gender equality remains an important priority in the European Union. Sergei Stanishev, President of the Party of European Socialists, listed it as one of his top three priorities in our recent head-to-head debate, and, this week, the Irish Presidency …