June 18, 2020 Topic: Security Region: Europe Tags: RussiaUSSRSoviet UnionWorld War IIHistory
Vladimir Putin: The Real Lessons of the 75th Anniversary of World War II
The Russian president offers a comprehensive assessment of the legacy of World War II, arguing that "Today, European politicians, and Polish leaders in particular, wish to sweep the Munich Betrayal under the carpet. The Munich Betrayal showed to the Soviet Union that the Western countries would deal with security issues without taking its interests into account."
It’s not a good time for anyone being pro-European in Italy these days. In the thick of the COVID-19 crisis, a different one is looming in the country: an increasing sentiment of mistrust in the EU.
We know (now), it’s serious. After having underestimated the threat for a long while, European governments have put the bloc’s economy in an induced coma to halt the dramatic spread of the virus.
Cloud project ‘Gaia X’ intends to become the ‘European Cloud,’ as a European alternative to the U.S. and Asian hyperscalers such as AWS, GCP, Azure and ...
av Anthony Dworkin 7th January, 2020
En kommentar till mordet på Soleimani på ECFR:s hemsida. Intressant kasuistik från gångna decennier : bombningen av Libyen på 1980-talet (som skulle döda Gaddafi) , framställd som repressalie för discoattentatet i Västberlin.
The EU’s regional policy Commissioner Elisa Ferreira revealed on Tuesday (14 January) details of the €100 billion Just Transition Mechanism, a key financial component of the European Green Deal that should make the bloc climate neutral by 2050.
“Nuclear energy is excluded from the Just Transition Mechanism,” Ferreira told a small group of journalists ahead of the college meeting of the European Commission that approved the proposal for the fund aimed at supporting poorer EU regions achieve climate neutrality.
By David Meyer, Fortune December 19, 2019
A new EU court ruling is shaping what "used" means in the era of digital media.
"Tom Kabinet’s defense was that the so-called “rule of exhaustion” should apply when it comes to second-hand ebooks, as it does with paper books—in other words, after the ebook has been sold the first time, the publisher no longer has a right to control how it is traded. (This is known as the “first sale doctrine” in the U.S.)"
Our pamphlet argues why Labour needs to adopt a clear anti-Brexit stance and act as a catalyst for change in Europe, says professor of global governance Mary Kaldor
The Copyright Directive: how the mob was told to save the dragon and slay the knight
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Public Libraries 2030 will work with libraries to promote participation and engagement in the upcoming European elections as an official partner of the European Parliament.
This year’s elections are critical with huge issues at stake for the future of the union such as the rise of populism and fake news, the erosion of democracy and, of course, Brexit. These are all issues that public libraries, as trusted institutions, are uniquely placed to address.
Public Libraries 2030, in partnership with IFLA and EBLIDA, will develop a range of tools and opportunities for libraries to explore these important issues at the heart of our European democracies.
This is the first initiative for Public Libraries 2030 and shows how the new organisation can help to create vital new projects and community services to tackle the global issues facing EU citizens.
Marie Ostergaard, Chair of the board and Library Director, Aarhus Public Libraries, Denmark:
Messinakonferensen 1955; sex statschefer möttes på inbjudan av Gaetano Martino för att diskutera Europas framtid efter att Fördraget om upprättandet av Europeiska försvarsgemenskapen (EFG-fördraget) misslyckats; Walter Hallstein (Förbundsrepubliken Tyskland) Jan Willem Beyen (Pays-Bas), Gaetano Martino (Italie), Joseph Bech (Luxembourg), Antoine Pinay (France), Walter Hallstein (RFA) et Paul-Henri Spaak (Belgique).
Ett nytt franskt utkast till europeisk konfederation i gen. de Gaulles anda, uppenbarligen tillkommet efter brexit; ordf för gruppen : Jean-Pierre Chevènement
1ère Vice-présidente : Marie-Françoise Bechtel, députée de l’Aisne
Vice-présidents : Christian Hutin, député du Nord, Christine Meyer, conseillère régionale des Pays de Loire, Jean-Yves Autexier, ancien parlementaire
Secrétaire générale : Estelle Folest, cadre supérieure
Secrétaire général adjoint : Claude Nicolet, conseiller régional du Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Trésorier : Gérard Pierre, universitaire
Trésorier adjoint : Marie-Pierre Logelin, professeur