[PDF] Top 20 BEPA monthly brief, Issue No. 72, March 2014

... the issue of women’s rights has received growing attention, especially following the organisation of the fourth World Conference on women in Beijing in ...this BEPA Monthly Brief show, women ... See full document

... La seconde assemblée générale du projet « Un Nouveau Récit pour l’Europe » s’est déroulée à Milan le 8 et 9 décembre 2013, en présence du Président Barroso, du Premier Ministre italien Letta, du Premier Ministre slovène ... See full document

... Consequently, former European Commission President Jacques Delors called for an informal, but structured dialogue with those who matter in society and exert influence over the thoughts and hearts of people. He understood ... See full document

... the 2014-2020 EU Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) are starting to heat up, almost one year after the Commission published its first proposals and in view of their finalisation by the end of ...27 March ... See full document

... Le 9 septembre, les membres du Conseil Consultatif des Sciences et des Technologies (STAC) ont finalisé le rapport The Future of Europe is Science, qui met en lumière les opportunités offertes par les sciences et les ... See full document

... Le 14 novembre, le Dr Didier Houssin, Directeur des technologies de l’énergie à l’Agence Internationale de l’Energie (AIE) à Paris, présentera les principales conclusions de l’étude intitulée Energy Technology ... See full document

... This publication highlights the problems associated with low inflation in the euro-area and gives recommendations. Government bond purchases would be significantly beneficial, but in a monetary union of 18 different ... See full document

... début 2014, dont les enseignements et les recommandations serviront à nourrir la réflexion des dirigeants actuels et à venir de l’Union européenne, pour les quinze ans à ... See full document

... For the outside world, dealing with Russia in the next few years will mean dealing directly with President Putin. Many will find this situation unpleasant and call for actively opposing the Kremlin’s authoritarianism. ... See full document

... As this issue of the BEPA Monthly Brief goes to print, the Commission has presented its ‘Blueprint’ for a deep and genuine EMU. The document maps out short, medium and long term measures ... See full document

... contractors. BEPA has the key role of helping to steer the work of the contractors and the working groups as a whole to ensure integrity in policy analysis and ... See full document

... La quatrième rencontre du Conseil Consultatif des Sciences et de la Technologie (STAC) aura lieu le 7 novembre. Les membres discuteront de leurs priorités pour 2014. Le Conseil travaille à présent sur un deuxième ... See full document

... that BEPA has been asked to lead this initiative is a glowing testimony to the role the EC plays ...sensitive issue taking place at the first meet- ing of the international dialogue on ... See full document

... Europe is facing difficult times with most Member States having to deal with the “perfect storm” of an economic downturn and a crisis in the financial markets. No doubt, public debt and the consolidation of state ... See full document

... The evolving political discussion surrounding subsidiarity has resulted in its support (ranging from passive to more active) from member states and the European Commission. The Commission’s impact assessment is a useful ... See full document

... All of this has pushed the interest rates on Portuguese bonds even higher: on 29 March, the yield on 10-year Portuguese government bonds was a painful 8.18 per cent, 4.88 points more than that on German Bunds. If ... See full document

... In March a joint Commission-EEAS Communi- cation illustrated a first step in rebranding the “more for more” concept: those countries which carry out free and fair elections will receive more of what Catherine ... See full document

... policy brief by the Bertelsmann Stiftung, the monitoring of the Europe 2020 targets lack indicators for the overarching economic order in which the relevant policies are ... See full document

... le BEPA, en collaboration avec le service juridique de la Commission et en coopération avec la Direction générale de l'éducation et de la culture, organise une conférence intitulée “Implementing the Lisbon ... See full document

... The report argues that, while European leaders have realised that Arab transitional states deserve help – money, market access and easier travel – proposals so far tabled do not measure up. It calls on the EU to offer ... See full document