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 | | Schuman Report on Europe, State of the Union 2024 | | 22,00€ - Paper format | | Shop | Focusing on major and crucial issues for the future of Europe, the 18th edition of the Schuman Report on Europe, the State of the Union not only brings together eminent figures from the world of politics, foremost among them the President of the French Republic, the President of the European Commission and the President of the European Parliament. It also gives the floor to people from business, research and diplomacy. Throughout the book, they all share their analyses and visions of the added value of the European Union. Complete with 41 original maps and commented statistical data, the Schuman Report on Europe, the State of the Union 2024 is an essential tool for understanding the new era into which the European Union has entered. Get your copy now! |
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 | | "L'Europe doit évoluer vers une approche plus proactive, plus offensive", pour être "encore plus maîtresse de son destin", affirme le Président de la République | | 25/04/2024 | | Read the article |
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 | | Macron and Europe: an urgent appeal | | 28/04/2024 Emmanuel Macron's Sorbonne speech sets out ambitious and visionary proposals for Europe. "They reflect the urgent need to wake up" in economic, financial, security and cultural terms. "We must defend our interests, protect ourselves from repeated aggression, cyber or otherwise; we must even counter-attack". Faced with Europe's impoverishment, we need to pursue a policy of growth. In the face of the Russian threat, we need to rearm. To embody Europe's "culture of creativity, freedom and abundance", we need a genuine European digital cultural platform, based on Arte. If we are to offer answers to Europe's citizens, we urgently need to work together with our European partners. | | Read the editorial |
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 | | The third era of European integration | | 21/04/2024 The first period was that of the 1950s, "the crazy gamble of the Founding Fathers"; the second, the creation of an area without borders; the European Union has now entered its third period, that of "geopolitical completion". In this new era, the European Union faces a number of challenges: democratic, economic, security, but also the challenge of nurturing the inventions of tomorrow, by preferring incentives to rules. Europeans will have to "devise new means, new policies which, while denying nothing of past successes, are willing to take account of the reality of the new world". | | Read the editorial |
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 | | Twenty years after the greatest-ever enlargement | | 29/04/2024 1 May 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of the accession of ten new Member States to the European Union. This 'greatest-ever enlargement' is a symbol of the continent's peaceful unity and, for Élise Bernard, our greatest geopolitical asset. This review reviews the strengths and weaknesses brought about by the accession of 10 States, which has had a profound effect on European integration, from the reform of institutions to the reunification of the peoples of Europe - separated for too long by the Iron Curtain - not forgetting Mediterranean issues and the emergence of political figures who have punctuated the news of our Union over the last 20 years. | | Read the study |
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 | | New European challenges: the "Schuman" lesson | | 22/04/2024 In light of the health crisis and the war in Ukraine, "the European institutions have had to adapt to the needs expressed by the Member States". The Green Deal, digital regulation and the measures taken to deal with the Russian aggressor have been spectacular responses in a new geopolitical environment. The mistakes that have been made should lead us to encourage and support rather than constrain and regulate. Faced with new economic and foreign and defence policy challenges, "offering European added value over the long term" rather than trying to replace national policies straight away is probably the recipe for success. According to Jean-Dominique Giuliani, "the Schuman method" is more relevant than ever before. | | Read the study |
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 | | Health for the Europeans, who cares? | | 15/04/2024 Enjeu transversal de l'action européenne, la santé s'inscrit dans le cadre d'une "Europe qui protège". Pour construire l'Europe de la santé, des pistes existent pour la mise en place de compétences partagées. A l'issue de la Conférence sur l'avenir de l'Europe, l'Union a par ailleurs affirmé sa volonté de créer un "droit à la santé". Dès lors, comment "renforcer l'horizon d'un affectio societatis sanitaire européen" ? Pour Tiphaine Maloingne, il faudrait considérer l'émergence d'une démocratie sanitaire à l'échelle européenne, se pencher sur le rayonnement de l'Union dans la recherche et l'innovation, ou encore créer un groupe de réflexion sur la santé européenne qui aborderait les nouveaux grands défis tels que le bio-droit ou l'intelligence artificielle. Rendre la santé intelligible au citoyen se révèle aussi essentiel. | | Read the study |
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 | | “The European Union enlarged from 27 to 36 members? Towards an "Agenda 2030” | | 08/04/2024 If the EU enlargement process is to be revitalised, the challenges it entails must be openly addressed within the framework of a "2030 agenda". In the Western Balkans, the rule of law remains a source of concern, as do internal tensions and tensions between neighbours. In addition, mass immigration and the widening economic gap with the EU threaten stability. As for Ukraine and Moldova, the EU's capacity to integrate them raises questions, as do the security consequences of such an enlargement. In Pierre Mirel's view, the emphasis should be on gradual integration, with a period of consolidation. The Commission must put forward a comprehensive proposal, including impact studies. | | Read the study |
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 | | Has the time come for European defence? | | 02/04/2024 "From foreign policy to external operations, via the defence industry and collective defence, there is a common thread running through a shared future that has yet to realise its full potential". So European defence offers some promise, at a time when war has returned to the continent and in the event of a change of policy by the Americans in Ukraine. Without a natural leader, this defence is still conceived in the shadow of NATO and the American umbrella. Maxime Lefebvre believes that we need to break the taboos and open up the debate. | | Read the study |
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 | | The Democratic Union comes out ahead in the Croatian general elections... but without an absolute majority | | 18/04/2024 The coalition led by the Democratic Union (HDZ), led by outgoing Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, came out ahead in the Croatian parliamentary elections on 17 April. It won 34.32% of the vote and 61 of the 150 seats in the Hrvatski Sabor, the single chamber of parliament (down 5 on the previous general election of 5 July 2020). It beat the Rivers of Justice (Rijeke Pravde) coalition, led by Pedja Grbin's Social Democratic Party (SDP), which won 25.41% of the vote and 42 MPs (+1). | | Read the study | Read the study |
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 | | President of the Republic Gitanas Nauseda is set to be re-elected in Lithuania | | 22/04/2024 On 12 May, Lithuanians will go to the polls for the 1st round of the presidential election. The outgoing head of state, Gitanas Nauseda, is standing for re-election. Among his main rivals is Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte (Union of Fatherland-Christian Democrats, TS-LKD). The two candidates have already faced each other in the 2nd round of the previous presidential election on 12 and 26 May 2019. Six other candidates are in the running for this election. If none of them obtains more than 50% of the votes cast +1 vote on 12 May, a 2nd round will be held on 26 May. | | Read the study |
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 | | Ensemble pour l'Europe - France and Germany on the eve of the European elections | | 25/04/2024 On 25th April the Robert Schuman Foundation and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation organised a debate on the European elections from a Franco-German perspective. | | Visit the website |
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 | | Extremism and Europe | | 17/04/2024 The Licra organised a conference on extremism in Europe at Sciences Po Aix in which Jean-Dominique Giuliani took part. | | Visit the website |
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 | | What kind of Europe to face the challenges of the 21st century? | | 09/04/2024 As part of a series of citizens' seminars organised by Frédéric Petit, Member of the French Parliament for Germany, Central Europe and the Balkans, Jean-Dominique Giuliani held an online conference on the major challenges facing the European Union in the run-up to the European elections. | | Visit the website | Read the article |
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 | | 17/04/2024 Pascale Joannin was in Vienna on 17 April to take part in one of the citizens' seminars organised by Frédéric Petit in partnership with the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna. | | Visit the website |
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 | | Multilingualism in the 21st century: between challenges and opportunities | | 08/04/2024 As part of the Belgian Presidency of the Council, the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles organised a conference on multilingualism in Europe, at which Stefanie Buzmaniuk, Director of Research, moderated a debate on " Multilingualism, Democracy and Interculturality ". | | Visit the website | Visit the website |
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 | | How is Europe responding to its lag with the United States in the digital economy and artificial intelligence? | | 05/04/2024 At the 12th Printemps de l'économie, Research Director Stefanie Buzmaniuk took part in a round table discussion on the development of the digital market and artificial intelligence in Europe. | | Visit the website | Visit the website |
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 | | Everything you need to know about the 2024 European elections | | Next month, from 6 to 9 June, Europeans are invited to elect 720 Members of the European Parliament for the next five years. The Foundation has set up a website to help you better understand the role and powers of the Parliament, the voting rules and the issues at stake, and to follow the campaign with the lists of candidates and party programmes in each Member State. | | Visit the website |
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 | | Schuman Network, European ideas platform | | The Schuman Network aims to promote debate and reflection on European issues. More than sixty contributions from twenty European think-tanks on the international situation, the forthcoming European elections and the issues and challenges to be faced are available. | | Visit the website |
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 | | Map of European Recovery Plans | | In response to the economic and social consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, the European Union has set up a €672.5 billion recovery fund, known as the "Recovery and Resilience Facility", to be used by Member States in the form of grants and loans. The Foundation offers you an interactive map of the plans country by country, to find out the amounts, timetables and priorities. | | Read the study |
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 | | Women in Europe | | Europe is the women's continent, but progress still needs to be made. To illustrate the place of women in European politics, society and the economy, the Foundation has produced a map and three tables showing the number of women in governments, national parliaments and the European Parliament, taking stock of the numerous elections. | | Read the study |
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■ The Foundation in the media : |
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 | | After the Sorbonne, Emmanuel Macron travels to Strasbourg | | 26/04/2024 | | Watch the video |
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 | | Emmanuel Macron at the Sorbonne: what has been achieved since his first speech on Europe in 2017? | | 25/04/2024 | | Watch the video |
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 | | Russia/China: who wants to scupper the Europeans?26/04/2024 | | 26/04/2024 | | Watch the video |
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 | | How can we get ecology out of the rut in which the ecologists placed it? | | 02/04/2024 | | Read the article |
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 | | Industry: Europe seeking to boost its competitiveness in terms of China | | 17/04/2024 | | Read the article |
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 | | European Union: more concerned about security, citizens are more motivated than ever to take part in the June elections | | 17/04/2024 | | Read the study |
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 | | Before the European Elections: the different faces of contemporary Europe | | 24/04/2024 | | Read the article |
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 | | European elections 2024: 10 personalities who have shaped the European Union | | 18/04/2024 | | Read the article |
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 | | "There will be no great night for the right in the European Parliament". | | 08/04/2024 | | Read the article |
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 | | After the election of a pro-Russian president in Slovakia, who are Putin's friends in Europe? | | 08/04/2024 | | Read the article |
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 | | European elections: what can MEPs do for the climate? | | 02/04/2024 | | Read the article |
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 | | "European Union loans, the other budget bomb waiting to go off". | | 16/04/2024 | | Read the article |
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