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| Schuman Report on Europe, State of the Union 2024 | 25,00€ - 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 The book is available in French and English in print and digital format. Order your copy here! | Visit the shop |
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| Europe, the last bastion against extremes | 24/06/2024 The European Union remains one of the strongest bulwarks against extremes. The demagogic programmes presented during election campaigns in the Member States are generally not implemented because they are incompatible with membership of the European Union. Italy is the most recent example. Will France be next? | Read the editorial |
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| European elections …only France | 16/06/2024 The European elections showed a relative stability in the continent's political formations, with the exception of France, Italy and Austria. Everywhere else, sovereignist movements regressed, often affected by the exercise of power. The European Union is in working order, despite external interference and the accumulation of challenges. | Read the editorial |
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| Commemorate to Mobilise | 07/06/2024 On 6 June 2024, the free world gathered on the beaches of Normandy. 80 years earlier, the democracies had landed there to bring down Nazism. They had agreed to "ally themselves with the devil", the worst of regimes, that of Stalin, to triumph over the absolute evil embodied by the black uniforms. It was a short-lived collaboration, which allowed the Soviet Union to gain essential aid for victory and to contribute to it, alas already without regard for its people, who were immediately plunged back into the darkness of dictatorship. | Read the editorial |
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| A time of gravity | 02/06/2024 Passions are legitimate, often understandable, rarely productive. They must not be allowed to hijack the forthcoming European elections. All democracies are destabilised by the expression of brutal anger, and Europe, one of the oldest democracies, is no exception. | Read the editorial |
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| Ukraine’s accession to the EU provides added value and serves historic justice | 24/06/2024 On the eve of the first intergovernmental conference to open negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the European Union, Ukraine's Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmyto Kuleba takes stock of the benefits of Ukraine's membership of the European Union. | Read the study |
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| To be European (free, modern and independent) : seen from Central and Eastern Europe | 17/06/2024 Deprived of political freedom behind the Iron Curtain, Central and Eastern European societies have learnt to broaden their horizons and continue to be European. For Nathalie de Kanvi, the Ukrainian resistance, but also the inventiveness of the whole of society, despite being at war, illustrates this choice of freedom made possible by the European Union. | Read the study |
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| A push to the right but the majority coalition should be renewed | 11/06/2024 Following the European elections held from 6 to 9 June in the 27 Member States of the European Union, the major balances have been maintained and the only possible majority coalition between the European People's Party (EPP), the Party of European Socialists (PES) and Renew could be renewed. According to Pascale Joannin, the push to the right has been contained at European level, but it is not a tidal wave. Except in France. | Read the study |
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| The Russian dilemma returns to the Bulgarian political scene | 03/06/2024 On the eve of the parliamentary elections on 9 June, Moscow is making a limited comeback as a cultural alternative and geopolitical model, but without succeeding - for the moment - in ruining Bulgaria's pro-European orientation. For Maria Mateeva-Kazakova, there is certainly a long-standing Russo-Bulgarian narrative, but this alone does not explain the breakthrough of the far-right Vazrajdane party in recent years. | Read the study |
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| Dissolution of the National Assembly and a snap election : Emmanuel Macron’s gamble | 24/06/2024 It was a thunderbolt in the French sky on the evening of 9 June when, an hour after polling stations closed for the European elections - and as initial results (later confirmed) announced a clear victory for the list of the populist Rassemblement National (RN) party led by party chairman Jordan Bardella - the head of state Emmanuel Macron announced the dissolution of the National Assembly, the lower house of the French Parliament, and the organisation of early legislative elections on 30 June and 7 July. | Read the study |
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| Despite a push to the right the outgoing majority coalition should be renewed with over 400 seats | 17/06/2024 The tenth European elections, held from 6 to 9 June in the 27 Member States of the European Union, show a certain stability in the choice of European citizens, who have once again given their votes and their confidence to candidates from the three main political families: centre-right (EPP), centre-left (PES, S&D) and Liberals (ALDE, Renew)). The outgoing coalition formed by these 3 parties retains a majority of 405 seats. As the only majority coalition, it should therefore be renewed for the new legislature. | Read the study |
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| The Belgians have proved the polls wrong: the New Flemish Alliance (NVA) is victorious in Flanders and the Mouvement Réformateur (MR) has won in Wallonia and Brussels | 09/06/2024 Contrary to what opinion polls had predicted, the New Flemish Alliance (NVA) emerged victorious from the 9 June general elections in Flanders. It won 16.71% of the vote (24 seats, one less than in the previous parliamentary elections on 26 May 2019) and beat the radical right-wing party Vlaams Belang (VB). The other surprise was the strong growth of the Mouvement Réformateur (MR) in French-speaking Belgium. It won 10.28% of the vote and 20 seats (+6), overtaking the Socialist Party. | Read the study |
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| Boyko Borissov's Citizens for the European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) dominate the parliamentary elections in a ballot rejected by two-thirds of voters | 09/06/2024 Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB), led by former prime minister (2009-2013, 2014-2017, 2017-2021) Boyko Borissov, came out ahead in Bulgaria's parliamentary elections on 9 June. This was the 6th election of its kind to be held in the country since April 2021. The party won 23.55% of the vote. | Read the study |
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| Results of the European elections and future composition of the European Parliament | The Robert Schuman Foundation has set up a dedicated website to help you find out more about the future European Parliament and its elected MEPs, as well as the workings, role and history of the European Parliament. | Visit the website |
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| Schuman Network, European ideas platform | The Schuman Network aims to promote debate and reflection on European issues. Numerous contributions from think tanks on the international situation, the European elections and the issues and challenges to be faced are available. Others will follow. | 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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| The Women of Europe | Europe is the continent of women, but there is still progress 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 many held recently. | Read the study |
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| European Morning Coffee | 08/06/2024 As part of the morning coffee series, the Paris European Movement and the Jeunes Européens Paris organised a meeting with Pascale Joannin, Director General of the Robert Schuman Foundation, on the issues at stake in the European elections. | Check the event |
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| La Nuit des Européennes | 06/06/2024 On 6th June the « Revue Politique et Parlementaire » and HEIP organised "La Nuit des Européennes", in partnership with the Robert Schuman Foundation, CSactu and Theatrum Mundi. Pascale Joannin, Director General of the Foundation has taken part in a round table discussion devoted to "What is Europe? | Visit the website |
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| European integration: a new space, a new lease of life | 06/06/2024 The Chairman of the Foundation, Jean-Dominique Giuliani, was the keynote speaker at the opening of the AgriDées General Meeting on 6 June, dedicated to the theme of "Europe and sovereignty: where is agriculture? His speech focused on "European construction: a new space, a new lease of life". | Visit the website | Watch the video |
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| Relative stability with a « push to the right, but not a tidal wave », in the Europeans | 12/06/2024 | Read the article |
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| The obsession with public spending, a recipe for electoral failure and economic decline | 14/06/2024 | Read the article |
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| European elections: how will the political groups sit in the hemicycle, how will the non-inscrits position themselves? | 10/06/2024 | Read the article |
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| And if we had a chat? "The context and issues at stake in the European elections on 9 June 2024" | 09/06/2024 | Listen to the programme |
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| European elections 2024. The rise of the radical right | 06/06/2024 | Read the article |
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| European Union: an agreement on the key posts expected by the end of June | 18/06/2024 | Read the article |
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| The distribution of the “top jobs” central to the informal European summit | 17/06/2024 | Read the article |
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| Who will get the European Union’s "top jobs"? What is happening in the wings? | 15/06/2024 | Read the article |
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| Ursula von der Leyen, the strategist : the secrets of Europe’s most powerful woman | 11/06/2024 | Read the article |
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| Ursula von der Leyen supported by the European Parliament for a 2nd term | 11/06/2024 | Read the article |
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| Ursula von der Leyen leads for a new term at the Commission | 10/06/2024 | Read the article |
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| Ursula von der Leyen is campaigning, but you cannot vote for her | 07/06/2024 | Read the article |
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| More women vote for the far right in France than elsewhere in Europe | 28/06/2024 | Read the article |
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| Council of the EU: why the presidency of populist Viktor Orban is a cause for concern | 28/06/2024 | Read the article |
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| What if Macron was an enemy of his next Prime Minister? | 26/06/2024 | Read the article |
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| European Union: what should we expect of the Hungarian presidency of Victor Orban? | 26/06/2024 | Watch the programme |
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| Emmanuel Macron pushed to dissolve the National Assembly: 4 questions to understand the upheaval | 11/06/2024 | Read the article |
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| Dissolution of the National Assembly: what will the fall-out be? | 10/06/2024 | Watch the programme |
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| The fascist flame continues to burn above Giorgia Melon's head | 06/06/2024 | Read the article |
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| What we can learn as we look back at the national elections of the last 23 years | 06/06/2024 | Read the article |
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