Month: February 2019

Shaping the future: the Annual ESPAS Conference (afternoon sessions)

ESPAS: Foresights: Thinking about tomorrow today

The afternoon opened with a session on Global Power in 2030. Shada Islam, Director of Friends of Europe, sees that it is increasingly difficult to generate international consensus on most important issues, and suggests that a model based on ‘constellations’ could help: multilateral agreements in policy areas such as climate change, security cooperation or development initiatives, each bringing together different sets of countries.… Read More Shaping the future: the Annual ESPAS Conference (afternoon sessions)

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Shaping the future: the Annual ESPAS Conference (morning sessions)

ESPAS 2018: Welcoming remarks

Parliament Vice-President Ramón Luis Valcárcel Siso gave the opening address, following welcoming remarks from EPRS Director-General, Anthony Teasdale, and the Head of the European Policy Strategy Centre, Ann Mettler. The Vice-President reminded guests that the EU stands at a critical juncture. While it prepares for the 2019 elections – ‘one of the world’s largest democratic exercises’ – the EU faces a crisis of confidence from citizens who ‘have felt abandoned’ over the last ten years. ‘This is no time for humility’, therefore – it is fundamental the Parliament remind citizens how it has taken their side.… Read More Shaping the future: the Annual ESPAS Conference (morning sessions)

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Reconversion of industrial areas and EU regional policy: STOA workshop

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Old-model industries, such as the coal and steel, may well represent a symbol of the first steps towards European integration. This workshop aims to show how a more eco and social-friendly approach to reconverting old-style industry in urban areas might trigger a new development path in the European Union.… Read More Reconversion of industrial areas and EU regional policy: STOA workshop

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Nuclear Safety outside the EU: Proposal for a new Council regulation [EU Legislation in Progress]

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In the context of the Commission’s proposal for a multiannual financial framework (MFF) for the 2021-2027 period, the Commission published a proposal for a Council regulation establishing a European instrument for nuclear safety complementing the neighbourhood, development and international cooperation instrument on the basis of the Euratom Treaty on 14 June 2018. … Read More Nuclear Safety outside the EU: Proposal for a new Council regulation [EU Legislation in Progress]

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How the internet can harm us, and what can we do about it?

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The internet has received much negative news coverage in recent years. Articles focus on major privacy scandals and security breaches, the proliferation of fake news, rampant harmful behaviours like cyber-bullying, cyber-theft, revenge porn, the exchange of child porn and internet predation, internet addiction, and the negative effects of the internet on social relations and social cohesion.… Read More How the internet can harm us, and what can we do about it?

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Child victims of sexual abuse [What Europe does for you]

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Did you know that, according to estimates, between 10 % and 20 % of children in Europe suffer sexual abuse before they turn 18? Abuse occurs mainly in their immediate environment, but the internet and new technologies have brought a new dimension to the sexual exploitation of children, which is sometimes of a commercial nature.… Read More Child victims of sexual abuse [What Europe does for you]

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