Archive for June, 2009

Green Week 2009, being held this week in Brussels, is focused on climate change. A vital issue linked to this subject is the question of energy security which deserves more attention than it gets. Long term trends analyses show that rising energy demand in China, India and elsewhere is creating a ...
As I indicated in my last post, we need to find ways of enabling people to participate more in the political process, in particular the European one. Will this be done by throwing public money as a means of encouraging people to vote or will it be done by associations ...
The European parliamentary elections held last week were the largest multi-national elections in history - 370 million-odd people from 27 countries (with 43% turnout) came out to vote across 27 EU Member States. No matter what you might read in certain quarters of the media, this was an event of ...
With the European Election campaign coming to a close, it is interesting to speculate what will be the main issue where Europe must focus in years ahead. From my reading of the issues raised, alongside undoubtedly tough challenges relating to energy security and climate change, ensuring that Europe's economy is ...