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Depuis 1994, le 3 mai est consacré à la liberté de la presse. C’est l’occasion pour l’organisation Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) et les institutions de l’Union européenne, au premier chef desquels le Parlement européen, de sensibiliser et de faire le point sur l’état de la liberté de la presse dans le monde. Afin de sensibiliser… » read more
Posted by EU-Logos
There are nine major challenges ahead for Europe’s drinking water and waste water operators. Long term thinking should mix with technological innovation By Dr Claudia Castell-Exner and Carl-Emil Larsen, EurEau Vice Presidents Water is the most important shared resource. EurEau is fully committed to the continuous supply of clean water… » read more
Posted by EurEau
The NATO members got together during a meeting at the headquarters of the organisation in Brussels. This meeting was a good opportunity for the European leaders to meet and talk to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Turkish President, to clarify the relations between the European Union, its member states and Turkey. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan took the… » read more
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Investors daily have received news and opinions about different stocks or firms through specialised platforms. These one convey information, which leads different investors to make decisions. These decisions impact the market, which aggregates the information that investors receive and reflects it via the price of the firms or stocks. Given an algorithm for classifying text… » read more
Posted by SSIX - Social Sentiment Indices powered by X-Scores
Populism on social media: four words that in the current context tend to shake the Brussels bubble to its core. While some directly think about the free space social media provide for and the countless possibilities they offer, others get anxious thinking about ways to regulate these spaces considering the role they play in the… » read more
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The first opinion poll dates from 1936 when Franklin D. Roosevelt was re-elected US President. Following a notional vote by 10 million Americans, a national magazine predicted Roosevelt’s defeat. Gallup took a representative sample and anticipated Roosevelt’s victory with 62% of votes. The conclusion: a small representative sample is worth far more than consulting everybody.… » read more
Posted by Daniel Gueguen
Le premier sondage d’opinion date de 1936 pour l’élection du Président Roosevelt. Un magazine national au terme d’un vote fictif de 10 millions d’américains prévoit la défaite de Roosevelt. Gallup établit un échantillon représentatif et anticipe la victoire de Roosevelt qui obtiendra 62% des voix. Conclusion : mieux vaut un petit échantillon représentatif qu’une consultation… » read more
Posted by Daniel Gueguen
Llegan a su fin los viejos tiempos en los que era necesario un empleo. Llegan los tiempos de no tener trabajo; y tenemos que estar preparados. El pasado mes de abril, la oficina del censo publicó un estudio que reflejaba una preocupante tendencia: muchos jóvenes, aunque están completamente sanos, no tienen ningún deseo de trabajar.… » read more
Posted by Uniting Europe
The wheels are starting to fall off Some thing important is happening to the Article 50 process, and it’s not good. The EU side seems well prepared to start the first formal session of the negotiations with the British on 19 June, but its stance is constrained by tight guidelines from the European Council… » read more
Posted by Andrew Duff - On Governing Europe
The European Union’s and China’s joint commitment to climate action is tarnished by Chinese support for and the EU’s neglect of coal projects in the Balkans, as a new briefing shows. But it is still not too late to change course. by Pippa Gallop, cross-posted from the Bankwatch blog. As the EU-China summit kicks off… » read more
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On Thursday May 25th, Poland’s Law and Justice party (PiS) pushed a bill forward that includes provisions to limit access to emergency contraception (the “morning-after pill”) only to those with a prescription. This controversial bill has successfully moved past the lower house of Parliament in Poland and could move through the Senate and be signed… » read more
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North Korea is the most hostile country to religious groups and especially Christians in the world today. John Chey (name changed for security reasons) experienced this hostility during his double attempt to escape. His accounts of severe torture and systematic killings of people with faith shed a distressing light on the dictatorship of Kim Jung-Eun.… » read more
Posted by The Freedom Blog
This coming Sunday I will travel from my home in Berlin to West Flanders in Belgium for a very special and personal act of remembrance. I will meet my parents there – they are making the trip from the UK. Our precise destination is the Ferme Olivier Cemetery, between Poperinge and Ieper, the resting place… » read more
Posted by Jon Worth Euroblog
Cette situation scandalise spontanément et elle est abordée régulièrement par les institutions européennes ; elle le fut notamment quand fut traitée la refonte de la législation de l’aide alimentaire aux plus démunis. Les progrès sont lents et peu conclusifs. Le scandale est important et a amené le pape François à s’exprimer à plusieurs reprises son… » read more
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European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker was questioned last Tuesday (30th of May) by the European Parliament’s committee of inquiry into money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion (PANA) on Luxembourg’s tax policy during his nearly two decades of service as the Grand Duchy’s Finance Minister then Prime Minister. MEPs demanded to hear Juncker for a second… » read more
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