by C4EP | Jun 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
The past years of global economic upheaval have sorely tested the EU’s Economic and Monetary Union and its crowning achievement, the euro. At base, the problem is simple: the EMU is an outlier in political and economic history, and markets do not know what to...
by C4EP | Jun 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
One month after our last political discussion about the EU policy of the new UK government, we asked our speakers’ opinion about the future and the referendum that will be held in 2017 the latest. Mr Pieter Cleppe (Director, Open Europe Brussels) and Seb Dance (MEP,...
by C4EP | Jun 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
The ECI Campaign, the Latvian presidency of the Council and the General Secretariat of the Council organized jointly on Tuesday 16 June, a conference on the ECI and the promise of participatory democracy. The European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) is the world’s...
by C4EP | Jun 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
ALDE Group in the European Parliament held on 3 June 2015 a conference on the geopolitics and trade politics of TTIP in the frame of the globalization era and explored why a smart TTIP would make Europe stronger. Accordingly, the geostrategic aspect of TTIP was...
by C4EP | May 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
On 19 May, The European Commission adopted its Better Regulation Agenda. This comprehensive package of reforms covering the entire policy cycle will boost openness and transparency in the EU decision-making process, improve the quality of new laws through better...
by C4EP | May 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
On the 11th of May we, Centre for European Progression, hosted a debate to discuss the possible EU policy the British government will follow after the elections of 7th May and analyze the balances of power and the distribution of the seats after a historic and...
by C4EP | May 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Martens Centre hosted an event on the 5th of May 2015, on Europe’s Labour Markets Reforms with special guest the EC Vice-President, Jyrki Katainen. This event coincided with the launch of the research: It’s Our Job: Reforming Europe’s Labour Markets by Eoin Drea...
by C4EP | Apr 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) held a summary event of ‘’My Europe… Tomorrow’’ project which focused on the exchange of experiences in different initiatives such as ‘’My Europe… Tomorrow’’ project on the dialogue on youth unemployment and...
by C4EP | Apr 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) invited European Commission First Vice-President, Frans Timmermans to discuss about the problems of representative democracy in Europe. Vice-President Timmermans spoke out of the different faces of democracy, the...
by C4EP | Apr 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
On the 22nd of April, Centre for European Progression held an event entitled ‘The Energy Union – A new ambition for Europe? Opportunities and Challenges’. Our distinguished speakers were: Ms. Siobhán McGarry (Avisa Partners), Mr. Cillian O’Donoghue...
