by C4EP | Feb 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
VoteWatch Europe presented its first special report of the 8th Parliamentary term. This report examines the voting and activity of the Members of the European Parliament after the European elections of May 2014. It aims to show who holds the power in the new EP, and...
by C4EP | Feb 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
First Vice-President ofthe Commission Frans Timmermans introduced the debate of the public hearing on the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) by highlighting the great synergy between the ECI and the EU institutions. According to Mr. Timmermans the ECI has worked, but...
by C4EP | Feb 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
This debate held by European Trade Union Institute (ETUI), and performed a trade union perspective and perception of the change of the Greek political landscape. The main speaker Christos Triantafillou (Labour Institute of the Greek General Confederation) provided a...
by C4EP | Feb 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
In December 2014, the Foundation for European Progressive Studies commissioned Audiencenet to pilot the “Millennial Dialogue” project to engage with and understand better the priorities and values of those aged between 15 and 34, in three selected countries: Italy,...
by C4EP | Feb 11, 2015 | Uncategorized
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cypriot, Ioannis Kasoulides delivered a speech at the European Policy Center think tank, in Brussels, titled “View from a Front Line EU Member State: Cyprus and the Security and Stability of the Middle East and the Eastern...
by C4EP | Feb 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Hanns Seidel Foundation, the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies (WM CES) and the Konstantinos Karamanlis Institute for Democracy held a conference on the outcome of the elections in Greece and their consequences for the country as well as for the...
by C4EP | Feb 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
This symposium was based on contributions from the recently published special issue of the journal Comparative European Politics on the EU’s responses to the sovereign debt crisis and how this has affected welfare state reforms in the Member States most severely hit...
by C4EP | Jan 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
On the occasion of the European Data Protection Day, FEDMA, the Federation of European Direct and Interactive Marketing, together with Ms Anna-Maria Corazza-Bildt, Member of the European Parliament, hosted an event entitled Data & Privacy: Striking the Right...
by C4EP | Jan 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom and ALDE organized a joint event on the challenges for the Latvian EU Presidency: balancing the economic growth and sanctions on Russia. Latvia took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the first...
by C4EP | Jan 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
CFEP participated to the Digital Democracy in the EU: from E-participation to Co-legislating with Citizens conference, which explored the new possibilities for democratic engagement in the digital age. The recent experience about and future potential for crowdsourcing...
