by C4EP | Jul 27, 2017 | Blog
Is Turkey stuck in the EU’s Friend-Zone? Tuesday’s Press Conference begs the awkward question of Turkey’s stalled accession On Tuesday evening at a two-hour long press conference on EU-Turkey relations, Federica Mogherini, the EU’s High...
by C4EP | Jul 13, 2017 | Blog
Unveiled: Behind the Scenes of Europe’s Burqa Bans Belgium’s Burqa Ban upheld by ECHR After a turbulent six years, Belgium’s decision to ban full-face veils has been upheld by the European Court of Human Rights. The Strasbourg court ruling followed riots that...
by C4EP | Jul 10, 2017 | Blog
The life of Simone Veil, can be compared to a fight, a constant militancy. She was the mother of the women’s right, of the human right. Madame Veil, maiden name Simone Jacob, was born in Nice, France in 1927 and was the youngest of four children. Her adolescence...
by C4EP | Jul 7, 2017 | Blog
Italy’s solitary battle The struggle of the peninsula to make the migration crisis in the Mediterranean a European priority Il Piave mormorò: “Non passa te straniero!” This is the lyrics to a 1918 song called “La canzone del Piave”, which described a World War I...
by C4EP | Jul 6, 2017 | Blog
The Pregnancy Trap: Reproductive Rights in Poland “You don’t have to be Polish to be paying an enormous price for this” – Irene Donadio, IPPF Imagine yourself as a Polish woman living in a midsized town. One night, life happens and you realize you were...
by C4EP | Jun 29, 2017 | Blog
OK GOOGLE: HOW MUCH IS 2.4 BILLION EURO IN USD? Berlaymont strikes Google with jaw – dropping fine 90 days. This is the timeframe for the digital giant Google to end what the European Commission believes is an illegal practice and an abuse of dominant position...
