Jean-Dominique Durand" "lecturer in contemporary history, University of Lyons¤" "" "

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The process of European unification, opened on 9 May 1950 by the proposal of French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman, with the support of German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and Italian Premier Alcide De Gasperi, to create a European Community of Coal and Steel, products that form the staple of every effort of war, is a unique […]

· TEN-Telecom – Invitation to present proposals relating to projects of common interest in the sector of trans-European telecommunications networks – Generic services and applications. Deadline for the presentation of proposals: 31/1/2002. For further information, please contact: European Commissione, GD Information Society, Direzione F, TEN-Telecom Rif. 2001/2, Rue de la Loi, 200 (BU31 2/74), B-1049 […]

The EP met at Strasbourg in plenary session from 12 to 15 November. The main points on the agenda were the following: · Communications of the European Commission on the question of enlargement; · Joint discussion on European Space research (pluriannual framework programme 2002-2006 of the EC and the European Atomic Energy Community); · Discussion […]

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The following legislative acts and communications, among others, entered into force in the course of last week: · Regulation (EC) no. 2157/2001 of the Council, of 8/10/2001, relating to the Statute of European Society (ES) (GUCE L 294/1, 10/11/2001); · Directive 2001/86/EC of the Council, of 8/10/2001, which completes the statute of European society as […]

The entry of Northern Alliance troops into Kabul monopolizes the attention of the international dailies that dedicate their front page and editorials to analyzing the progress of the war. “The fall of Kabul, the mystery of the Airbus”, is the headline carried for example by Le Monde of 14/11, that makes the point: “Two months […]

Almost to everyone’s surprise, the Marrakesh Conference on climate change reached an agreement that confirms the commitment of the international community to ratify the Kyoto Protocol on the reduction of the gases that produce the greenhouse effect. The negotiations, conducted especially by the Presidency of the European Union, ended with the adoption of a legally […]

The European Parliament approved the Report of Mr Lynne (ELDR, Ireland) on the proposed decision of the Council to denominate 2003 the “European Year of persons with disabilities”. The report urges that the fundamental dimension of the struggle against the various forms of discrimination, material and psychological, that the disabled suffer in their daily lives […]

The plenary session of the European Parliament (EP) held at Strasbourg from 12 to 15 November adopted a series of resolutions and reports relating to the measures proposed by some member States in the fields of justice and internal affairs aimed at improving the EU policy of combating international terrorism. In particular, the Assembly approved […]

The project of European unity may be “fully realized only by augmenting brotherhood as a political category”. “ A Europe united in brotherhood cannot but place its own experience and its own resources at the service of the demand for justice, cooperation and peace that is being made by the poorest areas of the world”. […]

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“It’s difficult to imagine a further growth of the European project, if it isn’t accompanied by a conscious contribution of civil society, by the informed support of a nascent European public opinion and by a lesser fragmentation of the national public debates”: so said Marco Demarie, director of the Giovanni Agnelli Foundation on opening the […]