A new generation of Internet” “

The European Commission last week proposed an action plan aimed at accelerating the EU’s transition to the sixth version of the Internet protocol (IPv6): the protocol introduces a new internet technology that will in effect render the number of websites unlimited and promote the development of mobile telephony of the third generation (3G). According to […]

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The Commission’s agenda can now be consulted online” “

The “Renewable Trimestral Programme” is the system adopted by the services of the European Commission to facilitate communication in terms of the programming of the measures that the Executive intends to adopt on a quarterly basis. Initially designed for the information of the other EU institutions to permit the joint drawing up of timetables and […]

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Widespread discrimination” “

In spite of the existence of numerous international conventions, discrimination between the sexes still persists, especially in the world of work. According to studies prepared by the International Labour Organization (ILO), it’s women who have most felt the negative effects caused by the globalization of the economy. Office staff and few executives. Over the last […]

di Inès A. Chittilappilly – Geneva" "

Equal opportunities in the European Union” “

Treaties: 1957, Treaty of Rome, art.119, “equality of wage between men and women and equality of work”; 1997, EC Treaty (Amsterdam), art. 2, “the European Community has the mission to promote equality between men and women”; 1997, EC Treaty, art. 3: as part of its action, “the Community shall strive to eliminate inequalities and promote […]

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Eighth of March" "

The "women’s lobby"” “

As Women’s Day on 8th March approaches, we examined EU policy on equal opportunities with Fiona McPhail , secretary general of the “European Women’s Lobby”, the largest coalition of women’s organizations in Europe, founded in 1990 and comprising over 3000 women’s groups in the fifteen member states. What’s the current situation of equality between man […]

di Gian Andrea Garancini – Brussels" "" "

The "community law"

By law no. 86 of 9 March 1989, containing “general provisions on Italy’s participation in the EU legislative process and on the procedures for the enforcement of EU obligations”, the so-called “community law” was identified as the main, though not exclusive, legislative tool for adapting national legislation to EU law, taking into account the great […]

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" "community law 2001

” “Closer to citizens” “

Italy’s Chamber of Deputies finally approved the Community Law 2001 in recent days. 58 EU directives thus enter into force under Italian law. However, for many of these directives, the bill delegates to the Government or to the Regions and autonomous Provinces the approval of the legislation aimed at the actual enforcement of the directives. […]

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A task-force to monitor the Convention” “

A task-force to monitor the work of the European Convention was unveiled in recent days at the Department for the Community Policies at Italy’s Presidency of the Council in Rome. Composed of 23 permanent members and coordinated by Francesco Tufarelli of the same Department, the task-force will have the job of monitoring the work of […]

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the common home" "

A lesson for Europe” “

A determined appeal to the role played by Christianity in the construction of the old continent, “what made it great in the past and still today wins the admiration of other peoples”, and the hope that in the process of European reunification the contribution offered by the Slav world be adequately recognized and turned to […]

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MEDIO ORIENTE: CARD. P. LAGHI, INVITO AI PELLEGRINI, “I LUOGHI SANTI SONO TUTTI VISITABILI”

“Una proposta positiva che potrebbe riaccendere in Medio Oriente le speranze di una normalizzazione non solo politica ma anche sociale e culturale. E’ un giudizio positivo quello espresso dal card. Pio Laghi circa la proposta del principe saudita Abdullah di riconoscere lo Stato di Israele in cambio del suo ritiro dai Territori palestinesi occupati nel […]

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