Home Year XXVI, Number 2, July 2013

The European Elections and the Choice of a European Government

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    Lucio Levi

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    President of UEF Italy, Member of WFM Council and UEF Federal Committee

The most serious weakness of the European Commission – that is, of the institution destined to play the role of European government – lies in its lack of a direct link with the EU’s citizens, and therefore of democratic legitimacy. The EU has an elected Parliament, but Commission members [i.e. the ‘ministers’] are appointed by national governments. Herein lies the root of this institution’s structural weakness.

 

The Goal of my Life: The United States of Europe

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    Emma Bonino

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    Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs

 

Europe Kubrick-Style

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    Barbara Spinelli

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    Columnist of the Italian newspaper la Repubblica

Europe at a Turning Point of its History

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    Gérard Collomb

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    Mayor of Lyon, Senator

Austerity, a Sword of Damocles Hanging over European Democracy

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    Dusan Sidjanski

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    Professor emeritus at the University of Geneva, Honorary Chairman of the Centre Européen de
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    and Special Advisor to the President of the European Commission

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

A Budget for Seven Years?

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    Giovanni Martinetto

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    Former official of the European Union

The European Parliament Rejects the Budget

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The EU Crisis and the New European Citizens’ Right of Initiative

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    Giampiero Bordino

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    Professor in Contemporary History and Political Analyst, Torino (Italy)

 

A European New Deal and the Challenge of Cohesion

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    Francesco Ferrero

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    Member of UEF Bureau, Researcher in ICT at Istituto Superiore Mario Boella, Torino

Monetary Solidarity and the Global Public Good

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    Jean-Claude Koeune

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    Emeritus Professor at Université Catholique de Louvain, Secretary General of Triffin International Foundation

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

Georgia: Between the EU and Russia

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    Roberta Carbone

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    President of JEF Turin (Italy), Master student in Brussels at the Institute for European Studies

Obama's Commitments Put to the Test

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    Roberto Palea

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    President of the Centre for Studies on Federalism, Torino (Italy)

In Memory of Albert Hirschman

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    Simone Vannuccini

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    Doctoral Student in Economics at the Friedrich Schiller University, Jena; Secretary General of JEF-Italy

The Ballad of Pope Francis

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    Fernando A. Iglesias

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    Democracia Global-Argentina Vice-President,Altiero Spinelli Chair Director, WFM Council Chair

     

     

     

     

     

 

Breaking the Borders of National Democracy

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    Oded Gilad

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    Activist promoting global democracy and world federalism in Israel and the Middle East. He is currently studying for an MSc in Global Politics at the London School of Economics and Political Science

 

Wastes and Deficiencies. A Survey on the Cost of Non-Europe in Defence

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    Giancarlo Chevallard

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    Director of the defence area - Center for Studies on Federalism, Torino (Italy)

 

Citizens of the World Call for a UN-led Korean Peace Settlement Conference

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    René Wadlow

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    President and representative to the United Nations, Geneva, Association of World Citizens

The European Trade of Military Weapons

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    Martina Spriano

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    Student in Economics at University of Torino (Italy)

Welcome to the Arms Trade Treaty!

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    James Arputharaj

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    Member of WFM Executive Committee, and President of South Asian Federalists, currently working in Afghanistan as Chief of Party for a USAID Project

 

On the Constitution of Europe

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    Michel Theys

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    Journalist, Télé-Bruxelles, Belgium

Democracy in Europe. Looking Ahead

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    Sergio Pistone

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    Honorary Member of the Bureau of the Union of European Federalists (UEF)

Towards a EU Federal Order and Law System

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    Claudio Mandrino

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    Attorney, PhD in International and EU Law

Federal Environmental Law: A New Research Agenda?

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    Federica Cittadino

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    PhD student, School of International Studies, University of Trento, Italy

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