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Europe from below

Focus on the political and social issues of the European integration process with a special view from below. This blog will follow , step by step, the European people movements acting for a different, more democratic and federal Europe. You will find news and updates concerning European wide campaigns, actions, rallies, demonstrations, strikes, forum and assemblies aiming to build a political and social "Europe from below". Making Europe depends on you, too!

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17

10

2007

Sarkozy: "The future of Europe in the hands of 12 wise people"

After the French referendum and before the bad compromise on the Reform Treaty will be reached in Lisbon in next days the French president Nicolas Sarkozy proposed (*) to convoke a "wise people's committee" to reflect on the future of the E.U. in 2020 and to report back in the first half of 2009. This proposal is not democratic and shows us the new Reform Treaty is not able to solve the structural problems of the Union.

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23

06

2007

EU summit: proclaimed success is democratic failure

Brussels, 2007-06-23

After months of secret Sherpa negotiations outside of parliamentary control, European leaders came together to this weekend's EU summit to fix the institutional impasse for the better - or worse. The further weakening of the frail Constitutional Treaty is the ultimate evidence of the Union's biggest structural problem: The right of every random government to stop Europe from moving forward and tackling the challenges of our future.

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