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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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20

07

2007

European Constitution versus New Treaty : The name changes but not the content

Declaration by the Initiative for a European Constituent Assembly following the European summit on 21st and 22nd June in Brussels. Paris - Berlin - Amsterdam - Brussels - Helsinki - Luxembourg - Madrid - Rome, 26th June 2007

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18

07

2007

The European hypocrisy of Nicolas Sarkozy

The Europefrombelow blog is very happy to award its third Carton rouge to Nicolas Sarkozy. The French President led a Bastille Day parade on Saturday along the Champs-Elysees that was joined for the first time by military contingents from all 27 countries of the European 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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22

06

2007

The European people's red line.

Vive l'EuropaIn these hours of bilateral meetings behind European Council's closed doors every leader underlines his conditions and indicates the 'national' red line. Under this red line every leader threatens he cannot go.

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21

06

2007

Angela Merkel excluded EP chief to the whole of EU leaders summit

The German chancellor has been appointed for our second carton rouge. The raison for that is ...

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