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News
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Relaunched Euro-Mediterranean agenda: Future-oriented and innovative
Earlier this month, the European Commission stepped up its efforts to renew its partnership with Southern Neighbourhood countries in publishing a “New Agenda for the Mediterranean”. 25 years after the Barcelona Declaration and a decade after the Arab uprisings, many political, socio-economic, environmental and security challenges remain.
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Good Sex Ed
This publication is a mini-guide through contemporary sexual education in Europe. It helps the reader understand what are the greatest challenges it faces, where they come from and what they can result in. It also points out crucial, burning issues— existing and possible—in the essential and geographical meaning. And it presents the best and the worst practices based on experiences from many European countries.
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Whatever it takes for Italy
Following the resignation of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, Italy is expecting a government of national unity. This government is set up to lead the country out of the current crisis until the next regular elections in 2023.
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From Poland With Love - January
From media state capture in Poland to a renewed discussion of LGBT-free zones: In his monthly newsletter, guest contributor Dr. Milosz Hodun is giving us updates about current news, events and all other things you need to know about Poland.
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It's complicated
The autonomous region of Catalonia elects a new regional parliament at the height of the 3rd corona wave. The favorite is Salvador Illa, former Spanish health minister and leading candidate of the socialist party. But even if his party were to win the election on Sunday, that would not guarantee participation in government, analyzes David Henneberger.
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Canary Islands: First stop or final destination for Migrants from Africa?
In November 2020, 8.200 migrants arrived at the Canary Islands by the sea route. The report about irregular migration of the Spanish Ministry of the Interior reveals a growth rate of 756.8% during 2020 compared to 2019, equivalent to 23.023 arrivals. A historic record for the Spanish archipelago.
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Brexit the Year After: A deal for good?
After months of negotiations, white smoke emerged on 24 December, as EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that their negotiators had reached a historic agreement. Jeroen Dobber analyzes, whether the fact, that a no-deal scenario was avoided, is sufficient to make the agreement a good deal for Liberals.
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Biden Calls Out to Europe
In just 20 minutes, the new US President Joe Biden laid out the cornerstones of his foreign policy agenda at the end of last week. The words Europe or EU did not appear once in his keynote speech. And yet, in terms of content, Biden's speech was a call for support from allies in Europe. They now have to use the potential for transatlantic cooperation, Thomas Ilka demands.
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Netherlands: The Government is dead, long live the government
The Dutch government resigned last Friday over a child benefit scandal in which thousands of families were wrongly accused of fraud. While the electoral fortunes of the governing parties remain relatively unaffected, it would be a mistake to forget the underlying structural problems that the affair has revealed, analyzes Jeroen Dobber.
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Eva Diaz: Women Make the World Go Round
The #FemaleForward online campaign highlights women’s achievements that show how businesses and communities thrive when women take on bigger roles. One of our ambassadors is Eva Díaz from Spain.
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Podcast: The Defence Café
The Defence Café is the security and defence podcast of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom in Brussels (FNF Europe).
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Attack on the Capitol: A Consequence of Radicalisation Online
The recent attack on the US Capitol is no surprise in retrospect. Donald Trump has repeatedly called on his supporters to “stand by”. For days, social media had been mentioning 6 January 2021 as the date to carry out violence if Congress did not revise the results of the 2020 presidential election.
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EU-China: Human Rights Only Come Second for Conservatives
Largely unnoticed by the public – Brexit had been the dominant topic at the turn of the year – the EU Commission concluded negotiations on an investment agreement with the People’s Republic of China shortly before New Year’s Eve. The driving force behind the trade agreement, which largely excludes questions about Chinese human rights violations, was the German government, analyses Markus Kaiser.
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This is Not the End of Britain’s European Story
Another area beyond the control of the average British person has been the course of the Brexit negotiations and the shape of the final deal. This all begs the question – how do we proactively take action in the years ahead, rather than continuing to be a victim of circumstance, lamenting the damage to UK-EU trade and relations as powerless bystanders?
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New study: Between Polarisation and Modernisation
In France, Macron is often also referred to as a centrist - a political characteristic that for many decades has rather stood for unsuccessfulness, fickleness and a lack of profile in terms of content. But what is it really about in terms of content? Who are the traditional representatives of this political tradition and is a president who governs with members of the left, the right and the centre really a centrist?
Social Media
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⚖️ The EU is not only an economic union, but also a union based on the principles of #democracy and the #RuleOfLaw. Any state that wants to join the EU must comply with these principles. 🇭🇺 But what happens when the state is already a part of the EU and its government suddenly violates these values? #Hungary is without doubt one of these cases. . Find the full analysis, by Daniela Matoušová, at: http://bit.ly/RoLHungaryEU
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🗳 INSIDE THE BALLOT BOX! . 🇵🇹 On Sunday, the Portuguese will elect their head of state - despite the Corona pandemic and another lockdown. Although the elections are not expected to produce any surprises, #Portugal is also in the spotlight on the European stage with the presidency of the EU Council (#EU2021PT). A strong result for the incumbent president would boost the ambitious plans for the Council presidency, analyses Rahel Zibner (Friedrich Naumann Foundation Madrid). http://bit.ly/PTElection21
