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Re-storing trust in politics and promoting a true European space for debate
The EU faces an increasing number of challenges, and their diversity requires a complex approach. This includes research on bridging the gap between citizens and the EU, understanding social diversity, with specific attention to gender issues and finding legal measures that makes the European integration process more effective for citizens…
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FEPS used the unique occasion of the 100th anniversary of the International Women’s Day, which was on 8th March 2011, and its before-and aftermath period to maintain and reinforce the gender agenda at European level by offering a platform for debate of different actors concerned at European level...
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Although pressure from EU institutions could be crucial, it became evident in some recent cases that there is a vast gray area concerning fundamental rights in the EU. In these cases, the risk of human rights violation exists, still, the European Commission ...
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On March 2011, in the context of the the new hungarian media law, FEPS Jurists network in cooperation with EUSONET, made a Legal analysis of article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and article 11 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
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This article was published also in Italian on the website of Italianieuropei. It was written before the publication of the opinion of the Venice Commission, the advisory body of the Council of Europe on constitutional matters ...
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The Hungarian media law symbolises the need for the European Union to assume its responsibilities to defend media freedom. Interpretations of this law diverge, however. In Hungary, it is seen as the straw that broke the camel’s back, coming on top of a series of laws ...
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January 2011 |In Spring 2010 Belgium held new federal elections after a government falling over the reform of the state. These elections, with the Flemish nationalists gaining the most seats in the federal parliament, did not bring about the expected solution and ...
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