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European Parliament: 7Th February 2017 Redistribution of Political Balance
POLICY PAPER European issues n°420 European Parliament: 7th February 2017 redistribution of political balance Charles de Marcilly François Frigot At the mid-term of the 8th legislature, the European Parliament, in office since the elections of May 2014, is implementing a traditional “distribution” of posts of responsibility. Article 19 of the internal regulation stipulates that the Chairs of the parliamentary committees, the Deputy-Chairs, as well as the questeurs, hold their mandates for a renewable 2 and a-half year period. Moreover, internal elections within the political groups have supported their Chairs, whilst we note that there has been some slight rebalancing in terms of the coordinators’ posts. Although Italian citizens draw specific attention with the two main candidates in the battle for the top post, we should note other appointments if we are to understand the careful balance between nationalities, political groups and individual experience of the European members of Parliament. A TUMULTUOUS PRESIDENTIAL provide collective impetus to potential hesitations on the part of the Member States. In spite of the victory of the European People’s Party (EPP) in the European elections, it supported Martin As a result the election of the new President of Schulz in July 2104 who stood for a second mandate as Parliament was a lively[1] affair: the EPP candidate – President of the Parliament. In all, with the support of the Antonio Tajani – and S&D Gianni Pittella were running Liberals (ADLE), Martin Schulz won 409 votes following neck and neck in the fourth round of the relative an agreement concluded by the “grand coalition” after majority of the votes cast[2]. -
RSCAS 2019/66Religion, European Elections and EU Politics. A
RSCAS 2019/66 Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies Religion, European Elections and EU politics. A Resilient Second-Order Factor for a Second-Order Polity? François Foret and Emilie Mondo European University Institute Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies Religion, European Elections and EU politics. A Resilient Second-Order Factor for a Second-Order Polity? François Foret and Emilie Mondo EUI Working Paper RSCAS 2019/66 This text may be downloaded only for personal research purposes. Additional reproduction for other purposes, whether in hard copies or electronically, requires the consent of the author(s), editor(s). If cited or quoted, reference should be made to the full name of the author(s), editor(s), the title, the working paper, or other series, the year and the publisher. ISSN 1028-3625 © François Foret and Emilie Mondo, 2019 Printed in Italy, September 2019 European University Institute Badia Fiesolana I – 50014 San Domenico di Fiesole (FI) Italy www.eui.eu/RSCAS/Publications/ www.eui.eu cadmus.eui.eu Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies The Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, created in 1992 and currently directed by Professor Brigid Laffan, aims to develop inter-disciplinary and comparative research on the major issues facing the process of European integration, European societies and Europe’s place in 21st century global politics. The Centre is home to a large post-doctoral programme and hosts major research programmes, projects and data sets, in addition to a range of working groups and ad hoc initiatives. The research agenda is organised around a set of core themes and is continuously evolving, reflecting the changing agenda of European integration, the expanding membership of the European Union, developments in Europe’s neighbourhood and the wider world. -
Leadership Européen
BLOG POST LEADERSHIP EUROPÉEN | 22/05/2019 | DEMOCRACIE ET CITOYENNETÉ Nous voulons un leadership européen qui reflète l’Europe. Toute l’Europe. Les femmes également. Les élections au Parlement européen ont lieu [la semaine prochaine] dans toute l’Europe. Dans tous les États membres de l’UE, les femmes et les hommes iront voter. Nous espérons que vous irez voter et formulerez un vote qui mette les hommes et les femmes sur un pied d’égalité au sein d’un Parlement européen représentatif de notre société. Une juste représentation de notre société est dans l’intérêt de tous. Ce n’est pas un sujet purement féminin. Pourtant, certains agissent encore comme si les femmes étaient minoritaires. Nous ne le sommes pas. Nous ne devrions pas être minoritaires lorsqu’il s’agit de déterminer notre leadership européen. Aidez-nous à faire en sorte que les nouveaux dirigeants européens soient à parité de genres. Il est temps que nous ayons une Commission européenne équilibrée entre les hommes et les femmes. Le même nombre de femmes et d’hommes parmi les commissaires. Le même nombre de femmes et d’hommes au sein de l’equipe du président et des vice- présidents. Et autant de femmes que d’hommes à la tête des institutions européennes. C’est maintenant. Faites en sorte que cela se produise. Votez. #BalancedEurope #BalancedEurope Supporters Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Elżbieta Bieńkowska, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Dimitris Avramopoulos, European Commissioner for Miguel -
2019 © Timbro 2019 [email protected] Layout: Konow Kommunikation Cover: Anders Meisner FEBRUARY 2019
TIMBRO AUTHORITARIAN POPULISM INDEX 2019 © Timbro 2019 www.timbro.se [email protected] Layout: Konow Kommunikation Cover: Anders Meisner FEBRUARY 2019 ABOUT THE TIMBRO AUTHORITARIAN POPULISM INDEX Authoritarian Populism has established itself as the third ideological force in European politics. This poses a long-term threat to liberal democracies. The Timbro Authoritarian Populism Index (TAP) continuously explores and analyses electoral data in order to improve the knowledge and understanding of the development among politicians, media and the general public. TAP contains data stretching back to 1980, which makes it the most comprehensive index of populism in Europe. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY • 26.8 percent of voters in Europe – more than one in four – cast their vote for an authoritarian populist party last time they voted in a national election. • Voter support for authoritarian populists increased in all six elections in Europe during 2018 and has on an aggregated level increased in ten out of the last eleven elections. • The combined support for left- and right-wing populist parties now equals the support for Social democratic parties and is twice the size of support for liberal parties. • Right-wing populist parties are currently growing more rapidly than ever before and have increased their voter support with 33 percent in four years. • Left-wing populist parties have stagnated and have a considerable influence only in southern Europe. The median support for left-wing populist in Europe is 1.3 percent. • Extremist parties on the left and on the right are marginalised in almost all of Europe with negligible voter support and almost no political influence. -
European Populism in the European Union
H Balnaves, E Monteiro Burkle, J Erkan & D Fischer ‘European populism in the European Union: Results and human rights impacts of the 2019 parliamentary elections’ (2020) 4 Global Campus Human Rights Journal 176-200 http://doi.org/20.500.11825/1695 European populism in the European Union: Results and human rights impacts of the 2019 parliamentary elections Hugo Balnaves,* Eduardo Monteiro Burkle,** Jasmine Erkan*** and David Fischer**** Abstract: Populism is a problem neither unique nor new to Europe. However, a number of crises within the European Union, such as the ongoing Brexit crisis, the migration crisis, the climate crisis and the rise of illiberal regimes in Eastern Europe, all are adding pressure on EU institutions. The European parliamentary elections of 2019 saw a significant shift in campaigning, results and policy outcomes that were all affected by, inter alia, the aforementioned crises. This article examines the theoretical framework behind right-wing populism and its rise in Europe, and the role European populism has subversively played in the 2019 elections. It examines the outcomes and human rights impacts of the election analysing the effect of right-wing populists on key EU policy areas such as migration and climate change. Key Words: European parliamentary elections; populism; EU institutions; human rights * LLB (University of Adelaide) BCom (Marketing) (University of Adelaide); EMA Student 2019/20. ** LLB (State University of Londrina); EMA Student 2019/20. *** BA (University of Western Australia); EMA Student 2019/20. **** MA (University of Mainz); EMA Student 2019/20. European populism in the European Union 177 1 Introduction 2019 was a year fraught with many challenges for the European Union (EU) as it continued undergoing several crises, including the ongoing effects of Brexit, the migration crisis, the climate crisis and the rise of illiberal regimes in Eastern Europe. -
Programme High Level Meeting on Europe's
Programme High level meeting on Europe’s challenge to ensure a rights perspective for children in migration Stockholm April 24, 2017 Venue: Riksdagen, Första kammaren (1st Chamber of the Swedish Parliament) Facilitator: Olivia Lind Haldorsson, expert on children’s rights in EU affairs 9.00-9.05 Welcome to the Riksdag by Emma Henriksson, Chair of the Parliaments Health and Welfare Committee 9.05-9:10 Opening by Fredrik Malmberg, Ombudsman for Children in Sweden and Cecilia Sjölander, General Secretary, Children’s Welfare Foundation 9.10-9.20 Statement by Åsa Regnér, Minister for Children, Elderly and Equality, Sweden 9.20-10.15 Panel discussion – child rights challenges in migration in Europe - Fredrik Malmberg, Ombudsman for Children in Sweden - Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, member of the European Parliament, co-chair Inter-group on children’s rights - George Moschos, Ombudsman for Children in Greece - Geneviève Avenard, Ombudsperson for children in France - Per-Anders Sunesson, Ambassador for combating Trafficking in Persons, Sweden - Livia Stoica, Children’s Rights Division, Council of Europe 10.15-10.45 Coffee break 10.45-10.50 Video message from Commissioner Věra Jourová 10.50-11.30 Panel discussion – Child rights challenges in the new Common European Asylum System - Margaret Tuite, Commission coordinator for the rights of the child, European Commission - Pernilla Baralt, State Secretary to the Minister for Children, Elderly and Equality, Sweden - Malin Björk, member of the European Parliament, rapporteur on the resettlement regulation -Tuomas Kurttila, Ombudsman for children, Finland, up-coming chair of ENOC - Verena Knaus, UNICEF Brussels Office - Maria Amor Martin Estebanez, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights 11.30-11.45 Key note speech – The migration situation in Europe from a human rights perspective Tomas Bocek, Special Representative of the Secretary General on migration and refugees, Council of Europe 11.45-12.00 Migration currents globally and in Europe. -
Information Guide Euroscepticism
Information Guide Euroscepticism A guide to information sources on Euroscepticism, with hyperlinks to further sources of information within European Sources Online and on external websites Contents Introduction .................................................................................................. 2 Brief Historical Overview................................................................................. 2 Euro Crisis 2008 ............................................................................................ 3 European Elections 2014 ................................................................................ 5 Euroscepticism in Europe ................................................................................ 8 Eurosceptic organisations ......................................................................... 10 Eurosceptic thinktanks ............................................................................. 10 Transnational Eurosceptic parties and political groups .................................. 11 Eurocritical media ................................................................................... 12 EU Reaction ................................................................................................. 13 Information sources in the ESO database ........................................................ 14 Further information sources on the internet ..................................................... 14 Copyright © 2016 Cardiff EDC. All rights reserved. 1 Cardiff EDC is part of the University Library -
How Political Parties, Rather Than Member-States, Are Building the European Union
How Political Parties, Rather than Member-States, Are Building the European Union Josep M. Colomer Higher Council of Scientific Research (CSIC) and Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona Abstract Political party formation and coalition building in the European Parliament is being a driving force for making governance of the highly pluralistic European Union relatively effective and consensual. In spite of successive enlargements and the very high number of electoral parties obtaining representation in the European Union institutions, the number of effective European Political Groups in the European Parliament has decreased from the first direct election in 1979 to the fifth in 1999. The formal analysis of national party¹s voting power in different European party configurations can explain the incentives for national parties to join large European Political Groups instead of forming smaller nationalistic groupings. Empirical evidence shows increasing cohesion of European Political Groups and an increasing role of the European Parliament in EU inter-institutional decision making. As a consequence of this evolution, intergovernmentalism is being replaced with federalizing relations. The analysis can support positive expectations regarding the governability of the European Union after further enlargements provided that new member states have party systems fitting the European Political Groups. JEL: C71, D72. H77 Keywords: Political parties, Coalitions, Power indices, Political institutions, European Union. Address: Prof. Josep M. Colomer. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Department of Economics. Ramon Trias Fargas 25. Barcelona 08005 Spain. e-mail: [email protected] 1. Introduction The evolution of the European Community (EC) and the European Union (EU) demonstrates that not only formal institutions, but also organizations, such as political parties, can play an aggregating role, rendering institutional decision-making feasible in a pluralistic community. -
European Parliament Made Simple
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT MADE SIMPLE 2014-2019 The European Parliament Made Simple is produced by the American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union (AmCham EU) as a introduction to the workings of the European Parliament for amateurs and experts alike. Production Team Editor and project manager Giovanni Mastrobuono Senior Communications Officer Editorial assistance Alexandrine Gauvin Communications Officer Eli Corso-Phinney Communications Intern The information contained in this publication has been compiled in good faith and is accurate according to the most recent sources available at the time of going to press. Photographs used with the kind permission of the Audiovisual Libraries of the European Commission, Council of the European Union and the European Parliament. First edition, 2014 ISBN: 978-2-9146856-7-2 Printed in Belgium American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union (AmCham EU) Avenue des Arts 53, B-1000 Brussels Telephone: +32 (0)2 513 68 92 Fax: +32 (0)2 513 79 28 [email protected] www.amchameu.eu Foreword Susan Danger Managing Director American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union t is with great pleasure that I present AmCham EU’s newest guide, The European Parliament Made Simple. The Lisbon Treaty, signed in 2009, gave the European Parliament greater power in EU Idecision-making and an increased role in selecting and approving the European Commission. As a result, this year’s European election has a greater democratic influence than ever before. With this in mind, AmCham EU has published The European Parliament Made Simple to explain the Parliament’s expanded powers and roles, for both the Brussels policy community and public affairs professionals in the EU and US. -
List of Members
Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality Members Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ Chair Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament Lithuania Lietuvos socialdemokratų partija Barbara MATERA Vice-Chair Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) Italy Forza Italia João PIMENTA LOPES Vice-Chair Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left Portugal Partido Comunista Português Mary HONEYBALL Vice-Chair Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament United Kingdom Labour Party Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ Vice-Chair European Conservatives and Reformists Group Slovakia NOVA Isabella ADINOLFI Member Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy Group Italy Movimento 5 Stelle Daniela AIUTO Member Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy Group Italy Independent Maria ARENA Member Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament Belgium Parti Socialiste Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA Member Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Spain Independiente Heinz K. BECKER Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) Austria Österreichische Volkspartei 29/09/2021 1 Malin BJÖRK Member Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left Sweden Vänsterpartiet Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) Sweden Moderaterna André ELISSEN Member Europe of Nations and Freedom Group Netherlands Partij voor de Vrijheid Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ -
Products for a Greener Planet
SPECIAL REPORT | 2 - 6 July 2012 PRODUCTS FOR A GREENER PLANET http://www.euractiv.com/specialreport-prods-green-planet With the support of Contents Facing up to the sustainable consumption conundrum ...................................... p.1 MEP: It’s ethically unacceptable that we throw out so much food ..................... p.4 EU wants carbon labels to do what they say on the tin ...................................... p.2 Tory MP calls for personal carbon-trading scheme ............................................ p.4 Finding the right mix to spur greener consumption ........................................... p.3 Food waste, greening diets become EU policy goals ........................................... p.5 Facing up to the sustainable consumption conundrum The earth is running out EurActiv on 13 June. “Then help? Do consumers get the different reasons. to be made available to the of natural resources like land, we’re into the area of behaviour information they need to make public, to encourage a change water and minerals so quickly change,” he added. informed choices.” Burden shifting away from unsustainable that if nothing is done, some Studies undertaken by the “We as a company, Coca- consumption patterns such as predictions say that by 2030 Carbon Trust showed that Cola, stand on the position that Some see it as a way of meat-eating. humankind will need the consumers would change their we doubt [and] are sceptical shifting the burden of climate For Franz Fiala, a spokesman equivalent of two planets to behaviour if they were given [that the idea of] ‘labels and mitigation from richer producers for the European consumer sustain our current lifestyle. simple information about a more labels’ would work,” she in the developed world who rights group ANEC, the Those chilling figures come product’s environmental impact said. -
11Th European Forum on the Rights of the Child – Forum Children Deprived of Their Liberty and Alternatives to Detention 7-8 November 2017
11th European Forum on the rights of the child – Forum Children deprived of their liberty and alternatives to detention 7-8 November 2017 PROGRAMME Justice and Consumers Tuesday, 7 November 2017 13:00-14:30 Registration 14:30-14:40 Welcome and introduction Tiina Astola, Director-General, Directorate-General Justice and Consumers 14:40-16:15 PLENARY SESSION EU AND INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENTS ON CHILDREN DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY Moderator: Tiina Astola, Director-General, Directorate-General Justice and Consumers • Věra Jourová, Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality • Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Member of the European Parliament, Co-chair of the Child Rights Intergroup in the European Parliament • Caterina Chinnici, Member of the European Parliament, Co-chair of the Child Rights Intergroup in the European Parliament • Manfred Nowak, Independent Expert leading the Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty • Marta Santos Pais, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Violence against Children • Leon Horvath, Personal testimony • Gholam Reza Hassanpour, Personal testimony • David Raymond, Personal testimony 16:15-16:45 Coffee break 16:45-18:30 PLENARY SESSION EU AND INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENTS ON CHILDREN DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY Moderator: Margaret Tuite, European Commission Coordinator for the Rights of the Child, Fundamental Rights Policy, Directorate-General Justice and Consumers • Simon Mordue, Deputy Director-General for Migration, Directorate-General Migration and Home Affairs • Tomáš Boček, Council of Europe Special