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Our European Future OUR EUROPEAN
Our European Future European Our OUR EUROPEAN ChartingFUTURE a Progressive Course in the World Ideas contributed by László Andor, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, François Balate, Peter Bofinger, Tanja A. Börzel, Mercedes Bresso, Stefan Collignon, Olivier Costa, Emma Dowling, Saïd El Khadraoui, Gerda Falkner, Georg Fischer, Diego Lopez Garrido, Hedwig Giusto, Giovanni Grevi, Ulrike Guérot, Paolo Guerrieri, Lukas Hochscheidt, Robin Huguenot-Noël, Guillaume Klossa, Halliki Kreinin, Michael A. Landesmann, Jean-François Lebrun, Jo Leinen, Lora Lyubenova, Justin Nogarede, Vassilis Ntousas, Alvaro Oleart, Carlota Perez, David Rinaldi, Barbara Roggeveen, Vivien A. Schmidt, Ania Skrzypek, Mario Telò and Britta Thomsen edited by Maria João Rodrigues OUR EUROPEAN FUTURE The Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) is the think tank of the progressive political family at EU level. Our mission is to develop innovative research, policy advice, training and debates to inspire and inform progressive politics and policies across Europe. We operate as hub for thinking to facilitate the emergence of progressive answers to the chal- lenges that Europe faces today. FEPS works in close partnership with its members and partners, forging connections and boosting coherence among stakeholders from the world of politics, academia and civil society at local, regional, national, European and global levels. Today FEPS benefits from a solid network of 68 member organisations. Among these, 43 are full members, 20 have observer status and 5 are ex-of- ficio members. In addition to this network of organisations that are active in the promotion of progressive values, FEPS also has an extensive network of partners, including renowned universities, scholars, policymakers and activists. Our ambition is to undertake intellectual reflection for the benefit of the progressive movement, and to promote the founding principles of the EU – freedom, equality, solidarity, democracy, respect of human rights, funda- mental freedoms and human dignity, and respect of the rule of law. -
Uef-Spinelli Group
UEF-SPINELLI GROUP MANIFESTO 9 MAY 2021 At watershed moments in history, communities need to adapt their institutions to avoid sliding into irreversible decline, thus equipping themselves to govern new circumstances. After the end of the Cold War the European Union, with the creation of the monetary Union, took a first crucial step towards adapting its institutions; but it was unable to agree on a true fiscal and social policy for the Euro. Later, the Lisbon Treaty strengthened the legislative role of the European Parliament, but again failed to create a strong economic and political union in order to complete the Euro. Resulting from that, the EU was not equipped to react effectively to the first major challenges and crises of the XXI century: the financial crash of 2008, the migration flows of 2015- 2016, the rise of national populism, and the 2016 Brexit referendum. This failure also resulted in a strengthening of the role of national governments — as shown, for example, by the current excessive concentration of power within the European Council, whose actions are blocked by opposing national vetoes —, and in the EU’s chronic inability to develop a common foreign policy capable of promoting Europe’s common strategic interests. Now, however, the tune has changed. In the face of an unprecedented public health crisis and the corresponding collapse of its economies, Europe has reacted with unity and resolve, indicating the way forward for the future of European integration: it laid the foundations by starting with an unprecedented common vaccination strategy, for a “Europe of Health”, and unveiled a recovery plan which will be financed by shared borrowing and repaid by revenue from new EU taxes levied on the digital and financial giants and on polluting industries. -
Helena Dalli Equality Commissioner Outlines the New European Disability Rights Strategy
Issue 36 June 2021 Helena Dalli Equality Commissioner outlines the new European Disability Rights Strategy Helen Rochford-Brennan Michael Hornberger Deirdre Clune, MEP member of the European Working Group of Professor of Applied Dementia Research at chairs Alzheimer Europe’s online European People with Dementia shares her experience of Norwich Medical School comments on the link Parliament Workshop on the importance bereavement during the COVID-19 pandemic between traumatic brain injury and dementia of data for dementia research TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents Contact Alzheimer Europe 3 Welcome by Iva Holmerová, Chairperson of Alzheimer Europe 14, rue Dicks L-1417 Luxembourg Alzheimer Europe +352 29 79 70 +352 29 79 72 4 Alzheimer Europe co-hosts European Parliament Workshop on “Digital data for https://www.alzheimer-europe.org dementia research and innovation” [email protected] 6 Alzheimer Europe publishes report on Data Sharing in Dementia Research @AlzheimerEurope 8 The PARADIGM project presents its Patient Engagement Toolbox alzheimer.europe 11 AI-Mind – New initiative to develop artificial intelligence tools for dementia prevention alzheimereurope 14 LETHE project looks at digital cognitive biomarkers Alzheimer Europe 16 Alzheimer Europe hosts Alzheimer’s Association Academy session focusing on sports and dementia 17 Prioritising of people with dementia and their carers for COVID-19 vaccination Policy Watch 18 Alzheimer Europe speaks to Equality Commissioner Helena Dalli about the EU’s action on disability rights Board 20 Czech -
CV Mercedes Bresso
Mercedes Bresso Mercedes Bresso, President of the Committee of the Regions Member of Piedmont Regional Council Born 12 July 1944 in San Remo, in the province of Imperia (Italy) Married Education Doctorate in economics and commerce Career Since 1973 University lecturer in economic institutions, most recently at Turin Polytechnic University, specialising in environmental economics 1985 - 1995 Member of Piedmont Regional Council 1995 – 2004 President of the Province of Turin 1998 – 2004 Member of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) and the CoR Bureau 2000 – 2004 President of the World Federation of United Cities (FMCU) 2000 – 2004 President of the Franco-Italian Alps Conference Association (CAFI) 2000 – 2004 President of the Network of European Metropolitan Regions and Areas (METREX) In 2004 Founding President of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) 2004 - 2005 Member of the European Parliament 2005 – 2008 President of the European Union of Federalists (EUF) 2005 – 2010 President of Piedmont Region Since 2005 Member of the Committee of the Regions Since 2006 President of the Italian Association for the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (IACMER) and Vice-president of the CMER In 2006 Co-founder of the Alps-Mediterranean Euroregion (Piedmont, Liguria, Aoste Valley, Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) 2006 - 2010 President of the PES Group at the Committee of the Regions 2007 - 2009 President of the Mediterranean Commission of the UCLG In 2009 President of the Conference of Presidents of Regions with Legislative Powers (REGLEG) Since 2009 President of the Association of Elected Representatives from Mountainous Areas (AEM) Since 2009 Representative of the Mediterranean Commission of the UCLG at the Euro- Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM) Distinctions 1996 Awarded the medal of the Grand Officer of the Italian Republic EN. -
Differentiated Integration, Reconsidered
Policy Paper Centre international Note de recherche de formation européenne CIFE Policy Paper n°50 Hartmut Marhold*, March 3rd , 2017 Differentiated Integration, Reconsidered A new U-turn to multi-speed Europe The dilemma – pros and cons "The history of recent years has shown that there The challenge is obvious and is openly addressed in will be a multi-speed EU, and not all members will all of the three reports on EU reform 5 voted by the participate in the same steps of integration," said European Parliament on the 22 nd February. One of Angela Merkel after the informal EU-Summit at these introduced by the Committee on Constitution- Valetta/Malta, 3 February 2017 – “ it was the first al Affairs, chaired by Mercedes Bresso and Elmar time that Merkel clearly claimed this old idea as her Brok, outlines the problem: “The European Union own.” 1 It amounts to a U-turn in Merkel’s EU-inte- and its Member States are facing unprecedented gration strategy; until now, she has, in fact, pinned challenges, such as the refugee crisis, the foreign all her hopes on advancing towards tighter and policy challenges in the immediate neighbourhood tougher integration with all the – 27! – Member and the fight against terrorism, as well as globalisa- States of the Union. She is not the only one to tion, climate change, demographic developments, switch from a one-fits-all approach to differentiat- unemployment, the causes and consequences of the ed integration: François Hollande agreed as much financial and debt crisis, the lack of competitiveness on the idea 2 at the same time as the Italian govern- and the social consequences in several Member ment, and the three Benelux-countries went as far States, and the need to reinforce the EU internal as to publish an official statement on the topic. -
U.E.F. NEWSLETTER No. 23
U.E.F. NEWSLETTER N° 23 - May 2005 U.E.F. NEWSLETTER 1. FOREWORD BY MERCEDES BRESSO, No. 23 - May 2005 UEF PRESIDENT Europe is facing new and fundamental INDEX: choices: the ratification of the European Constitution has revamped a row of questions 1. FOREWORD by Mercedes BRESSO, and doubts to be confronted such as: President of UEF Which kind of Europe do we want? What are 2. FUTURE ACTIVITIES: the values and perspectives of the new • Seminar in Sofia about enlargement Europe? Do we need more market • UEF enlarged Bureau meeting (including deregulation or more social cohesion? Are the Presidents, Secretary-Generals and we ready for a single European political Treasurers of UEF constituent orgs) economy? Can Europe sustain further • Seminar in Bad Marienberg about the enlargement? European Constitution The debate over ratification in France is 3. PAST ACTIVITIES: important for all of us because for the first • Open door day in the European time European citizens face themselves and Institutions in Brussels they divide over Europe’s future on topical political issues, such as political economy, • Events and actions organised by UEF civil liberties and foreign policy. France for the OUI • Seminar in Bardoneccia about Debate over Europe now reverberates the enlargement and the Constitution fear of social dumping expressed by the left • UEF Federal Committee meeting and wing supporters of the NO, or on the other extraordinary European Congress hand of the political spectrum the nationalistic instinct of the right wing that 4. NEWS FROM UEF SECRETARIAT does not want Turkey in Europe. 5. NEWS FROM UEF MEMBER Those who support the ratification hold ORGANISATIONS better arguments: the Constitution is a • Council of Members of NOMES/NEBS framework for regulation and not a call for a (UEF Switzerland) liberalistic “free for all” market. -
Comisión Von Der Leyen: Composición Y Retos Pendientes Eduardo Inclán Gil Historiador E Investigador
papel 233_papel nuevo 29/01/20 14:27 Página 1 papeles Nº 233 30/1/2020 INTERNACIONAL Comisión Von der Leyen: composición y retos pendientes Eduardo Inclán Gil Historiador e Investigador. Maître en Histoire por la Universidad Toulouse II-Jean Jaures. El nuevo ejecutivo comunitario tiene por delante afrontar y resolver grandes desafíos y asuntos de su competencia a nivel interno y externo. Y tendrá que hacerlo en un entorno político difícil, con un Consejo Europeo poco colaborativo y un Parlamento más fragmentado y euroescéptico que nunca desde 1979. Alemania ha decidido tomar las riendas con la figura de Von der Leyen para evitar ahondar en las parálisis que se arrastran desde 2016. Fuente: Comisión Europea. https://ec.europe.eu papel 233_papel nuevo 29/01/20 14:27 Página 2 2 papeles Comisión Von der Leyen Introducción El pasado día 27 de noviembre de 2019 se votó finalmente en el Parlamento Euro- peo el listado de los nuevos miembros que van a formar la Comisión Europea de la Unión para el periodo 2019-2014, por primera vez presidida por una mujer, la ale- mana Ursula Von der Leyen. La propuesta de Comisión fue aprobada por una im- portante mayoría de la Cámara –481 votos a favor (populares, socialistas, conservadores y liberales), 157 en contra (izquierda, verdes y libertarios) y 89 abs- tenciones–, una mayoría más amplia que la que obtuvo en 2014 la anterior comisión Juncker. Por lo tanto, tras varios sobresaltos y la prórroga de un mes, el 1 de di- ciembre de 2019 el nuevo colegio asumió sus funciones y comenzó a trabajar. -
Strengthening of Economic Competition and Regulatory Improvement for Competitiveness in Mexico
Strengthening of Economic Competition and Regulatory Improvement for Competitiveness in Mexico Case Study on Piemonte, Italy1 Successful Practices and Policies to Promote Regulatory Reform and Entrepreneurship 1. This case study was prepared for the OECD by Mario Calderini, President of Finpiemonte. 1 1. BROAD DESCRIPTION OF ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE 1.1 GENERAL STRUCTURE OF THE ECONOMY AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES Piemonte is one of the 20 Regions of Italy; located in the North West part of the country, close to the French and Swiss border, it has an area of 25,399 km2 and a population of about 4.4 million people. Its capital, Torino, is at the centre of the regional economic activities and has been affected by important economic and industrial processes since the 19th century. In particular, the most renowned Italian automobile company, FIAT, set its headquarters and started its rapid growth in Torino in 1899; although the FIAT Group is now a diversified multinational company, it still has its headquarters in Torino. More specifically, after the Second World War, FIAT ascent lead the development of the national car industry and its presence led to the establishment of a Fordist productive paradigm that deeply influenced the regional economy and society. This paradigm was based on the existence of a few vertically integrated big plants (just to quote some of them: FIAT Lingotto and Mirafiori) characterized by industrial mass production processes, metal- mechanic technology, and the formation of a huge localized supply system, called “indotto”, made of thousands of small and medium enterprises providing components and services to the big companies. -
When National Or Local? the Dual Climate of Opinion in the Italian Regional Elections
Bulletin of Italian Politics Vol. 2, No. 2, 2010, 55-74 When National or Local? The Dual Climate of Opinion in the Italian Regional Elections Marinella Belluati University of Turin Abstract: Local elections in Italy have, for some time, been closely analysed because their importance in the electoral cycle has been heightened by voting-system changes that have increased the significance of sub-national levels of government. The regional elections of 2010, here examined in terms of the way they were covered in Italian national daily newspapers were, however, subject to media discussion that was dominated entirely by national issues, which obscured local issues and parties, and relegated to the background what was really at stake in these contests. The aim of this article is to verify empirically the existence in Italy of a state of permanent campaigning supported by news coverage which tends mainly to concern itself with the affairs, public and private, of Silvio Berlusconi and his governing majority. However, local politics have continued, in a less obvious but significant way, to structure the climate of opinion. Keywords: local election, climate of opinion, media coverage, local dimension For almost twenty years in Italy the traditional political parties have been undergoing a profound crisis caused by internal structural changes but also by changes in the relationship between politics and society. Against this background local politics have often furnished evidence of a growing political and social significance (Bauman, 2003) and shown an autonomous potential to determine which issues and actors dominate the political agenda. In 1995, a reform of the electoral law for regional elections 1 initiated a gradual process of transfer of competences and functions from the central state to sub-national levels (De Luca, 2004). -
Comune Candelo Conferenza
European Conference, Part III: October 25, 2008 “Cultural Heritage in Europe; a chance for the dialogue”Candelo - Polyvalent Hall – Inner City 10.00 Registration of Participants 10:15 Opening of the Conference European Commission Working Session 5: European Active Citizenship and the “Europe for Citizens” Programme TOWN TWINNING - GEMELLAGGIO Moderator: Giovanni Chilà – Candelo Municipality Vice-Mayor – Responsible of Urban Sector Town Twinning event On. Gianluca Susta - European Parliament Europe for Citizens Programme - Misure On. Gilberto Pichetto - Senator On. Roberto Simonetti – Italian Parliament 1.2 – Thematic Networking of Twinned representative (?) and Province of Biella adviser Towns Louis Caulfuty, Municipality of La Roche sur Foron Maria Isabel Martinez Parrilla – Employment and “ E.C.H.O.” Development Agent for the Comarca Campo de “European Cultural Heritage is ON ” Belchite CONFERENCE Jarosław Nowak , City Councillor and director of the Job Center - Municipality of Starachowice 11:30 OFFICIAL SIGNATURE OF TOWN TWINNING 23 - 24 - 25 October 2008 OATH Polyvalent Hall – Inner City Interventions by: Gabriella Bigatti – Administrator of the Italian Agency eConsulenza and President of Italian Association of European Projects Planners Info: “AProCom”: presentation of the European Secretary of the Municipality of Candelo (Biella): Programme “Europe for Citizens” Tel: +39 015 2534118 Fax: +39 015 2534112 Gregorio Jalle Rupérez - Mayor of Almonacid de la Email [email protected] Cuba Municipality (ES) -
The European Fitness of Italian Regions
ISSN: 2036-5438 The European fitness of Italian Regions by Paolo Bilancia, Francesco Palermo, Ornella Porchia Perspectives on Federalism, Vol. 2, issue 2, 2010 E- 1 Abstract What impact did Europeanization have on the governmental capacity of Italian regions? Are the regions successful in addressing the challenges and the opportunities of European integration? Is the participation in the EU a driving factor for decentralization in Italy? The paper, which reproduces a study commissioned by the Bertelsmann Foundation and the Compagnia di San Paolo, provides some answers to these questions. It is argued that the "European fitness" of Italian regions is highly asymmetric and so is their responsiveness to the challenges of multilevel governance. Moreover, while Italian regions have overall benefitted from the opportunities of European integration, there is still much to do in terms of institutional capacity, especially due to the overly complex system of intergovernmental relations. Key-words: Italy, Regionalism, European Union, Intergovernmental Relations, Decentralization, Europeanization E- 123 1. Background of the national debate on territorial politics and recent changes The territorial design provided by the Italian Constitution is marked by a high degree of decentralization and is best described as “polycentric” rather than as a proper federal system. Italy was the first country to experiment with devolutionary asymmetry. After World War II, the establishment of a strong subnational level of government was inevitable in at least five territories: Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-South Tyrol), Valle d’Aosta (Aosta Valley), Friuli-Venezia Giulia (three relatively small alpine regioni (regions) with a relatively substantial population of ethnic minorities), Sicilia (Sicily) and Sardegna (Sardinia). -
EAPM Bulletin: Issue 54, September 2019 Von Der Leyen Moves to Build New Commission
EAPM Bulletin: Issue 54, September 2019 www.euapm.eu Von der Leyen moves to build new Commission Greetings, and welcome to the September newsletter from EAPM. Back to work we all go, and hopefully you’ve all had a In the EAPM pipeline: good break. Busy times lie ahead… • 27 September: EAPM roundtable at ESMO Certainly very busy at the moment is incoming European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who is assembling Congress, Barcelona the College that will form her top team for the next fve years • 28 September: Pioneer roundtable (as above) And, of course, Brexit took yet another turn this week with the decision by UK premier Boris Johnson to prorogue Parliament • 16 October: MEP Roundtable, Brussels during a signifcant chunk of the run-up to Britain's departure from the EU on 31 October. • 4-5 December: EAPM 3rd annual But more of all that later as we’d frst like to draw your Congress, Brussels attention to an important document that the Alliance has put together recently. We already know that the drivers of personalised medicine are It takes the form of an MEPs briefng and aims to inform clear for each stakeholder group: patients; the pharmaceutical both new and returning Members of the European Parliament industry; and for healthcare systems and payers. But many ask about the background to personalised medicine, where things whether innovation is really giving us value for money. currently stand in the sector, and what’s expected and/or required as we go forward. The debate has focussed to a large extent on the cost of “doing something” – the spiralling cost of developing drugs, the extra At 50+ pages it’s pretty comprehensive while still being written cost of providing innovative diagnostics, the hidden costs of as much as possible in layman’s terms.