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Page 1 of 15 Mr Jean-Claude Juncker President European Commission Cc
Mr Jean-Claude Juncker President European Commission cc: Frans Timmermans, First Vice-President, in charge of Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Andrus Ansip, Vice-President for the Digital Single Market Jyrki Katainen, Vice-President for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-President for the Energy Union Vytenis Andriukaitis, Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Elžbieta Bieńkowska, Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Violeta Bulc, Commissioner for Transport Miguel Arias Cañete, Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy Corina Creţu, Commissioner for Regional Policy Carlos Moedas, Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation Cecilia Malmström, Commissioner for Trade Pierre Moscovici, Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Tibor Navracsics, Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Günther Öttinger, Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources Marianne Thyssen, Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Karmenu Vella, Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Margrethe Vestager, Commissioner for Competition Brussels, 16 June 2017 Re: Contribute to economic growth and climate change mitigation through a EU Cycling Strategy Dear President Juncker, With this letter, signed by leaders from businesses, public authorities and civil society, we call upon the European Commission to unlock the potential for creating jobs -
February 12, 2015 Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis European
February 12, 2015 Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis European Commission Rue de la Loi 170 B-1049 Brussels Dear Commissioner, The undersigned organizations, representing a broad section of the U.S. food and agricultural industry, urge you and your colleagues to ensure that draft Decisions authorizing the importation for food and feed processing of thirteen new biotechnology products are considered by the College of Commissioners without further delay. All of these products (soy, maize, rapeseed, cotton) have received positive European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) scientific assessments and have been considered by the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health and the Appeals Committee. The majority of these product applications were ready for adoption by the College of Commissioners last summer but, unfortunately, the outgoing College failed to act before its term expired. The length of time taken for EU decisions on new biotech crops has only increased in recent years, and the approval process for import files now appears to have come to a complete stop. The last import authorizations were issued by the European Commission in November 2013. Some of the pending products are already being grown in exporting countries under stewardship programs, and production volumes are increasing each growing season for domestic and export markets. Timely action by the European Commission will avoid the risk of disruption to the essential supply of feedstocks needed by the EU’s livestock, poultry and feed industries, which are more than 70 percent dependent on imported protein. The uncertainty and undue delays surrounding import approvals are creating unnecessary costs for producers and the agri-supply chain. -
THE JUNCKER COMMISSION: an Early Assessment
THE JUNCKER COMMISSION: An Early Assessment John Peterson University of Edinburgh Paper prepared for the 14th Biennial Conference of the EU Studies Association, Boston, 5-7th February 2015 DRAFT: Not for citation without permission Comments welcome [email protected] Abstract This paper offers an early evaluation of the European Commission under the Presidency of Jean-Claude Juncker, following his contested appointment as the so-called Spitzencandidat of the centre-right after the 2014 European Parliament (EP) election. It confronts questions including: What will effect will the manner of Juncker’s appointment have on the perceived legitimacy of the Commission? Will Juncker claim that the strength his mandate gives him license to run a highly Presidential, centralised Commission along the lines of his predecessor, José Manuel Barroso? Will Juncker continue to seek a modest and supportive role for the Commission (as Barroso did), or will his Commission embrace more ambitious new projects or seek to re-energise old ones? What effect will British opposition to Juncker’s appointment have on the United Kingdom’s efforts to renegotiate its status in the EU? The paper draws on a round of interviews with senior Commission officials conducted in early 2015 to try to identify patterns of both continuity and change in the Commission. Its central aim is to assess the meaning of answers to the questions posed above both for the Commission and EU as a whole in the remainder of the decade. What follows is the proverbial ‘thought piece’: an analysis that seeks to provoke debate and pose the right questions about its subject, as opposed to one that offers many answers. -
Mr Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS European Commissioner for Health European Commission Rue De La Loi, 200 1049 Brussels
Mr Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS European Commissioner for Health European Commission Rue de la Loi, 200 1049 Brussels Ref: RB.RT.mcf/67.190 29 June 2015 Dear Commissioner, Following the meeting that my EFPIA colleagues and I had on 28 May 2015 with members of your cabinet in relation to the ongoing crisis in Greece, I am writing to follow up with more details on our concerns about what might happen within the medicines market in the event that Greece fails to reach a deal with its creditors and is forced to leave the Euro. In the worst-case scenario of ‘Grexit’, we believe the integrity of the medicines supply chain may be in jeopardy, which would create a risk to public health. As such we believe it prudent and responsible to ensure there is a dialogue between the Commission and the pharmaceutical industry on concrete contingency plans. There are two broad categories of issues that we believe may disrupt the supply of medicines under the Grexit scenario: 1. The first relates to the potential for general practical disruption in the operation of the business environment. Technical breakdown in infrastructure supporting transactions, uncertainty on the validity of contracts, coupled with general social unrest, is likely to lead to problems throughout the economy. The Greek medicines supply chain is complicated compared with other European member states and therefore we think that the medicines supply chain may be particularly vulnerable to the sort of disruption described here. We believe, for example, that several hundred wholesalers are involved in the purchase and distribution of medicines to Greek pharmacies (a supply chain that is much more fragmented than in other EU countries). -
President High Representative
First Vice-President High Representative Frans Timmermans Federica Mogherini Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional High Representative of the Union Relations, the Rule of Law and the for Foreign Affairs and Security Poli- Charter of Fundamental Rights cy / Vice-President of the PRESIDENT Commission Vice-President JEAN-CLAUDE JUNCKER Vice-President Kristalina Georgieva Andrus Ansip Vice-President Vice-President Budget & Human Resources Digital Single Market Vice-President Alenka Bratušek Valdis Dombrovskis Jyrki Katainen Energy Union Euro & Social Dialogue Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Vĕra Jourová Günther Oettinger Pierre Moscovici Marianne Thyssen Corina Creţu Johannes Hahn Justice, Consumers and Gender Digital Economy & Society Economic and Financial Affairs, Employment, Social Affairs, Regional Policy European Neighbourhood Policy Equality Taxation and Customs Skills and Labour Mobility & Enlargement Negotiations Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos Vytenis Andriukaitis Jonathan Hill Elżbieta Bieńkowska Miguel Arias Cañete Neven Mimica Financial Stability, Financial Services and Health & Food Safety Migration & Home Affairs Capital Markets Union Internal Market, Industry, Climate Action & Energy International Cooperation Entrepreneurship and SMEs & Development Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Margrethe Vestager Maroš Šefčovič Cecilia Malmström Karmenu Vella Competition Transport & Space Trade Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Carlos Moedas Phil Hogan Christos Stylianides * The HRVP may ask the Commissioner Education, Culture, Youth and Research, Science Agriculture & Humanitarian Aid & (and other commissioners) to deputise Citizenship and Innovation Rural Development Crisis Management for her in areas related to Commission competence. -
NONVIOLENT RESISTANCE in LITHUANIA a Story of Peaceful Liberation
NONVIOLENT RESISTANCE IN LITHUANIA A Story of Peaceful Liberation Grazina Miniotaite The Albert Einstein Institution www.aeinstein.org 2 CONTENTS Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Nonviolent Resistance Against Russification in the Nineteenth Century The Goals of Tsarism in Lithuania The Failure of Colonization The Struggle for the Freedom of Religion The Struggle for Lithuanian Press and Education Chapter 2: Resistance to Soviet Rule, 1940–1987 An Overview Postwar Resistance The Struggle for the Freedom of Faith The Struggle for Human and National Rights The Role of Lithuanian Exiles Chapter 3: The Rebirth From Perestroika to the Independence Movement Test of Fortitude The Triumph of Sajudis Chapter 4: Towards Independence The Struggle for Constitutional Change Civil Disobedience Step by Step The Rise of Reactionary Opposition Chapter 5: The Struggle for International Recognition The Declaration of Independence Independence Buttressed: the Battle of Laws First Signs of International Recognition The Economic Blockade The January Events Nonviolent Action in the January Events International Reaction 3 Chapter 6: Towards Civilian-Based Defense Resistance to the “Creeping Occupation” Elements of Civilian-Based Defense From Nonviolent Resistance to Organized Civilian-Based Defense The Development of Security and Defense Policy in Lithuania since 1992 Concluding Remarks Appendix I Appeal to Lithuanian Youth by the Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania Appendix II Republic in Danger! Appendix III Appeal by the Government of the Republic -
Rinkiminis Laikr 20.Pmd
Vyriausiosios rinkimø komisijos Pasirinkimas informacinis leidinys Seimo rinkimai 2008 spalio 12 dienà www.vrk.lt Kodël balsuosiu Seimo rinkimuose? Leidinys Tau, rinkëjau Po Lietuvos Nepriklausomybës atkûrimo 1990-øjø kovo 11-àjà, Jûs, gerbiamieji rinkëjai, rink- site jau penktàjá ðalies Seimà. Ðalies Konstitucijos 2-asis straipsnis sako: „Lietuvos valsty- bæ kuria Tauta. Suverenitetas priklauso Tautai“. Mes siûlome jà, Lietuvos valstybæ, ið tiesø kurti. Viliamës, kad Jûs, mielieji rinkëjai, iðreikðite savo valià spalio 12 dienà rengiamuose Seimo rinkimuose. Raginame Jus susipaþinti ir panagrinëti politiniø partijø, jø kandidatø programas bei nuostatas. Specialiai ðiems Seimo rinki- mams skirtas leidinys „Pasirinki- mas 2008“. ELTOS nuotr. Prie rinkimø balsadëþës susitiks skirtingø kartø atstovai. Jø balsai lems, kurie politikai pasidalys 141 vietà Seime. Tada supratau, kaip svarbu turëti Noriu, kad ðiuose rinkimuose bûtø at- pasirinkimo laisvæ. Dabar mes jà turi- spindëta ir mano nuomonë. me. Ir tai reikëtø vertinti. Jei mes, rinkëjai, bûsime pasyvûs, tu- Að savo mokiniø daþnai klausiu – rësime taikstytis su kitø sprendimu, kitø Faustas kam priklauso aukðèiausioji valdþia Lie- iðrinktais valdþios atstovais. Nesuprantu Meðkuotis, tuvoje? Jie man sako: Prezidentui, Vy- þmoniø, kurie keikia valdþià, nors rinki- 41 metø gimnazijos riausybei, Seimui. Tada að pasiûlau pa- Justinas muose nebalsuoja. Tikiu, kad galima pa- istorijos, þvelgti á Lietuvos Respublikos Konsti- Galinis, siekti teigiamø permainø. pilietiðkumo tucijà. 2-ajame straipsnyje aiðkiai pa- 21 metø mokytojas raðyta, kad Lietuvos valstybæ kuria Tau- studentas ta, suverenitetas priklauso Tautai. SKAIÈIUS: “Kai buvau 19 metø jaunuolis, tar- Taigi aukðèiausioji valdþia ðiandien “Manau, iðreikðti savo pilietinæ po- navau sovietø armijoje Kazachstane. priklauso bûtent mums, ðalies pilie- zicijà – bûtina. Planuoju pasiskaityti 2 mln. -
Vytenis Andriukaitis
VYTENIS ANDRIUKAITIS Personal details • Lithuanian • Born 9 August 1951, in Yakutsk Autonomous Republic, Russia (USSR) • Married with three children Education 1979 - 1984: Vilnius University, Faculty of History (Master’s degree and lecturer in history and political science) 1969 - 1975: Kaunas Institute of Medicine (medical doctor) Political career • 2012 - 2014: Minister of Health, Republic of Lithuania • 2014: Vice-President of the 67th World Health Assembly • 1992 - 2014: Member of Seimas, Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania, 6 consecutive terms • 2008 – 2012: Member, COSAC (Conference of Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs of Parliaments of the European Union) • 2004 – 2008: Director, Institute of Social and Economic Studies • 2002 – 2003: Leader of the Lithuanian delegation to the Convention on the Future of Europe • 2001 – 2004: Deputy Speaker of the Seimas • 2001 – 2004: Chair, EU Affairs Committee of the Seimas • 2001 – 2002: Chair, Baltic Assembly • 2000 – 2004: Member of the PES Presidium and Council • 1999 – 2000: Chair, Lithuanian Social Democratic Party • 1994 – 1996: Member, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee • 1990 - 1992: Signatory to Act of Independence of the Republic of Lithuania and co-author of its Constitution • 1989 Founder of Social Democratic Party of Lithuania • 1969 – 1991: Actively involved in the anti-Soviet movement Medical career • 1975 – 1976: Medical doctor, Kaunas County Hospital • 1976 – 1984: Surgeon, Ignalina Central Hospital • 1985 – 1993: Cardio-surgeon, Vilnius Republic Clinical Hospital Awards: WHO World No Tobacco Day Award (2014), Commander’s Grand Cross of the Order of Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas (2004), Ordem do Mérito Grã-Cruz of the Portuguese Republic (2003) Publications: various legislative acts and amendments, contributions to the Convention on the Future of Europe, books and press articles on the history of medicine, surgery, political science and labor market organization. -
Ten Years of Lithuanian-Polish Reconciliation
OPINION 10 years of Lithuanian-Polish Reconciliation Česlovas Okinčycas Speaking in historic terms, 10 years is not a long period of time. Notwithstanding this rule, last ten years in Lithuanian-Polish relations are tantamount to the entire era. Understanding of the present is impossible unless we pay proper attention to history. History of Lithuanian-Polish relations counts close to 600 years. Approximately two hundred years before Columbus discovered the American continent, King of Poland Kazimieras the Great married the daughter of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Gediminas, Aldona. It took about two hundred years for two states to be joined together in a Union. Since 1569 two states had a united state of their own exist. It lasted until XVIII century. The state was brought to an end through partitions carried out by aggressive neighbors. Aiming to save the Joint State, on May 3, 1791 Polish-Lithuanian Seimas passed the Constitution, second Constitution in the history of the world (the first being the US). It had far surpassed its own epoch - it implemented such ideas as the national sovereignty and civil rights in practice. I am proud of the fact that Lithuanian-Polish elite was the forefather of the ideas of universal liberties and democracy. Breakdown of the state brought no end to cooperation and joint fight for freedom. This fight lasted until the 1863-1864 rebellion. Cooperation between Lithuanian and Polish nations ended in the second half of the XIX century, when the epoch of nationalism spread all over Europe. These nations chose different paths of establishing the national statehood. -
Politikos M Almanachas 4.Indd
ISSN 1822-9212 LIETUVOS IR LENKIJOS STRATEGINĖ PARTNERYSTĖ ES KAIMYNYSTĖS POLITIKOS KONTEKSTE SIMA RAKUTIENĖ Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas Politikos mokslų ir diplomatijos fakulteto doktorantė El. paštas: [email protected] Šiuo straipsniu siekiama įvertinti Lietuvos ir Lenkijos strateginės partnerystės poreikį ir turinį, parodyti jos reikšmę Europos Sąjungos Rytų kaimynystės politikos įgyvendinimui. Oficialiai Lietuva ir Lenkija strategiškai artėja jau daugiau nei dešimtmetį ir, nors daugu- ma politikos analitikų skeptiškai vertina šią strateginę partnerystę, tačiau vis artimesnis šalių bendradarbiavimas pastebimas ne tik politinėje, bet ir ekonominėje srityje. Be to, Lietuva ir Lenkija yra aktyviausios naujosios ES narės plėtojant ES Rytų politiką. Šiuo metu tai yra bene svarbiausia bendra jų darbo niša, užpildanti ir strateginės partnerys- tės turinį. Lietuvos ir Lenkijos tikslai užsienio politikos srityje ir kuriama jų strateginė partnerystė įtraukia ir tokias šalis kaip Ukraina ir Gruzija, siekiant apriboti Rusijos ga- lią regione. Dėl to ši politika gana greitai gali sukelti iš Rusijos pusės kylančių neigiamų padarinių. ĮVADAS Mūsų tautoms ir valstybėms pavyko išsivaduoti iš inertiškų isto- rijos suvokimo stereotipų, sugebėjome geriau suprasti vieni kitus, atradome bendras praeities, dabarties ir ateities vertybes. Didžiuo- juosi tuo ir esu dėkingas visiems lietuviams ir lenkams, kurie nuo- sekliai, sutartis po sutarties, bendrai dirbdami užtikrintai ėjo mūsų tautų bendradarbiavimo ir strateginio suartėjimo link.1 Petras Vaitiekūnas, -
Lietuvių Tautos Galutinis Sunaikinimas
Lietuvi ų tautos galutinis sunaikinimas Išlikimo strategijos knygos „Labgeba“, Kaunas, 2008 — 256 pusl. autorius, labgebas, išrad ÷jas, m. daktaras, doc., Satkevi čius Edvardas , Kaunas, telefonai. 8-37-333116, 8-676-87293, [email protected] ; [email protected] , www.labgeba-paveldas-istorija.lt 2013 m. rugs ÷jo 10 d. Būtina, kad Lietuvos Persitvarkymo S ąjūdžio (Perestrojkos) Iniciatyvin ÷s grup ÷s dar gyvi nariai (Lietuvos Persitvarkymo S ąjūdžio Iniciatyvin ÷ grup ÷, kažkieno sudaryta 1988 m. birželio 3 d. susirinkime Moksl ų Akademijos sal ÷je) viešai pasisakyt ų, kod ÷l jie nemato (tikriausiai s ąmoningai slepia, jog vaik ų liko tik tre čdalis, t.y. 2/3 tautos jau sunaikinta) dabar vykdom ą galutin į lietuvi ų tautos sunaikinim ą (genocid ą) ir tuo pa čiu padeda galutinai sunaikinti lietuvi ų taut ą? Įdomu kuo jie save laiko ar ES pilie čiais, ar lietuvi ų tautos patriotais, ar lietuvi ų tautos naikintojais ir išg.....? Regimantas Adomaitis , Vytautas Bubnys , Antanas Bura čas , Algimantas Čekuolis , Virgilijus Čepaitis , Bronius Genzelis , Arvydas Juozaitis , Algirdas Kaušp ÷das , Vytautas Landsbergis , Alvydas Medalinskas , Algimantas Nasvytis , Romualdas Ozolas , Romas Pakalnis , Vytautas Radžvilas , Art ūras Sku čas , Gintaras Songaila , Arvydas Šaltenis , Vitas Tomkus , Zigmas Vaišvila , Ar ūnas Žebri ūnas . Būtina, kad dar gyvi Lietuvos Persitvarkymo S ąjūdžio Seimo nariai , išrinkti ir patvirtinti Sąjū-džio Steigiamajame suvažiavime 1988 m. spalio 23 d., viešai pasisakyt ų, kod ÷l jie 1988 metais pasisak ÷ prieš -
Lithuania and the World in the 20Th C
VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF HUMANITIES DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY Kęstutis Bartkevičius Lithuania and the World in the 20th c. DIDACTICAL GUIDELINES Kaunas, 2013 Reviewed by Prof. Dr. J. Vaičenonis Approved by the Department of History of the Faculty of Humanities at Vytautas Magnus University on 30 November 2012 (Protocol No. 3–2) Recommended for printing by the Council of the Faculty of Humanities of Vytau- tas Magnus University on 28 December 2012 (Protocol No. 8–6) Translated and edited by UAB “Lingvobalt” Publication of the didactical guidelines is supported by the European Social Fund (ESF) and the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. Project title: “Renewal and Internationalization of Bachelor Degree Programmes in History, Ethnology, Philosophy and Political Science” (project No.: VP1-2.2-ŠMM-07-K-02-048) © Kęstutis Bartkevičius, 2013 ISBN 978-9955-21-358-1 © Vytautas Magnus University, 2013 Table of Contents Preamble . 5 Topic 1. Partisan Warfare in thePeriod of 1945–1953 . 7 Topic 2. Dissident Movement in Lithuania. 16 Topic 3. The Formation, Goals and Activity of the Reform- Movement of Lithuania . 31 Topic 4. The Genesis and Development of the Movement and the CPL in the Period of Reformation . 43 Topic 5. The Restoration and Recognition of Independence 1990–1992 . 55 The main literature and published sources used for the prep- aration of methodical material . 65 Preamble These didactical guidelines are to be used for foreign students who will study the course of ‘Lithuania in the 20th Century’ at Vytautas Magnus University. In the history of Lithuania the 20th century is very rich in politi- cal and social changes.