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Tag Archives: European Union (EU)
Where is Inequality Headed?
The European Union (EU) was created from a desire for peace and prosperity after the carnage of World War II. It all began with the formation of the European Coal and Steel Community in 1951 which aimed to unify and … Continue reading
Posted in Democratic Accountability, Economic Justice, Human Rights
Tagged Christine Lagarde, cooperation, Disparity, economic crisis, economic growth, economics, equality, European Trade Union Confederation, European Trade Union Institute, European Union (EU), Germany, inequality, International Monetary Fund (IMF), oppressed, poverty, QCEA, Quaker Faith and Practice, Social justice, Tony Atkinson, trade unions
‘Trading Away Peace’ – EU can do more to stop expansion of illegal settlements
The European Union (EU) imports fifteen times more from Israel’s illegal settlements than it does from Palestinians themselves within the West Bank. This was revealed in a report released last week by a coalition of European NGOs, including the Quaker … Continue reading
Six decades of Pax Europa: The European Union and the Nobel Peace Prize
The award of the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union (EU) is being met with some derision and disdain. Commentators are confusing the current economic troubles in the Eurozone with the founding ideas of the European Union. Perhaps … Continue reading
Posted in Peace
Tagged European Union (EU), John Woolman, Nobel Peace Prize, Peace, Peacebuilding
Europe – a Peace Project or a Peace Process?
In the most recent edition of Around Europe, QCEA discussed the European Union as a peace project. How can we defend, learn from and apply its history of peacebuilding today? This question is all the more relevant given that the … Continue reading
Posted in Peace
Tagged European Union (EU), Nobel Peace Prize, Peace, Peacebuilding
Every Drop Counts: Snapshots from Green Week 2012
‘Without water, there is no environment; Without water, there is no economy; Without water, there is no life.’ Janez Potočnik, European Environment Commissioner The focus of this year’s Green Week (May 22-25) was water. Highly topical, as Europe is experiencing … Continue reading
World Water Day 2012: does water count as a human right?
Access to safe water and sanitation was declared a human right by the UN’s General Assembly in July 2010. A surprising eighteen EU Member States abstained from voting. The main problem faced by governments is that a large proportion of … Continue reading
Can We Trust Our Neighbours? Mutual Trust in the European Judicial Area
The European Union relies on the idea of mutual trust between Member States. In areas where national laws and practices differ widely across the EU, this mutual trust becomes harder to foster. This was the issue at the heart of … Continue reading
Action needed to follow words
What the European Union says Since her appointment in December 2009, Catherine Ashton, as High Representative for Foreign Affairs of the European Union, has made a large number of statements on a broad range of foreign policy issues. A substantial … Continue reading
Posted in Peace
Tagged Ashton, European Union (EU), Israel, Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), Settlements
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Will Durban deliver? There is much indecision
The Durban Conference of Parties is over. There may be a signed document to show for the conference, however this document, laying the way for the Durban Platform, merely saved the negotiations. Potentially irreversible and catastrophic climate change is still … Continue reading
Poll: European Union releases the 2050 Energy Roadmap
The EU has released the 2050 Energy Roadmap. This suggests five decarbonisation scenarios. Please tell us which of these you would like to see happening. You may select two answers.
