Despite the Paris terrorist attacks that killed 130 people, French President Francois Hollande had no doubt on confirming the United Nations Climate Change Conference opened last Monday 30 November 2015. Heads of State summoned expecting to sketch compromise: US President Barack Obama, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra […]
In these days, world leaders are attending Paris climate Summit with the aim to unite all the world’s nations in a single agreement on tackling climate change,to keep global warming at 2C over pre-Industrial Revolution levels. But, while politicians are searching for a compromise to stemming green house gas emissions, thoughts should turn also on […]
During the last two weeks, the international scenario seemed to change abruptly, shifting our attention from Paris to Brussels, from Syria to Turkey, from migration to terrorism concerns. In Brussels, the “motionless” days of the lockdown, with deserted streets in a heavily militarized city, have by now given way to the familiar, hectic pace that […]
On the 4th of September, a crucial event for the economic and political future of the European Union took place. At the Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Gazprom, the Russian leader in the energetic industry, signed an agreement with Germany and some Western European companies, in order to reactivate the four-years old Nord Stream Two pipeline […]
The Summit that took place in Valletta on 11/12 November 2015 was attended by 60 European and African Heads of State and government. Eagerly awaited, the meeting was expected to address cooperation between the two continents in the area of migration, recognised as a shared responsibility. At the meeting, leaders adopted a political declaration and an […]
Agricultural products, coming from the areas occupied by Israel after 1967, will be delivered to the European Member States with labels reporting “Israeli Settlements”. The European Commission took such a decision with an interpretative note, approved on 11th of November. The European Union, in fact, does not recognize those settlements created after 1967 as Israeli […]
Smart Cities is a largely abused concept, but examples of Smart Cities vary in size and type. The idea is still relatively new and evolving, and the concept is very wide-ranging. Broadly speaking a smart city is intelligent, interconnected, and efficient. Every city is unique, with its own historical development path, current characteristics and future […]
The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that 21 million people around the world are victims of forced or compulsory labour. This social plague generates 140 billion euro in illegal profits per year. The EU is committed to tackle this problem affecting most vulnerable people worldwide. In the past few days, the EU Council has given its […]
The economic topics within the European Union have never been such conspicuous as nowadays. The overcoming of the economic differences between the Member States of the Union, as well as within their regions, has been considered as priority since the EU foundation. For this reason, since the monetary union (as known today) was established, the […]
Following the atrocities in Paris perpetrated by the jihadists of the Islamic State, the spectre of the “clash of civilizations” between Islam and “the West”, predicted in 1993 by Samuel Huntington spread vehemently. It is crystal clear that terrorism attacks, such as those in Paris, promote tensions between Muslims and non Muslims and that now more than […]
