
Your search for "Political Philosophy" produced 367 items.
| 1. Smart approach to the single market | February 9, 2012 |
The differing way that EU directives are transposed and implemented is a problem for the EU. Your Europa column last week suggested that, at their 30 January summit, EU... |
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| 2. Firms support MEPs on moving workers to the EU | February 8, 2012 |
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Discussions to start on intra-corporate transfers and MEPs want rules to be ‘family-friendly'. Rules to make it easier for companies to transfer thousands of non-European... | |
| 3. MEPs must justify their jetting off | February 8, 2012 |
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Transparency is more important than ever. Be transparent about what things cost and be ready to justify the expense: that must be the mantra for all those looking after the... | |
| 4. Protecting member states or the rights of asylum-seekers? | February 8, 2012 |
Malmström drops bid for suspension clause and Denmark proposes ‘early-warning' system.
Governments get help to deal with asylum claims
The Common European... |
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| 5. Movers & Shakers | February 8, 2012 |
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Hélène Clark has been named director for resources and communication in the European Commission's employment, social affairs and inclusion department. Clark... | |
| 6. Tunisia seeks greater EU support | February 2, 2012 |
Prime minister meets EU leaders and says his country urgently needs more help. Tunisia's prime minister has urged the EU to speed up efforts to help his country make the... |
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| 7. Germany and UK lead calls for EU spending cuts | January 27, 2012 |
Five member states demand that EU spending reflect national austerity measures. Germany and the UK today (27 January) led a demand by five member states for a large cut in... |
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| 8. Political leaders must do more to ensure gender balance | January 26, 2012 |
The European Parliament still has a long way to go for gender parity. The results of the European Parliament mid-term elections last week reveal that this institution still... |
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| 9. Member states asked to show their hand on future spending | January 26, 2012 |
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Ministers launch talks on multiannual spending, but French elections are set to delay agreement. National governments will be under pressure at ministerial talks on Friday to... | |
| 10. Lewandowski calls for spending cuts | January 23, 2012 |
European commissioner says more savings are needed in administrative spending plans for 2013. Janusz Lewandowski, the European commissioner for financial programming and... |
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| 11. Talks begin on market management overhaul | January 23, 2012 |
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Ministers to discuss quotas for milk, sugar. National agriculture ministers will next week (23 January) give their first reactions to a European Commission proposal to end... | |
| 12. Preparing the EU for the next disaster | January 19, 2012 |
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The EU has laid the ground for a better crisis-response system. It now needs political follow-through. How many systems does the EU have in place that would be activated in a... | |
| 13. Democracy in distress | January 16, 2012 |
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Political leaders seem to be structurally condemned to short-termism. Is democratic time too slow to respond to crises, and too short to plan for the long term? | |
| 14. Darwin for economists | January 12, 2012 |
A book that uses the natural world to take on the ‘movement libertarians'. “One century hence, if a roster of professional economists is asked to identify the... |
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| 15. Sentenced without trial? | January 12, 2012 |
Hungary is more committed than ever to democracy, the rule of law and Euro-Atlantic integration. Twenty years after a ‘managed' transition to democracy left significant... |
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| 16. So near, so far | January 12, 2012 |
A staff committee for the EEAS. One year after the European External Action Service was launched, its employees have now formed a staff committee to represent their interests... |
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| 17. News in brief | January 5, 2012 |
Asylum ruling The European Court of Justice ruled on 21 December that asylum-seekers should not be transferred to a member state where they risk being treated inhumanely.... |
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| 18. No money, no status | January 5, 2012 |
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Hard times for the Service for Foreign Policy Instruments. Pity the European Commission's Service for Foreign Policy Instruments, which has money, but no status. It is... | |
| 19. Busy agenda for financial services | January 5, 2012 |
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Policymakers attempt to come up with tougher rules. Financial-services legislation is again set to dominate the EU's agenda in 2012 as policymakers attempt to come up with... | |
| 20. Germany wins battle to delete biodiversity goals from CAP | December 21, 2011 |
Biodiversity 'prejudged' reform of the CAP. A call for specific biodiversity goals to be integrated into the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) was abandoned at the insistence... |
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