Published Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at 10:12
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markus.austria 
in EU in the world (791 views and 1 comments)
Tags: activists, Africa, defence, democracy, development, multilateralism, peace, poverty, UN
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PES manifesto consultation.pdf
Published Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 12:10
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BenoitFabre
in EU in the world (947 views and 1 comments)
Nous sommes embourbés dans quelques pays du Tiers-monde : Afghanistan, Irak, Kosovo, où nous déployons le maximum de nos capacités déportables sans succès.
Imaginez un instant que la dictature chinoise paranoiaque, qui n'est pas en voie de démocratisation par l'économie, mais ressemble plutot à un virus mutant, aie une poussée de fièvre militariste, contre Taiwan tout d'abord, puis contre le Vietnam, la Corée et le Japon, sans parler de ses rivalités avec l'Inde. Que serions nous en mesure de faire ?
Je rappelle que la Chine nous tient en nous jouant les uns contre les autres dans la compétition économique, qu'elle a acheté les meilleurs sous-marins soviétiques, qu'elle peut faire exploser en vol nos satellites espions, qu'elle a 3 millions d'hommes sous les drapeaux complètement fanatisés, que sa population est nationaliste car ignorante des enjeux internationaux, donc prête à une longue et dure guerre. Et nous ?
Pour moi, la nouvelle doctrine anti-dictature devrait englober une vaste alliance OTAN_bis:USA+Europe_PESD+Russie, alliée à l'Inde, au Japon et à la Corée du Sud. Il y a urgence à ne pas s'endormir sur nos lauriers, et à décripter le véritable langage de rapport de force de la dictature chinoise.
read morePublished Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 14:36
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Editor
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Here is an opinion
from Jusos –
the German social democratic youth organization:
Slowly but steadily the European Union has been finding its role
in the world by shaping a common EU foreign policy. More and more
tools have been developed and policies defined.
However, Brussels is running the risk of loosing sight of one of
its main origin: control of arms! The central objective of the
European Cool and Steel Community at the very beginning was to
make war unlikely by controlling and restricting the resources
needed for weapons. Arms control and disarmament were two
dominant goals on the European level to further foster peace and
stability.
Today, disarmament and arms control do not seem to play a major
role on the European level any more. The European Security
Strategy from 2003 does not even mention "disarmament" once. The
European discussion on US plans of establishing missile defence
systems on EU soil had only been half-hearted by most actors. And
instead of being committed to stop weapons flow into conflict
regions, the EU opened up an Armament Agency in order to
coordinate and improve its own weapons production being already
one of the biggest exporters in the world.
We hope that the
Published Thursday, April 3, 2008 at 09:57
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Editor
in EU in the world (997 views and 0 comments)
Published Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at 10:52
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Editor
in EU in the world (1019 views and 2 comments)
Social democratic
European foundations are working hard to contribute to a PES
manifesto based on progressive values. The first meeting of the
European Network of Social-Democratic Foundations (ENSoF) took
place on 29 March 2008 in the beautiful city of Sofia, under the
coordinating wing of the Institute for
Social Integration of Bulgaria, to debate issues related to the
manifesto theme ‘EU in the world’.Published Friday, October 12, 2007 at 10:22
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Editor
in EU in the world (1392 views and 3 comments)
The
United States plan to build an anti missile shield in Europe has
been at the centre of a heated debate ever since the defense
strategy was first proposed. The White House has invited Poland
and the Czech Republic to deploy a shield that will counter long
range missile threats from states with weapons of mass
destruction.
The defense system has sparked intense debate among the European Union, the United States and Russia. According to opponents, it creates division, destabilizes regional and international balances of power and weakens international efforts to disarm. An even bigger concern is that the missile shield could trigger a new arms race in Europe or create tensions with other nuclear powers.
The missile shield raises many issues in relation to European security. It will protect several EU states, but definitely not all. Right now the US is seeking to negotiate with Poland and the Czech Republic on a matter that concers the security of many other European countries. Who should have the ultimate say on this issue; the countries hosting the missile shield or all countries concerned by it? Should the defense programme be discussed within the EU - or in an even more international forum, NATO, since Russia is also concerned...
read morePublished Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at 10:32
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Editor
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Almost 90 percent of Europeans want the European Union to play a bigger role globally, according to a recent poll by the US German Marshall Fund. euobserver.com repeat that citizens call for more money to developmental aid (84 %), the use of trade to influence other countries (74 %) and sending troops for peace-keeping missions (68 %).
Committing troops to combat missions is near the bottom of the list. Only 20 percent of Europeans thinks combat operations should be EU’s responsibility.
In contrast to the clear-cut conclusions on global responsibility
the question about collaboration with the US splits Europe in
two: a little more than half, 53 percent, feels that the EU
should cooperate closer with Washington in dealing with global
threats, whereas 43 percent prefers Europe to address threats
independently.
The survey included about 13.000 people of 12 nationalities:
France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal,
Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey and the UK.
Published Thursday, January 10, 2008 at 15:24
by Asynjen in EU in the world ( comments)
CND public meeting Tuesday 22nd of at 7pm in the Grimond Room, Portcullis House, House of Commons, London SW1. Speakers include Lubomir Zaoralek MP, Czech Social Democratic Party, Shadow Foreign Minister; Peter Kilfoyle MP, former Defence Minister; Jon Trickett MP; Jeremy Corbyn MP and Kate Hudson, CND Chair.
CND is short for Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. The organization campaigns non-violently to rid the world of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction. Read more on www.cnduk.org
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