Mirko Paradiso
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Citizens participation in decision-making processes: The Irish case
Ireland currently gives its citizens a say in decision-making processes through participatory tools, such as citizens' assemblies. But what do the Irish people think of citizen participation in their country? → Read More
Ban unpaid internships: NGOs, unions, and activists rally in Brussels
The European Youth Forum and the European Trade Federation, as well as activists and EU lawmakers, gathered in front of the European Parliament in Brussels on 10 November, the International Interns Day, to demand more rights for trainees. → Read More
Croatia must enter Schengen to protect migrants rights, MEPs say
Lawmakers in the European Parliament overwhelmingly endorsed Croatia's accession to the Schengen area on Thursday (10 November), arguing that such a move would help improve the protection of migrants' human rights at the EU's external borders. → Read More
Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia meet Schengen criteria, MEP says
As Bulgaria and Romania seek full accession to the Schengen free movement area, and Croatia begins the process, EURACTIV sat down with MEP Paulo Rangel (EPP) to discuss the countries' respective journeys. → Read More
State of the Union gets a mixed reception
The reaction to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s State of the European Union speech on Wednesday has been somewhat mixed, with leaders calling for more ambition and a focus on the green transition. European People’s Party President Manfred Weber supports the Commission’s green transition efforts, while outgoing Greens co-president Ska Keller thinks the executive should be… → Read More
Polish Participatory Budgeting: a closer look
In Poland, participatory budgeting is an established democratic tool allowing citizens to decide which initiatives to fund through the local budget. As part of H2020 DEMOTEC, EURACTIV travelled to Wroclaw, in Western Poland, to speak with local decision-makers and citizens and take a closer look at how the process evolved over the years and what inhabitants think of it. → Read More
Tweets of the Week: European Leaders
On Monday Liz Truss was announced as the new Prime Minister of Great Britain > It's time to deliver for the people of the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 pic.twitter.com/PGHJOVbTiE — Liz Truss (@trussliz) September 7, 2022 I hope yesterday left nobody in any doubt that it is indeed possible to have a government that is even worse than Boris Johnson’s. > I hope yesterday left nobody in any doubt that it… → Read More
Thought Leadership: FitFor55 and Buildings, with Philippe Delorme and Ciarán Cuffe
In this episode of Thought Leadership, EURACTIV’s Jennifer Baker discussed EU’s Commission package FitFor55 and RePowerEu proposal with Philippe Delorme, CEO Europe Operations of Schneider Electric and MEP Ciarán Cuffe (Ireland, Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance), Rapporteur of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) in the Industry, Research & Energy Committee. → Read More
Over a Coffee with Mónica Andrés Enríquez, Yara International ASA
Over A Coffee with Mónica Andrés Enríquez, Executive Vice President for Europe, at leading crop nutrition company, Yara International ASA. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is accelerating a global food crisis. Farmers are struggling to reach production targets for harvest, while challenged to meet climate obligations. Famine and political unrest are on the horizon. So, how can the agricultural… → Read More
Tweets of the Week: Season Finale
This season saw war and a sanction haul, Finland and Sweden got the NATO call, and a downing street downfall → Read More
Tweets of the Week: Boris’ Finale – E
It’s a special this week: He kept us hanging on like a yoyo, in the end it happened in slo-mo but eventually BoJo had to go, go. → Read More
Tweets of the Week: New NATO, No-vaping and USA vs Europe
At NATO the Scandis are sure on a roll, vapers left horrified at Commission' goal, and European twitter reacts to an internet troll → Read More
Tweets of the Week: Finnish wait, Balkan Euco and Kaliningrad
Finland’s PM endures the big public Waiting, EU Council expansion arguments are cvgrating and Lithuania indulges a spot of Russia baiting. → Read More
Tweets of the Week: the boys go to Kyiv, Northern Ireland Protocol and Poland Recovery
Macron, Scholz and Draghi in last minute Ukraine dash, UK plans to chuck NI protocol in the trash, and Von der Leyen agrees to inject Poland with cash → Read More
Tweets of the Week: Fit for the next time, common charger and Merkel regrets nothing
It seems 55 isn’t actually fit, common charger is a massive hit, and Angela Merkel is hard to acquit. → Read More
Tweets of the Week: Sanctions part 6, Poland, Croatia and Denmark’s Tales – E
This week it’s Hungary’s Oil ban rout, Poland gets its EU payout, AND Denmark ends the opt-out. → Read More
Conference on the Future of Europe is over, what’s the outcome? – E
This is the end of the journey, but not the end of the story. Citizens approved their recommendations in the context of the Conference on the Future of Europe (COFOE), the first EU deliberative democracy experiment where ordinary citizens took part in EU policy making. This time, we went to Strasbourg at the final ceremony of the COFOE, to bring you the “spirit” of citizens participation. We… → Read More
Tweets of the Week: Nato Enlargement, Northern Irleand and Re-Power-EU
Sweden and Finland want to enroll, on Northern Ireland is BoJo playing the troll and to promote wind power leaders go for a stroll. → Read More
Tweets of the Week: Interpretive CoFoE, Finlandisation and Eurovision
Interpretive dance in Parliament is just pure cringe, when it comes to NATO, Finland is no longer on the fringe, and Ukraine in Eurovision delivers an emotional twinge. → Read More