10/01/13Viviane Reding: "More than half of Europeans think that their voice doesn’t count in Europe – that has to change"

As the European Year of Citizens was officially launched on Thursday 10th of January in Dublin, our partner Sport and Citizenship interviewed the Vice-president of the European Commission and Commissioner for Justice, Viviane Reding.

06/01/12Androulla Vassiliou : "Supporting sport at the grassroots level is one of my priorities"

As part of its special feature dedicated to the fight against discrimination in sport, Sport and Citizenship publishes this quarter an interview of the European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism, Youth and Sport, Androulla Vassiliou. Touteleurope.eu invites you to discover it. Interview by Julian Lapper and Sylvain Landa

07/11/11Viviane Reding : "Volunteering is a creator of human and social capital"

So it ends in a few weeks, what conclusions drawn from the European Year of Volunteering? In partnership with Sport & Citoyenneté, Touteleurope.eu publishes an interview with Viviane Reding, Vice-President responsible for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship European Commission. Interview by Julian Jappert et Carole Ponchon.

10/03/11The Week in Europe from March 14th to 20th 2011

Touteleurope.eu keeps you up-to-date on the main European events in the week to come. This week has Councils aplenty (Environment, Agriculture, Economy and Finance) and invites the public to debate online gaming.

03/03/11Janusz Lewandowski : "We must avoid a two-speed Europe!"

Should the European Union follow the Members States example and take a dose of harsh austerity medicine, or as many MEPs are demanding, increase its budget to help relaunch the European economy and competiveness? How should the EU budget be financed and how can we avoid a two-speed Europe between the Eurozone and non-eurozone members? These are just some of the questions which Toute l’Europe put to Janusz Lewandowski, Budget Commissioner. Find out what his views on these topics and more in our video interview.

03/03/11The Week in Europe from March 7th to 13th 2011

Touteleurope.eu keeps you up-to-date on the main European events in the week ahead. This week will open with the European Parliament's plenary session and will finish with an extraordinary European Council on the events in Libya. Also this week is International Women's Day which takes place on March 8th.

24/02/11The Week in Europe from February 28th to March 6th 2011

Touteleurope.eu keeps you up-to-date on the main European events in the week ahead. Next week sees the inauguration of an agency for cooperation between energy regulators and, also, the Estonians electing a prime minister. However, the unpredictable unfolding of events in North Africa is expected to remain front and centre on the European political scene.

17/02/11The Week in Europe – From February 21th to 27th 2011

Touteleurope.eu keeps you up-to-date on the main European events in the week ahead. This week will centre on adopting a revision of the Small Business Act and the elections in Ireland.

10/02/11The Week in Europe – From February 14th to 20th 2011

Touteleurope.eu keeps you up-to-date on the main European events in the week ahead. This week will centre on the economy and finance with the G20 and the Council of Ministers, the European Parliament’s plenary session and also the rights of children.

03/02/11The Week in Europe – from February 7th to 13th 2011

Touteleurope.eu keeps you up to date on the main European events in the coming week. This week will see the inauguration of the Berlin International Film Festival, launch of the MEDIA Mundus programme and publication of a Green Paper on research and innovation.

27/01/11The Week in Europe from January 31st to February 6th 2011

Touteleurope.eu keeps you up-to-date on the main European events in the coming week. Of note this week is a European Council on innovation and energy as well as a conference in Munich on security and several Commission initiatives regarding passenger data and early school leaving.

20/01/11The Week in Europe – from January 24th to 30th 2011

Touteleurope.eu keeps you up-to-date on the main European events in the coming week. Next week is especially busy with forums, special days and high-level conferences, not to mention Commission initiatives on early school leaving and on sustainable management of resources as well as the launch of a Green Paper on public procurement.

13/01/11The Week in Europe from January 17th to 23rd 2011

Touteleurope.eu keeps you up-to-date with the main European events in the week to come. This week brings a plenary session in the European Parliament and finishes with the presidential elections in Portugal – a country hit hard by the crisis.

06/01/11The Week in Europe – from January 10th to 16th 2011

Every week, Touteleurope.eu keeps you up-to-date with the main European events in the week ahead. This week sees the implementation of a new process of budgetary coordination between Member States to tackle the economic crisis – the ‘European semester’.

03/01/11Maria Badia i Cutchet : "Sport can help forge a common identity"

In partnership with the think tank Sport and Citizneship, Touteleurope.eu regularly publishes an interview from their quarterly journal. This month we are bringing you an interview with Maria Badia i Cutchet, a socialist Spanish MEP and member of the Culture and Education Committee in which she outlines her expectations for the forthcoming Commission policy document on legislation in the area of sport, a new competence introduced by the Lisbon Treaty. 

16/12/10The Week in Europe from December 20th to 26th 2010

Every Monday, Touteleurope.eu keeps you up-to-date on the main European events in the week ahead... which are mainly Christmas oriented!  The institutions are also taking their Christmas holidays of course.  The only big event is an Environment Council where ministers will evaluate the outcome of the Cancun conference.

14/12/10Cancun: towards a "whole world" solution?

At the climate change negotiations in Cancun, Ireland was at the centre of a process aimed at finding innovative solutions to the global climate problem. Details of the project were presented at a side-event organised by Ireland in conjunction with the United Nations Environment Programme and World Resources Institute. As governments struggled to find a satisfactory solution, this new initiative proposes a parallel evaluation of the different climate change scenarios based on a 'whole world' perspective. Touteleurope spoke to Richard Douthwaite, an economist and representative of the Irish thinktank Feasta which is at the origin of this ambitious project.

09/12/10The Week In Europe from December 13th to December 19th 2010

Every Monday, Touteleurope.eu keeps you up-to-date on the main European events in the week ahead. The “institutional triangle” is in full swing... the European Parliament is voting on the citizens’ initiative and the 2011 budget, the Commission is enabling cross-border movement of citizens and companies, and the Council is dealing with the issue of food quality. Heads of state and governments, for their part, are meeting at the end of the week to try and find a way out of the financial crisis.

08/12/10Cultural diplomacy to sell European culture and values globally

The objective of culture is no longer only to create art or literature. "Cultural Diplomacy" is increasingly being used as a vehicle to promote liberal democratic values and to foster "democracy and participation", says Dutch Liberal member Marietje Schaake (ALDE), who last week presented her report on cultural diplomacy. This interview was originally published on the European Parliament website. 

02/12/10The Week in Europe from December 6th to 12th 2010

Every Monday, Touteleurope.eu keeps you up-to-date on the main European events in the week ahead. As the end of the year looms, there are several legislative proposals from the Commission (food quality, strategy for the Danube etc.) as well as several Councils of Ministers (economy, competitiveness, social affairs etc.). Also, Europe will receive Russian and Indian delegations for bilateral summits.

25/11/10The Week in Europe from November 29th to December 5th 2010

22/11/10The Week in Europe – November 22th to 28st 2010

Every Monday, Touteleurope.eu keeps you up-to-date on the main European events in the week ahead. From November 22nd to 28th, MEPS will vote on intellectual property (ACTA), ministers for foreign affairs prepare for the EU-Africa Summit, the fight to prevent violence against women intensifies and European suburbs are celebrated in Lyon...

19/11/10Facebook chat with Joseph Daul: “My vision for Europe is not like Cameron’s. My Europe echoes that of its founding fathers”

On Tuesday November 16th from 11am to noon, Joseph Daul chatted with Internet users on Touteleurope.eu’s Facebook page. It was an opportunity to put your questions directly to the president of the largest political group in the European Parliament – the European People’s Party (EPP). Here is a summary of the Facebook chat.

19/11/10Dacian Ciolos : "The CAP concerns all citizens, not just farmers"

On Thursday November 18th, Dacian Cioloş presented his roadmap for the future of the Common Agricultural Policy. A key issue for citizens across the EU in their everyday lives, agriculture and agricultural subsidies are currently at the centre of tough negotiations between Member States. Distributing subsidies among farmers, protecting biodiversity, food quality, price volatility... the Commissioner responds to readers’ questions.

14/11/10The Week in Europe – November 15th to 21st 2010

Every Monday, Touteleurope.eu keeps you up-to-date on the main European events in the week ahead. The European institutions have a busy schedule next week especially when it comes to external, economic and energy policy in Europe.

05/11/10Thorbjørn Jagland: "Only in Europe have we taken seriously the Universal declaration of Human rights"

On the occasion of the sixtieth anniversary of the signing of the European Convention on Human Rights, Toute l'Europe has interviewed the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjørn Jagland, about what has been accomplished and what remains to be done to improve Human rights in Europe.

05/11/10George Lyon MEP: "There is a long hard road to go before we reach an end conclusion on CAP"

George Lyon is member of the European Parliament and rapporteur on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy after 2013. As the European Commission prepares to unveil its own proposals for the future of the CAP (17th November), George Lyon MEP analyses the advantages and drawbacks of the text. For M. Lyon, an end conclusion on this topic is still far from being achieved. 

04/11/10The Week in Europe – November 8th to 14th 2010

Every Monday, Touteleurope.eu keeps you up-to-date on the main European events in the week ahead. The European institutions have a busy schedule next week especially when it comes to external, economic and energy policy in Europe.

28/10/10The Week in Europe – November 1st to 7th 2010

Every Thursday, Touteleurope.eu keeps you up-to-date on the main European events in the week ahead. After a particularly decisive European Council meeting on the functioning of the European Union, the institutions seem to be taking a break. With the exceptions of a communication from Viviane Reding on data protection in the European Union, a directive proposal on management of radioactive waste and a forum on citizens’ advice services, there are not many big European events in the week of November 1st to 7th.

20/10/10Touteleurope The Interview : President Jerzy Buzek reviews the first half of his mandate

Jerzy Buzek’s election as President of the European Parliament, the first deputy from an Eastern Member State to hold this position, was hailed as historic, particularly, in the context of the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the end of communism. However, looking back over the first half of his mandate, it is obvious that times were difficult for the European Union a year ago: the future of the Lisbon Treaty was uncertain and the economic crisis was deepening. Half-way through his mandate as President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek speaks to Touteleurope about his achievements during his first year in office. 

12/10/10György Schöpflin MEP on the disaster in Hungary: “Communism as a form of development was always modernization on the cheap”

On Tuesday, 5th October, Hungary was affected by an ecological disaster when a dam holding back toxic sludge burst flooding three villages and the surrounding areas. As Hungary grapples with this ecological threat we asked György Schöpflin Hungarian MEP and member of the European People's Party what the European Union can do to help and how this type of disaster can be prevented in the future.

04/10/10Damien Abad: “We want to develop a youth policy with young people”

In partnership with the think tank Sport and Citizneship, Touteleurope.eu publishes an interview from their quarterly journal with Damien Abad French MEP and member of the European Peoples' Party. He explains the role of the European Parliament Intergroup on Youth issues and the importance of sport for young people. 

16/09/10I tweet, do you ?

Do you tweet? Eight MEPs who use Twitter have agreed to answer this question and to explain why they tweet at the launch of www.tweetyourmep.eu on September 22nd. The site, www.tweetyourmep.eu, will enable Internet users to question and discuss issues with MEPs in a simple, direct and immediate way.

15/09/10Communicating Europe: "Too much information kills information"

Using social networks to bring European citizens together is not a new idea but it is continuing apace. While the European Parliament has recently begun communicating its message through Facebook and Twitter, MEPs reiterated their support on Tuesday September 7th for the use of Web 2.0 by adopting the Lokkegaard report on "journalism and new media – creating a public sphere in Europe".

09/08/10SAVE THE DATE - September 22, TweetyourMEP.eu goes live !

This September, Toute l'Europe is launching a new website : "Tweet your MEP". Its goal is to enable European citizens to communicate with their MEPs in an easy, immediate and transparent way. Before being officially launched to the public on September 22, the  new website "Tweet your MEP" will be presented on September 14 at the European Policy Center in Brussels.

21/07/10Piotr Maciej Kaczynski : "It can no longer be said that Poland is anti-Russian"

Poland went to the polls on 4th July for the final round of the presidential election brought about by the death of President Lech Kaczyński in the tragic air accident in Smolensk. In an election campaign overshadowed by this sad events, the moderate candidate Bronisław Komorowski of Civic Platform, defeated Jarosław Kaczyński, candidate of Law and Justice party. Upon taking up office Mr Komorowski resigned from his party the Civic Platform in order to be the 'President of all Poles'. Piotr Maciej Kaczynski researcher at the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels explains the significance of Komorowski's election and the policy changes that we can expect during his mandate. 

20/07/10Touteleurope the Mag: Fight against poverty in Europe

2010 is the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion. To mark the occasion, Touteleurope le Mag, in partnership with EDF, investigates what Europe is doing and will do to achieve the ambitious objective of taking 20 million European citizens out of poverty and social exclusion by 2020.

18/06/10Michael Cashman: Strong EU leadership needed to achieve MDGs

Ten years ago, world leaders agreed to act to eradicate world poverty by 2015, setting targets in eight priority MDG fields, such as reducing poverty and hunger by 50%, full primary education and eliminating gender disparity and health-related issues. With only 5 years to go before the targets have to be met, MEPs fear that the EU will not be able to keep its development commitments. During the plenary session of the European Parliament this week, Michael Cashman, rapporteur for the Development committee, urged the EU show greater leadership on this issue by reaching its target of 0.7%.

29/05/10Touteleurope the Magazine, Special Report on Biodiversity

2010 is the international year for Biodiversity. To mark this event, Touteleurope.fr, in partnership with EDF, invites you to discover biodiversity in Europe. In this special edition of our video magazine on the theme of biodiversity we look at what the European Union can do to protect its biodiversity and present the ecovolunteering platform 'www.jagispourlanature.org'.

26/04/10Kristalina Georgieva: “We have to strengthen the European response to crises”

The European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection was in Paris on Wednesday April 21st to meet ministers Bernard Kouchner (Foreign Affairs) and Alain Joyandet (Cooperation and Francophony). Objectives: to get French support for the Commission proposal for more effective, coherent and visible action. We took the opportunity to ask Ms. Kristalina Georgieva what her plans were and to give us an overview of European action in Haiti.

22/04/10Irina Bokova, Unesco's First lady

Irina Bokova's office is at the extremity of one of the arms of the star shaped Head Quarters of Unesco. The plush corridors leading to her office are lined with an impressive selection of modern art. For an organisation defined as the ‘conscience of the world’, this is hardly surprising.

30/03/10Sean Kelly : "The EU should encourage sport as a part of our european identity"

In partnership with the think tank Sport and Citizneship, Touteleurope.fr publishes an interview from their quarterly journal. Seán Kelly, MEP, former President of the Gaelic Athletic Association and former Executive President of the Irish Sporting Institute, explains how sport can contribute to the forging of a European identity.

26/03/10Dominique Reynié: "in view of the Greek crisis, we have lax Europe versus conscientious Europe”

Dominique Reynié is a professor at Science Politique, Paris, and executive director of Fondapol (The Foundation for Political Innovation). On the eve of the agreement signed by members of the eurozone on financial aid for Greece and the of publication of an important Fondapol opinion poll carried out by Ifop entitled "Europe, the Greek crisis and us", Touteleurope.fr discusses this unprecedented crisis affecting the single currency

18/03/10Proinsias De Rossa : "The EU will take a tougher line with Israel in future"

Just a few days before High Representative Catherine Ashton's visit to the Middle East and during Joe Biden's stay in Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahou announced the construction of further settlements in East Jerusalem. Touteleurope.fr interviewed Proinsias De Rossa, MEP and President of the delegation to the Palestinian Legislative Coucnil about the latest developments in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. 

17/03/10Jorge Semprún: “My life has been determined by the history of Europe”

In his latest book, “Une tombe au creux des nuages” (A tomb cradled by the clouds), the writer Jorge Semprún looks back on the main events of the 20th century in Europe. In light of his own experience, the author puts into perspective the current issues around European integration. These include democratisation and cultural diversity, the driving role of Germany in the EU, the increase in distinctive identities, but also Jewish thought in European culture and the future of the democratic left-wing parties.

A look back at the European histories of Jorge Semprún.

21/02/10Commissioner vows to speak for the "forgotten people" in Europe

László Andor is the newly appointed European Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs. He was in Paris on 18 February for the official launch of the European Year for combatting poverty and exclusion where he appeared alongside Ministers Martin Hirsch and Benoît Apparu. In this interview with Touteleurope.fr, he explains the importance of the European Year for combating poverty and exclusion and outlines his priorities for his new mandate as Commissioner for employment, social affairs and inclusion. 

15/02/1010th anniversary of the start of Bulgaria’s accession negotiations with the EU

In partnership with Europe Gateway, a member of Touteleurope.fr's European network, we are republishing an article which marks the 10th year anniversary of the opening of Bulgaria's accession negotiations with the European Union. 

03/02/10J. Buzek : "Under the Lisbon Treaty, the Parliament is stronger than ever before"

During his official visit to Paris on Tuesday, 2 February, Touteleurope.fr interveiwed Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament. Former Polish Prime Minister and member of Solidarnosc, he explains the new reforms contained in the Lisbon Treaty and presents his priorities for his mandate. 

03/02/10Jerzy Buzek heralds the "European miracle"

For his first official visit to France this week, Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament had a full schedule. Paris was one of his stops on a tour of European capitals which aims to raise his profile in the Member States. 

25/01/10Michel Barnier: “No financial player will be beyond regulation.”

With just a few days to go until the likely investiture of the second Barroso Commission, Touteleurope.fr, in partnership with the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, met with French Commissioner designate for Internal Market and Services, Michel Barnier. Barnier went through the priorities of his new mandate, the strategic aspect of this portfolio and the need for intelligent regulation of the European economy.  He also mentioned the idea of a tax on financial transactions and the creation of a European force for civil protection.