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What does it really mean?
Not many people will actually bother reading the Constitution, but it is important to know how it will affect our lives – especially when voting in referenda
What is the 'EuroMillions' pan-European lottery draw?
200 million Europeans in nine different countries have the chance to become rich thanks to a lottery which celebrated its fifth birthday on 13 February 2009
What lies beneath
Does a compromise constitue a triumph? A commentary on the reform treaty and the European Constitution
What Place for Roma in the New EU?
European enlargement will push the Roma issue to the fore across the continent. Will the new Union have the strength of will needed to improve the lives of this community?
What the fridge are convergence criteria?
These are the conditions that a member state must fulfil in order to adopt the euro and become part of the economic and monetary union. Once they have joined, member states must maintain stability and continue to respect the convergence criteria - or else face sanctions
eudebate2009, economy, european union, politics, european elections 2009, money
Anti-immigration, eurosceptic 'freedom party': what Geert Wilders wants
The far right Dutch party has gained four seats in European parliament elections: to date, it is the second best result in Netherlands, after the christian democrats with 5. Participation has fallen to 36.5%. Dutch press and analysts say it may provoke new parliamentary elections, because the ruling coalition (of the christian democrats and the social democrats) has been weakened
geert wilders, radical islam, christian democrats, jean-marie le pen, politics, fitna
Cypriot national identity – Turkish, Greek or both?
On either side of the Green Line that has divided the island since 1974, young Cypriots talk about community identities and a general aspiration for unity through European integration
european identity, identity, society, politics, cyprus, nationalism
Six years after riots, French discuss French 'banlieue'
In France you will get a different response to this question about its high-rise estates in the suburbs depending on whether you listen to the 'cliché factory' that is the media or the personal experiences of its inhabitants. Above all, it is the magnifying glass of France’s collective identity problem, and all of Europe is involved
What the fridge is the charter of fundamental rights really about?
The founding treaties of the European communities focused on the original objective of economic integration and did not include any provision relating to the protection of human rights. The EU charter of fundamental rights arrived at the opportune moment to fill this gap
eudebate2009, employment, politics, discrimination, human rights, what the hell is
What the fridge is the Comenius programme?
Since 1995, the Comenius programme has endeavoured to reinforce the European dimension in nursery, primary and secondary education and facilitate the mobility of students as well as teaching staff in Europe
eudebate on the ground, eudebate2009, comenius, european union, society, politics
