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ETUC calls for a reform of EU trade and investment policy and for a relaunch of global...
While European integration is ongoing, our continent still remains politically divided, with many...
For the EU to have a strong and consistent voice in foreign policy matters, it should ask all...
Today we face urgent challenges –such as climate change and an underperforming global health...
Europe should cooperate more closely and have a point of contact at global level 1, particularly...
The EU should promote the ideals of liberal, inclusive democracy and rule of law at the global...
The EU should create and deploy is own army instead of depending on nato and being dragged and...
European Union, despite passing of years, still have difficulties to develop as a unitary body,...
Many times the little things are what matter a lot. I want the EU to show more strength when...
In a world where new threats develop every day, and intelligence needs to be shared between...
Currently, different EU member states have the ability to block common foreign policy actions,...
* Boni; I would like to know whether within the EU the idea of a common Army across Europe is a...
The media outlets with the widest reach publish in English. That means, with a couple of...
A feminist foreign policy seeks to achieve overall equality based on rights, is fundamentally...
It is important to strengthen the position of the euro in the world in particular against the...
Europe’s enormous soft power permits it to steer the world against the authoritarian Tides. Our...
The fact that an expression that all memberstates vote yes, or agree with, can be overruled by...
At present, the EU relies on NATO (and by virtue, the United States) for its defence but, as...
In the early post-Cold War period, the relationship between the E.U., the U.S. and China seemed...
The next few decades will see space capabilities become increasingly more important, and as of...
The Internet portal ‘European Union — Newsroom’; “Union européenne — Espace actualités) currently...
All states should accept a quota of refugees adapted to the economic strength and size of the...
Trade and the Single Market:
• Free trade benefits societies and individuals, by providing...
• Free trade benefits societies and individuals, by providing...
1. Observation Post-war Europe. After the failure of the European Defence Community project in...
The union is said to be strong! And how can a people debate, agree and act together without a...
Almost all EU countries have public service broadcasters that produce high-quality content. This...
EU should promote multilateral cooperation between nations inside and outside EU. Not by using...
The mutual defence clause was introduced in 2009 under Article 42 (7) of the Treaty of the...
As a supranational organisation in a multipolar world, the EU must adopt its own defence strategy...
Through history, the man needs to identify the other through his army. Without a genuine European...
Peace and stability in the Western Balkans is important to the European Union as one of its...

The European Union should control arms exports from member countries. The EU is exactly the...
For the future, I want the EU not to consist of individual sovereign states, as is the case...
The EU should recognize Taiwan as an independent sovereign state (like e.g. the Holy Sea does),...

The recent sanctions of Russia and China against the European Parliament display an obvious...
A Europe without a united army will never be taken seriously even if I do not like the idea, it...
One of the main limits to the foreign and defence policy of the EU and its member-state has been...
It is time for Europe to build a true army based on the power and experience of France. This army...
The EU was established as an economic community, has introduced the euro in some countries and...

Throughout history, parliaments were created, where associations could not help, to better...
Weapons “made in EU” fuel conflicts worldwide. They are exported to human rights abusers and help...
Since the 17th century, states have claimed the monopoly of international relations and have...
Allow for more young people to work on a permanent basis in the EU institutions. Although...

The European Initiative on the Exchange of Young Officers (EMILYO) or “Military Erasmus” aims at...
One of Europe’s interests is that 27 is stronger than just in a dangerous world. But to do so, it...
The European Union has invented a pattern for governing interdependence in a democratic way...
What The UN was established to intervene militariously in conflict. Nevertheless, five member...
Current situation of abused lis intellectuals in Spain — failure to transpose European Directive...
It would have, among other things, a fully-fledged European Military Staff, a European defence...
The Eurůan Unions should move towards CSFP and CSDP by qualified majority voting. Any single...
Let's be honest the EU is never going to work, different languages, cultures and histories....
With the start of the French European Presidency, President Emmanuel Macron has already shown his...

EU will not be a credible voice on the international stage until international competition stops...

Since 2016 -when the EU Global Strategy was published- the EU is focusing on enriching defence...
The invention of a European law nourished by the legal traditions of the Member States and...
Although the European Union has made several progress in the development of its external...
Initial DUTIES Ensuring safety of the EU Presidents and other high-ranking representatives or...

At a time when European unity is being challenged, EU enlargement can have a transformative...
The EU needs to get its act together by strategizing, shaping, defining, and implementing its...
Sustainable development and international trade must strengthen each other. In addition to the...
The European Commission should intensify the dialogue with SMEs on trade issues and provide clear...
As finally realised by several European leaders, and, first of all, by High Representative...
I am aware that the EU has a Neighbourhood policy. However, oftentimes there seems to be an...
The EU’s position on the world stage can benefit from a more united approach. The current...
The EU is primarily an economic factor. Politically a dwarf. I am in favour of a change in the...
In the past years, European Union’s security and defence capabilities have been improved...

The solution of ‘2 peoples 2 states’ is no longer possible for the number of Israeli colonies in...
A geopolitical role requires an identity. This identity is primarily cultural. Between Anglic...
The recent events in Minsk - with the decision of Belorussian authorities to hijack a civilian...
The EP headquarters are being shared between Brussels in Belgium and Strasbourg in France,...
Unfortunately, members of the armed forces face barriers in fully, effectively and equally...
All countries of the Council of Europe, Western Russia, Vatican and Cape Verde should have an...
We need to create a European identity that presents the common values of young people with a...
EU in it's current form is inefficient in decision making and too often incapable to perform...
Why shouldn't the European union be able to project its influence in the Neighboring countries...
Create a minimum rapid operational structure, legitimised by democratic choice, capable of...
I wish to see a common military force for the whole of Europe. France and Germany should take the...
Le nationalisme c’est guerre! “Ma génération achève son cours”, François Mitterand said in a...
EU member state embassies should be combined in one EU embassy that would represent all EU member...
It is essential to have a common foreign policy and a common defence. A European military command...
As long as there is no force behind the EU, everyone will only be named behind his back. (see...
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