European Stabilisation Mechanism : symbol of a Europe less and less understandable for the citizen

By Paul GOLDSCHMIDT, former Director at Goldman Sachs International, former Director at the European Commission (1993-2002), member of the Advisory Board of the Thomas More Institute | Published in French on Atlantico.fr, on 21th February, 2012

France should be the first country to adopt legislation covering the creation of the ESM. It will, however, only become operational after ratification of the Intergovernmental Treaty (EU 25) on budget discipline which should be signed early next March. Indeed, access to the ESM is subject to the ratification by the applicant of the Treaty which will only enter into force after its adoption by at least 12 of the 17 EMU Member States. This (...)

Conventional weapons international dealings: Issues, Actors, Regulation

The fall of the public spending: great taboo of the French presidential election

Thursday, March 8th , 2012 9am-18pm | Paris (Maison de la Chimie)

The fight against the illegal transfer of conventional weapons, notably by sea, is now recognized as one of the main axes of effort for the international community on arms (...)

While all the candidates is now known, the debate of ideas should begin... But a subject is stubbornly absent of the proposals of the candidates: the fall of the public spending. Through international examples, Jean-Thomas LESUEUR, CEO of (...)

The alliance between Russia and Syria in the turmoil of the Middle East

The European Union and the Maghreb: what is the status of commitment one year after

By Jean-Sylvestre MONGRENIER, Research Fellow at the Thomas More Institute | Published in Le Figaro on Thursday, February 16th, 2012 | Available in French

Dans l’affaire syrienne, c’est avec constance que la diplomatie russe (...)

Second report of the Thomas More Institute on sustainable security in the Maghreb | 28 pages

One year after the beginning of "Arab Spring", the situation in Libya is far from stable and the southern banks of the Mediterranean remain (...)

French Presidential Election 2012: which ambition, which means, which reforms for education?

The François Hollande's speech on the education? Boring, with platitudes and hiding the truth to the French people...

Within the framework of its program  "2012: let’s change the model !", the Thomas More Institute publishes two Benchmarking Notes dedicated to education| The first one,  focuses on the French-German comparison. It shows in detail the (...)

By Paul GOLDSCHMIDT, former Director at Goldman Sachs International, former Director at the European Commission (1993-2002), member of the Advisory Board of the Thomas More Institute, published on Atlantico.fr, on 12th February, 2012. (...)