> Living Europe - on 07/12/2009

Can we Still Save the Union for the Mediterranean?

By Jean-Baptiste BUFFET, former student at the College of Europe (Bruges) and graduated from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Lille (France) and from the Kent University (United Kingdom), Associate Fellow at the Thomas More Institute on Euro-Mediterranean issues. Article published on December 7th, 2009 on the website LeMonde.fr. Available in French only.

More information: http://www.lemonde.fr

> Living Europe - on 24/11/2009

Why the choice of Van Rompuy and Ashton is not such a bad thing for Europe

By Paul GOLDSCHMIDT, former director at Goldman Sachs International, former director at the European Commission, member of the Advisory Board of the Thomas More Institue Brussels.

> Living Europe - on 19/11/2009

Can we Still Save the Union for the Mediterranean? 4 Propositions after the Deferment of the Istanbul Summit

By Jean-Baptiste BUFFET, former student at the College of Europe (Bruges) and graduated from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Lille (France) and from the Kent University (United Kingdom), Associate Fellow at the Thomas More Institute on Euro-Mediterranean issues. Note « Food for Thought » N°4, available in French only.

> Living Europe - on 25/06/2009

Europe facing its own challenges: after of the European Election on the 7th of June, what is the political model for Europe?

Thomas More Institute Brussels Meeting, on Thursday, June 25th, 2009, at the Brewers of Europe House. Speakers : Pierre DEFRAIGNE, Executive Director of the Madariaga–College of Europe Foundation, Lecturer in economics at the College of Europe (Bruges) and at the Institute for European Studies (UCL). Debate in French.

> Living Europe - on 23/06/2009

"Political Europe" ? Still a long way to go...

By Jean-Thomas LESUEUR, CEO, and Sophie DAMAY, assistant Fellow at the Thomas More Institute. Available in French only.

> Living Europe - on 03/06/2009

"When the European Culture rejects its Own Identity, there is no Reason for Citizens to Identify and feel attached to it"

It appears that a majority of Europeans is not interested in the coming election of the European Parliament on the 7th of June. This is why Thomas More Institute analyses the reasons of that disenchantment through a cultural perspective. To do so, the Institute asked the philosopher Jean-François MATTÉI, member of the Institut universitaire de France, professor at the Institut d'études politiques in Aix-en-Provence and Professor Emeritus at Nice-Sophia Antipolis. He is the author of "Le regard vide. Essai sur l'épuisement de la culture européenne" (Flammarion, 2007). He is a member of the Advisory Board at Thomas More Institute since 2004. Available in French only.

> Living Europe - on 27/05/2009

Why aren't the UE Elections appealing, still?

By Jean-Thomas LESUEUR, Chief Executive Officer of the Thomas More Institute. Published in the French newspaper "Le Figaro" (27-05-2009). Available in French only.

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> Living Europe - on 13/05/2009

Reforming Local Government Finance and Local Tax on Business Activity: a European Comparision

After the publication of the comparative study "Towards Which Reform of France’s regional and local authorities? Comparative Study of the Territorial Organization of 12 EU Member States" (november 2008), in partnership with the Rating Agency Public Evaluation System, Thomas More Institute was auditioned on Wednesday, May 13th by the Finance Committee of the French Senate, on the Reform of France’s regional and local authorities. Find here the text of the audition and download the document of the presentation. Available in French only.

More information: http://senat.fr/bulletin/20090511/finc.html

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> Living Europe - on 16/04/2009

Facing the Crisis, the European Elections are crucial

By Paul GOLDSCHMIDT, former director at Goldman Sachs International, former director at the European Commission, member of the Advisory Board of the Thomas More Institue Brussels.

> Living Europe - on 14/04/2009

Moldavia, Europe's Dead Space ?

By Jean-Sylvestre MONGRENIER, associate Fellow at the Thomas More Institute and Fellow at the Institut Français de Géopolitique (Paris VIII Vincennes-Saint-Denis University). Published in partnership with "Fenêtre sur l'Europe". Available in French only.

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