
Eastern Partnership: Narrowing the perceptions gap – views from Bucharest and Kyiv
Policy Memo, No.31 December 2011 Author: Tudor Cojocariu, Bianca Toma Romanian Center for European Policies and the Institute of World…
Policy Memo, No.31 December 2011 Author: Tudor Cojocariu, Bianca Toma Romanian Center for European Policies and the Institute of World…
The Romanian Centre for European Policies presents the newest study Reviewing Member States' Commitment to the European External Action Service released by the Centre for European Studies (CEPS) based in Brussels.
The week in which the governments of the two countries meet in a common government reunion in Iasi, the Romanian Center for European Policies publishes its annual report on the relationship between Romania and the Republic of Moldova. Named „ From rebooting relations to accumulating arrears”, the CRPE report covers the most important aspects of cooperation between these two countries in 2011.
The 100 million euro financial aid which was promised to Moldova is being delayed. The authors make several recommendations for a better management of these funds.
We are continuing our series of reviews about European politics and policies with a new report on the short term priorities of the European Union. CRPE’s experts analyze the priorities of the Spanish Presidency in the new European institutional framework created by the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon.
The Romanian Center for European Policies (CRPE) released today the study “Making sense of the EU’s Eastern Partnership. Moldova as an opportunity“.
In this report is argued by the CRPE, the importance of creating strong European economic supervision mechanisms which would be in the interest of Romania-we would simply import the fiscal responsability, a thing which Romania lacks.
The European Union has committed to take a decision regarding the reduction of gas emissions with 30% by 2020 in comparison with the levels of emissions registered in 1990. The condition was that other developed countries to reduce the emissions to a comparable level with the EU and the developing countries to start acting more responsible. The EU plays a very promising strategy hoping that the rest of the countries concerned with the global warming to act accordingly.
Sweden has taken the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The expectations of the Swedish Government are high, especially after the Czech Presidency, which was unanimously declared incoherent. Thus, the Swedish government boosted the stake choosing as a slogan "Taking on the challenges"/ Answering the challenges and announcing an ambitious agenda.
The European Council which will take place on the 18th-19th of June in Brussels will be unusual. The current topics on the agenda will be most probably outshone by the elections of a new President of the European Commission. However, there is a powerful trend of postponing the decision until October when the mandate of J. M. Barosso will expire formally.