L'EUROPE DES NATIONS DES SOUVERAINISTES: UN PAS DE GEANT EN ARRIERE

Le souverainisme est un mouvement ou une doctrine politique qui défend la souveraineté des nations en Europe. Le mouvement souverainiste est relativement récent. Il a été surtout lancé contre l'idée de l'Union européenne. Ce mouvement défend la souveraineté de l'État nation face à tout ce qui est supranational et donc face à l'Union Européenne. Le fondement du souverainisme c'est le principe de souveraineté de l'État et l'indépendance nationale.

RENEGOTIATION OF EU TREATIES IS A NON-STARTER !

The French National Front wants to pull France out of the euro and take back control of the country's currency and monetary policy; to renegotiate EU treaties to give states greater sovereignty and control of their national borders and wants to cut EU contributions;  get rid of EU free trade and competition rules and impose trade barriers on goods from China and Eastern Europe; replace the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) with a French Agricultural Policy.

EUROPEAN ELECTIONS 2014: DANGER AHEAD!

Europe would face regression and paralysis if Eurosceptics and nationalists gain the upper hand in next year’s European Parliament elections. A fourth of parliamentary seats (188) may be taken by extreme and populist parties. This would fundamentally change the nature of policymaking in the Parliament; and the populist radical right MEPs would band together in one or more political groups to rival the big three (the EPP, S&D and ALDE groups).

PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENTS IN AFRICA: KEY FACTORS

Africa is experiencing historic growth. Six of the ten fastest growing economies in the world are in Africa. The continent has enormous potential, and it is in the EU's interest to help African countries expand trade and investment to full development. At the same time the EU is applying pressure on African countries to have them signed EPAs (Economic Partnership Agreements) claiming that EPAs are beneficial because they will shift the relationship between the EU and Africa from one of dependency on tariff preferences to one that promotes business competitiveness.

EU ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS (EPAs) WITH AFRICAN COUNTRIES

Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) provide for WTO-compliant agreements covering substantially all trade in goods (at least 80%) as well as services and investment and trade related rules with a view to fostering African countries integration into the world economy and promote sustainable development.

NEW EU STAFF REGULATIONS AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

New EU staff regulations applying to the 32,000 employees of the European Commission will enter into force on 1st January 2014.

THE FRENCH FRONT NATIONAL AND THE EU : UNREAL AND PHANTASMATIC

The French National Front wants a Europe that is respectful of popular sovereignties, national identities, languages and cultures and that is really at the service of the peoples by concrete actions. Their project is both unreal and phantasmatic !

According to a recent opinion poll 24% of French citizens would vote for the list of the Front National for the European elections ahead of all other parties. This means that one quarter of the French voters are intent on destroying Europe.

FUTURE SCENARIOS FOR THE EU

The following four scenarios were evaluated, discussed and developed by experts in 15 cities all over Europe. The stakes are high both politically and economically for Europe and the EU’s future is very uncertain. On top of the eurozone crisis, the European economy is suffering from enormous structural woes.

FAILED STATES INDEX 2013

A State that is failing has several attributes. One of the most common is the loss of physical control of its territory or a monopoly on the legitimate use of force. Other attributes of state failure include the erosion of the legitimate authority to make collective decisions, an inability to provide reasonable public services, and the inability to interact with other states as full member of the international community.

There are twelve indicators of state vulnerability:

Social Indicators

WOMEN AS PUBLIC SECTOR LEADERS

Ernst & Young has undertaken a study of senior public sector roles across G20 countries and come up with a Worldwide Index of Women as Public Sector Leaders. Public Sector Leaders are defined as non-elected senior excutives across federal or national governments.When it comes to the numbers of female public sector leaders, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom take the top three places. The United States of America, Italy, France and Germany perform favorably. South Africa and Brazil also do well.

 Here below are the results for selected EU countries:

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