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14-04-2010 • European Parliament / Interactive / Video
2010 is the first year after the coming into force of the Lisbon Treaty, reforming the European Union. Simultaneously,
the Union is thinking of its next long-term strategy, Europe 2020. Thus, this year has all the good reasons to remain in
history as the beginning of a new stage in the overall development of the European Union and its member states. What
would the European... |
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03-03-2010 • European Parliament / Interactive / Video
Europe Gateway is presenting a video recording of the public speech "Europe and Freedom", held at the Sofia University by European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek on March 3, 2010, within his official visit to Bulgaria. |
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26-02-2010 • European Parliament / Interactive / Video
Address of the President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, to the Collège d'Europe, Bruges, 25
February 2010.
The speech "Europe's Role and Place in the World" was held on 25 February, in Bruges, Belgium, at the College of
Europe. The President was welcomed by Mr Iñigo Mendez de Vigo, President of the Administrative Board of the
College of... |
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05-02-2010 • European Parliament / Interactive / Video
The closing speech of Mr. João Sant'Anna – Head of the Legal Department of the European Ombudsman -
to the "Europe 2020 - Civic Visions" international conference, held in Sofia in January 2010.
Mr. Sant`Anna was special guest to the International conference “Europe 2020 – Civic Visions”, held
in Sofia on January 29-30, 2010, within the... |
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05-02-2010 • European Parliament / Interactive / Video
Mrs. Pack was special guest to the International conference “Europe 2020 – Civic Visions”, held in
Sofia on January 29-30, 2010, within the “Interacting with the European Parliament” project, financially
supported by the EP through DG “Communication”.
Mrs. Doris Pack (http://www.dorispack.de) is Chairwoman of the Committee on Culture... |
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05-02-2010 • European Parliament / Interactive / Video
Conclusions from Panel 1
- European democracy is a long avenue, an ongoing debate. It will not be achieved any soon, and it is not clear
whether by 2020.
At this stage the European identity does not exist and a European demos cannot be formed. It could be created from
above and this should be a goal for the coming decade.
- The citizens’ initiative is a very... |
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05-02-2010 • European Parliament / Interactive / Video
Here are the key conclusions from the work in Panel 3:
Panel 3 – Conclusions
The results from discussions in Panel 3 reflect some of the main recommendations on the part of the civic
organizations’ representatives as for EU’s long-term development, particularly in the following aspects:
1. There is a need for reform of the European employment policy,... |
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05-02-2010 • European Parliament / Interactive / Video
Here are the key conclusions from the work in Panel 2:
- The European Citizens have only rights, they must also have duties;
- Need to encourage the mobility of European citizens, more particularly to increase the financing for the European
exchange programmes; we need follow-up of the programmes and more visibility of the programmes for the whole society;
need to... |
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05-02-2010 • European Parliament / Interactive / Video
Here are the key conclusions from the work in Panel 1:
Panel 1, “European Democracy – Mission Possible?”
- European democracy is a long avenue, an ongoing debate. It will not be achieved any soon, and it is not clear
whether by 2020.
At this stage the European identity does not exist and a European demos cannot be formed. It could be created from
above... |
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05-02-2010 • European Parliament / Interactive / Video
A video summary of the key moments from the opening of the "Europe 2020 -Civic Visions" international conference, held in Sofia on January 29-3, 2010. The conference was organized by the European Institute and its partners within the project "Interacting with the European Parliament", implemented with the financial support of the EP's DG "Communication". The majority of the recordings are dubbed in English. Watch, listen, read and react...! Let us interact together with the EP! |
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01-01-2010 • European Parliament / Interactive / Video
The Spanish prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, is determined that the Spanish
Presidency-in-turn will give ‘decisive impetus to the construction of Europe’, which coincides with the
‘new beginning’ of the Treaty of Lisbon coming into effect.
Zapatero gave assurances that, from 1 January, Spain will work ‘in complete... |
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13-04-2009 • European Parliament / Interactive / Video
The Director of the EP Information Bureau in Paris Mr. Alain Barrau gave an awarding diploma to Matthew Rushworth -
the winner in the European essay contest „2009 EP Vote - beyond the sugar cubes".
The ceremony took place on April 3, 2009 in Paris during the discussion "My MEP and I - is the dialogue real or
virtual?" with the participation of students ands experts from... |
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13-04-2009 • European Parliament / Interactive / Video
On April 2, 2009 a discussion under this topic took place in Versailles - France. The debate was held in the "Eagles
Saloon" of the Versailles Municipal Council.
The French partners along the project, Yvelines Radio, played host to the discussion. The events in Versailles and
Paris allowed us to meet the winner in the contest “Europe beyond the sugar cubes and on the... |
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18-03-2009 • European Parliament / Interactive / Video
"EP, MEPs and Citizens - Evaluating the Outgoing Term and Drawing the Challenges of the One to Come" was the topic of
the discussion which tool place in Voxbox Studio in the European Parliament in Brussels on March 18, 2008.
The discussion was held within the "Now - Interacting with the European Union!" Initiative and was broadcast live on
Europe Gateway.
On the eve of the... |
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07-02-2009 • European Parliament / Interactive / Video
Europe without barriers is the motto of the EU Czech presidency in the first half of 2009. The start of the Czech
rotation presidency was marked by two international challenges – the efforts to find a solution to the Gaza
conflict and the Russia-Ukraine gas dispute.
Sofia hosted on January 16, 2009 a public presentation of Prague's priorities for the coming six months. |
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17-07-2008 • European Parliament / Interactive / Video
We are presenting the 2-minute speech in the plenary of the European Parliament on March 12 2008 in the Iraq debate,
delivered by Nickolay Mladenov MEP (EPP-ED - GERB).
http://www.youtube.com/user/nmladenov(http://www.youtube.com/user/nmladenov)
This video is shared in Youtube by Mr. Mladenov and is a part of the preparation of the European Council (Brussels,
13-14 March...
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04-07-2008 • European Parliament / Interactive / Video
Bulgaria is drawing up new energy strategy, changes to the emissions trading scheme are underway - emphases of the "Towards common European energy policy" conference The Information Office of the European Parliament in Sofia organized a conference devoted to the European energy policy under the heading "Towards common European energy policy". Atanas Paparizov MEP, Nina Radeva, Deputy Minister of Economy and Energy, Ivanka Dilovska, head of Directorate - Energy Strategy with the Ministry of Economy and Energy, and Violeta Hristova, Bulgarian Energy Institute, presented the dimensions of the Bulgarian energy policy in the framework of the EU "third energy package".
Atanas Paparizov MEP /PES-BSP/ is EP rapporteur on the proposal for Regulation on conditions for access to the natural gas transmission network which is part of the new EU policy in the energy sector. The formal occasion for the discussion was that the EP will vote on a package consisting of three energy regulation directives during its July session in Strasbourg. The event attracted great media interest. Representatives of NGOs, scientific circles and experts took part in the debate which was broadcasted live on the Internet in the specialized multilingual website http://parliament.europe.bg under the initiative "Now - interacting with the European Parliament". The website users had the chance to ask questions to the participants in the forum via an Internet platform. http://parliament.europe.bg is the website of the initiative „ Now - interacting with the European Parliament!" which is implemented with the financial support of the European Parliament. |
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23-06-2008 • European Parliament / Interactive / Video
The first event in Sofia, related to the forthcoming start of the French presidency of the EU, took place on June 23,
Monday, within the initiative “Now – interacting with the European Parliament!”
The presentation was organized by the European Institute – a civil-society organization, which traditionally
makes public events for promoting the rotational... |
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13-05-2008 • European Parliament / Interactive / Video
Europe Gateway presents the special video statement, made by MEP Graham Watson, Alde Group Chairman, in connection to
the presentation of his book "The Power of Speech" in the Sofia University.
The Bulgarian translation of "The Power of Speech" appears on the Bulgarian book market in May 2008.
"The Power of Speech" is a selection of Graham Watson's speeches. It traces... |
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09-04-2008 • European Parliament / Interactive / Video
Alexander Stubb was among the first representatives of the European parliament who welcomed in a special
video-address the launching of the initiative "Now - interacting with the European
Parliament!".(http://parliament.europe.bg/en/index.php?category=400)
Just days after he recorded his video-message, which was first aired at the opening ceremony in Sofia in March, Mr.... |
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