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| Politica Agricola Comune Dopo la riforma il testimone passa agli stati Lorenzo Vai 23/11/2013 |
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I numeri parlano chiaro: più di 420 miliardi di euro spesi negli ultimi sei anni, in un settore che conta 14 milioni di agricoltori e 15 milioni di imprese agricole ed agroalimentari, per un totale di 46 milioni di lavoratori e oltre 500 milioni di consumatori. La politica agricola comune (Pac) è la più onerosa tra le politiche dell’Unione europea (Ue).
| Verso le elezioni europee Toto nomine per la lotteria Ue Giampiero Gramaglia 13/11/2013 |
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I concorrenti sono sui blocchi di partenza. Tutti tranne uno. Ma la corsa potrebbe non scattare mai, se il Partito popolare europeo (Ppe) non manda in pista il proprio campione. E la grande novità delle elezioni europee 2014, concepita pure per stimolare la partecipazione e contrastare l’euro-scetticismo, potrebbe restare incompiuta.
The Lisbon Treaty has introduced a number of innovations in the field of the EU's crisis management which have the potential to reinvigorate the Union's security actorness, both as a norm setter (model by being) and an operational crisis manager (model by doing). This paper investigates the prospects for the EU to become a credible security actor in the 21st century in connection with its capacity to adapt the conceptual framework of its crisis management system to the current security scenario and impl ement effective action on the ground. In particular, this analysis will take into consideration three main developments in the global security environment: (1) the rise of new security-political challenges; (2) the evolution of the concept of security; and (3) the proliferation of non-state actors in the field of security.
The EU launched the Southern Gas Corridor initiative with the twofold aim of strengthening the diversification of Europe's gas sources and transportation routes, and reducing the role of upstreamers in the European gas market. The preference expressed by the European Commission - the corridor’s mastermind - for the Nabucco pipeline was expected to weigh in heavily, allowing the EU-backed project to easily win the competition. However, other factors ende d up tilting the balance decisively in favour of Nabucco West's final rival, the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP). These include the technical and commercial criteria set out by the Shah Deniz II consortium, Nabucco West's complex organizational and decision-making procedures, the attractiveness of the exemption from Third Party Access (TPA) granted by the EU to TAP, and SOCAR's specific interest in the Greek market. When it comes to energy, political support not always represents the decisive element, and may be counterproductive at times.
Between the two competitors for the delivery of Azerbaijani gas to Europe Nabucco West and the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) the winner is the latter, a project designed to transport Caspian gas via Greece and Albania and across the Adriatic Sea to southern Italy. The EU welcomed the decision of the Shah Deniz consortium. Yet the political objective of the Southern Corridor was to diversify gas supp ly to Europe and reduce the energy dependence of some EU member states on Russia. With TAP as the winner, it is questionable whether the EU has truly met these goals. As for Azerbaijan, the selection of TAP can be viewed as a commercially sound decision and a political balancing act by Baku to gain access to European markets and to avoid angering the Kremlin. Yet this choice came only after President Alyev failed to convince the EU to take a clearer stance on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution process in exchange for Nabucco West.
In recent years, the EU and its member states have tried to offer credible responses to the financial and economic crisis often outside the EU legal order and with a significant impact on the institutional balance of the Union itself. Many of these reforms concern the Commission, which has been entrusted with new tasks mainly related to the provision of financial assistance to member states experiencing major economic difficulties, the overview of national budget ary decisions and, to a lesser extent, actions to foster economic growth. In some areas – like the new rules on fiscal discipline – the Commission has gained strong powers. The solutions raise many legal concerns and may alter long-standing balances between institutions. Furthermore, they are clearly inspired by intergovernmentalism and principally conceived within intergovernmental structures like the European Council.| Immigrazione Mare Nostrum, mare comune Fabio Caffio 23/10/2013 |
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Avendo in mente una positiva visione geopolitica del Mediterraneo, moderna, ma non priva di radici storiche, l'operazione di soccorso umanitario e controllo dei flussi migratori lanciata dal nostro paese è stata denominata Mare Nostrum.
Series of commentaries, policy briefs and working papers published in the context of the IAI-Istanbul Policy Center-Mercator Foundation project "Turkey, Europe and the World" on the political, economic and foreign policy dimensions of Turkey's evolving relationship with the EU.
• The Future of Europe, Differentiated Integration and Turkey’s Role, by M.Müftüler-Baç
What impact would Turkish EU membership have on the future of the EU, which is now hotly debated in crisis-ridden European countries? Turkish membership could be a blessing in disguise. The evolution of the EU towards a path of differentiated integration, with a new type of membership for Turkey, could provide the Union with further opportunities to deepen integration in different policy areas. Turkey might adopt the EU’s acquis on key polic ies such as energy, transport, the single market or common security and defence, but remain outside of the EU framework as far as parts of EU social agenda and the Schengen regime are concerned. If Turkey becomes one of the first examples of such a scheme, the future of European integration could drastically change, as the EU would become a blend of an organizational core and a system of functionally differentiated units.
• Turkey, Europe and the Syrian Crisis: What Went Wrong?, by N.Tocci
Syria should have united, not torn, Turkey and Europe apart. It should have led both sides to work together, and through closer foreign policy coordination, possibly rebuild part of that long-lost trust that is badly needed to re-launch the broader EU-Turkey agenda. But when on 21 August 2013 a chemical bombardment, allegedly carried out by government forces, killed hundreds on the outskirts of Damascus, the debate polarized. Turkey was quick to jump on the interventionist band wagon. The EU took a different line. With the sole exception of France, no member state openly backed the idea of a military attack without a UN Security Council resolution. In view of the current prospects for a reinvigorated diplomatic process, what should Europe, Turkey and the US do? | ||
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