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Newsletter no. 26 - February 2011 pdf
INTERVIEW
Răzvan THEODORESCU - Member of the Board of Directors of the European Institute of Romania
As former Minister of Culture you began or continued a series of cultural projects. Looking back, which were the projects closest to your heart? At the same time, following the development of the cultural policies implemented by the Ministry of Culture, which do you consider to have had the largest impact on the Romanian cultural life?
Of all the projects designed during my term of office, the most important was “Sibiu - European Capital of Culture 2007”. It was an initiative of my Luxembourg counterpart and mine, which we supported at the Council of Ministers from Brussels and we obtained the designation of Sibiu as European Capital of Culture in May 2004 ... For the full text of the interview please see the pdf file
EVENT
The series of conferences Romania-France: together in Europe
Consolidating the internal market and rethinking the economic competitiveness of the European Union
The EIR and the Embassy of France in Bucharest organised the 26th event of the project “Romania-France: together in Europe” under the title “After Lisbon: consolidating the internal market and rethinking the economic competitiveness of the European Union” on 17 February 2011 ... For the full text of the article please see page 2
PUBLICATION
2011 spring issue of RJEA
In the first RJEA issue of 2011 one can read about whether the EU economic governance is at a turning point, or how the deposit guarantee schemes join the financial safety-nets ... For the full text of the article please see page 4
Europe’s World
Based on the partnership agreement signed in 2005, the EIR announces the publishing of the spring 2011 number of this prestigious publication for English speakers which contains studies, reports and opinions offered by an ever increasing community of think-tanks, researchers and opinion makers of the contemporary world ... For the full text of the article please see page 11
IN FOCUS
Training programmes at EIR
In 2011, EIR continues the series of well-known training programmes and, due to the participants’ interest for certain topics included in the existing programmes, it adds two new ones ... For the full text of the article please see page 5
EIR launches a new project ― European Union Policy Guide
EIR started, at the end of 2010, a pilot research project named European Union Policy Guide with the intention of disseminating, through a synthetic and objective analysis, the European policies ... For the full text of the article please see page 6
Danube Strategy: a Symbol of Central Europe
On 3 February 2011, in Budapest, the Commissioner for Regional Policy, Johannes Hahn, together with the Hungarian Foreign Minister, Janos Martonyi, announced that the participating countries agreed to coordinate the priority work areas within the EU Strategy for the Danube Region ... For the full text of the article please see page 10
Conclusions of the European Council of 4 February 2011
The meeting of the European Council of 4 February 2011 focused mainly on two themes – energy and innovation – key sectors for the development and prosperity of the European Union ... For the full text of the article please see page 11
ANALYSIS | OPINION
Historical studies concerning the European construction: perspectives over Romania between the two World Wars
During the last decades we have witnessed an accelerated evolution, both in quantity and quality, in the field of historical studies concerning the European construction. We have to do with a diverse specialised literature which creates an image that integrates the currents of thought dedicated to the creation of a European superstructure ... For the full text of the article please see page 7
BOOK REVIEW
The Impact of the Lisbon Treaty over the Foreign Policy of the EU
A new CEPS report:
Upgrading the EU’s Role as Global Actor — Institutions, Law and the Restructuring of European Diplomacy
It is known that the foreign policy of the EU is directed by a main strategic imperative, that of contributing to the image of world actor of the European Union ... For the full text of the article please see page 8
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*The texts published in this Newsletter express the authors’ opinion and do not represent the official position of the European Institute of Romania or of the editors.
ISSN 2065 - 457X
Editor-in-Chief: Mădălina - Paula Magnusson
Editors: Mariana Bara, Agnes Nicolescu, Alice Olaru, Diana Popa, Mihai Sebe
Graphics: Monica Dumitrescu
English version: Loredana Licuţa, Vlad Mihai, Diana Popa
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