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Brussels Briefing Live – A full day conference on Europe with a British Flavour
The Parliament Magazine celebrated its third Brussels Briefing Live Conference in November 2012. The event took place in the unique atmosphere of the Commonwealth Club of London and the organizers can proudly claim to have hosted high quality speakers in the fields of journalism, private sector, and politics, all with the same interest: Europe and
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Britain can pull the European Union from the economic crisis by means of innovation and gender equality
On 29 November 2012, The Parliament Magazine held a full day conference in London on Britain and its place within the European Union. Brussels Briefing Live offered insights from the EU and UK policy-makers as well as from relevant international professionals on current, not only political, issues. Besides an opening session on the chronological overview
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Policy Making in the EU: Is Lobbying Democracy in Action?
The Kings College of London celebrated its annual European Week from the 28 January to the 1 February 2013. The event took place within its faculty of Art and Humanities where the attendees could enjoy a number of conferences on European issues and, as a novelty this year, the performance by the Loewenberg Trio, a
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The response of European left to the Euro crisis
INTRODUCTION The overall objective of this report is to provide a clear and concise overview of the European Left position towards the Euro crisis. The argument put forward is that the European left wing disapproves with the centre-right neo-liberal austerity policies of the past 3-4 years. The left wing politicians argue that the austerity policies
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The French radical Left today in its European context
The main aim of Professor Dave Hanley’s lecture was to discuss the current position of the France’s left wing parties and provide a brief background on some of the main parties such as the French Communist Party and the Green party. The lecture had no clear argument but instead gave a balanced view on the