crisis - Jesuit European Social Centre https://jesc.eu Vision and Values for Europe Mon, 22 May 2017 09:20:14 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 The US elections – a rude awakening in Europe https://jesc.eu/the-us-elections-a-rude-awakening-in-europe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-us-elections-a-rude-awakening-in-europe Thu, 08 Dec 2016 08:58:25 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=1201 The election of Donald Trump as the future 45th US President took place on 9 November, 27 years to the day after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Does it herald a comparable cataclysm in world politics? Like the British referendum in June, the US election came as a rude awakening to many in Europe. […]

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]]> Dialogue – a vital issue for the Church and for Europe https://jesc.eu/dialogue-a-vital-issue-for-the-church-and-for-europe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dialogue-a-vital-issue-for-the-church-and-for-europe Tue, 01 Mar 2016 14:36:01 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=1106 The Church can only carry on a meaningful dialogue with the outside world if she is committed to an internal culture of dialogue In Article 17 of the Lisbon Treaty, the European Union undertakes to hold an “open, transparent and regular dialogue” with the churches and religious communities. This dialogue, carried out at various levels, […]

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]]> The Netherlands takes over the presidency of the Council of the EU https://jesc.eu/the-netherlands-takes-over-the-presidency-of-the-council-of-the-eu/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-netherlands-takes-over-the-presidency-of-the-council-of-the-eu Fri, 29 Jan 2016 11:19:49 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=1099 The Netherlands has officially taken over, on January the 1st, the rotatory Presidency of the European Union at a crucial and difficult moment: when the 28 EU countries face not only a dramatic refugee crisis and they undergo an intense terrorism threat, but also challenged with the negotiations to assure the permanence of Britain in the […]

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]]> A testing time for Europe https://jesc.eu/a-testing-time-for-europe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-testing-time-for-europe Thu, 03 Sep 2015 15:02:23 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=1016 The hottest news topics in Europe this summer have been the Greek crisis and the refugee drama. Both the crises which dominated the summer headlines ultimately present the same challenge: solidarity within the EU and solidarity with people fleeing from war, discrimination and misery. On the Greek Aegean islands, both crises came into a frontal […]

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]]> UK dilemma after Cameron’s victory https://jesc.eu/uk-dilemma-after-camerons-victory/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=uk-dilemma-after-camerons-victory Tue, 30 Jun 2015 10:24:11 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=990 One way to interpret the UK General Election of May 2015 is that some kind of status quo has been restored. The coalition of 2010 to 2015, between the Conservatives (Tories) and the Liberal Democrats (Lib Dems) was the first such in British history. Throughout the twentieth century, it had seemed the natural order that […]

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]]> EU treads a tightrope dealing with Juncker plan https://jesc.eu/eu-treads-a-tightrope-dealing-with-juncker-plan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eu-treads-a-tightrope-dealing-with-juncker-plan Fri, 08 May 2015 10:37:22 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=956 The European Parliament (EP) discussed last month, April 20th, the European Strategic Investment Fund (EFSI) known as the core of the Plan Juncker, but it rejected it because of the “cuts” supposed on the allocations for research and transport. The Fund is part of a plan aimed to mobilize more than €315 billion both in […]

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]]> La solidarité européenne en temps de crise https://jesc.eu/la-solidarite-europeenne-en-temps-de-crise/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=la-solidarite-europeenne-en-temps-de-crise Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:58:42 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=412 Dans son livre court mais riche de sens Temps des crises, Michel Serres propose de creuser sous le niveau du phénomène économique et politique immédiat (le niveau d’urgence, mais auquel les media informent, les politiciens décident et les personnes luttent) pour examiner les plaques tectoniques qui bougent en dessous. Une crise, suggère-t-il, est plus qu’une […]

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]]> The Euro Crisis https://jesc.eu/the-euro-crisis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-euro-crisis Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:22:20 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=374 Interview on the Euro Crisis with Sylvie Goulard MEP, by Frank Turner SJ: There has been much recent commentary about the possibility that the Euro might disappear. Even if that danger has receded, the fragility of the Euro is newly evident. In the context of the financial crisis, how would you evaluate the current risk […]

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