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Topic: Opinion Blog

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On 12 September, I had the pleasure of attending a roundtable discussion hosted by the World Bank. The meeting included representatives from various youth organisations in Brussels and discussion was focused on the 2007 World Development Report (WDR) entitled, “Development and the Next Generation.” This blog posting serves as a brief synopsis of the meeting.
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Thursday, September 14, 2006


The Swiss and their pension system face a crucial popular vote on Sept. 24th

We all live in Old Europe, where the population growth is almost non-existent and the trouble around social security and pensions- ultimately! - just got into discussion. While some countries perform excellent in hiding or postponing problems (as for example Germany) or others do well in not addressing them at all because they fear the public (such as France, after the governmental defeat concerning the CPE-bill this spring), Switzerland - “what else if not this?” you might think - asks his citizens about how to go on with the pensions. This might be not the silliest thing, although or may be exactly because the issue is far reaching and risky.
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Friday, September 08, 2006


Can we still dream about Europe? With subtle or coarse euro-scepticism getting more and more fashioned, this seems a challenge. The European Commission is entangled in the bureaucracy of its plan D, and the soft consensus that has characterised European political circles in the last decades is weakening, whilst our leaders need time for “reflection” about the future of Europe - in search for new ideas.
With the external threat of terrorism and the challenge of globalisation, this should however not be so difficult - the world is crying for more Europe. However, even pro-European militants seem taken by a certain lassitude after years of campaigning in favour of a European Constitution. Europe is part of our everyday life to a point that we don’t notice it and that it does not make us dream anymore.
Worse, we can observe a rebirth of intolerance in European societies, with a discrete tendency to protectionism and xenophobia. Nevertheless, in spite of this European spleen, isn’t it paradoxical to note that the borders of Europe are getting assaulted by candidate Europeans: the Canary Islands, Malta… more and more immigrants dreaming about Europe are ready to risk their lives to enter the EU: what the hack attracts them? Did we miss something?
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Thursday, August 24, 2006


LYMEC is preoccupied for the failure of Doha network last meeting. The chance to open up the agriculture market has failed miserably because the countries involved did not show any intention to break their protectionist approach. The future does not look bright, there is no possibility for cheap agricultural products from pour countries to enter the EU and the US. Consequently there are no close possibilities for European goods producers to approach third world market. LYMEC confirms its anti-protectionist position. LYMEC will work to break any economic barrier that prevents people and goods free movement.
Note: This brief was written by Pietro Paganini, Political Officer of LYMEC
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Thursday, July 27, 2006


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