1. The Reggio Emilia Approach in Early Childhood Education
Written by Francesco Bonavita
One of the most successful stories in Early Childhood Education is the Reggio Emilia project, which, for years, has been forging its own path worthy of greater consideration among educators and parents…
TIESWEB TRIBUNE



2. Europe at the tipping point
Written by John Gillingham
The Netherlands, as the world’s newspapers now remind readers daily, is at the epicentre of Europe’s worries. Economic stagnation jeopardizes the once successful and exemplary polder model. Ethnic and religious hatred divides a society universally admired for traditional tolerance. A mature and stable democracy – to which a troubled Europe has often turned for guidance – is experiencing its very own crisis of confidence. Even the stalwart Dutch, it seems to an outsider, now fear the future...
VVD INTERNATIONAL



3. European Babies may be on their way back home
Written by Franck Biancheri
For at least 3 decades, the European Union has been facing two negative trends regarding its population’s evolution. First, there is a general decline of birth rate all over Europe; second, there was a ‘benign neglect’ from most of EU governments and institutions regarding this question…
NEWROPEANS MAGAZINE



4. Transatlantic Essay Contest…
3rd rank - Fred A. Quintana: The Transatlantic Balance of Power: Cooperation or Competition?
After a decade of debate and uncertainty since the dissolution of this unifying threat, a crisis of purpose became prevalent within the Transatlantic Alliance. wars of Yugoslavia’s fragmentation accentuated these differences, and the events surrounding the US fait accompli of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003 have created a schism in Europe and the transatlantic relationship…
ESSAY



5. Bush Eats French Fries with Chirac: A Great Time to Further Transatlantic Relations
Written by Nicholas Reed
One thing is certain, President Bush's recent visit to Brussels has confirmed that TIESWEB and other like minded organizations are needed now more than ever…
TIESWEB TRIBUNE



6. Even scarier than Kilroy
A coup against social Europe has been foiled - for the time being. There is a group of men and women seeking to make life as difficult as possible for the progressives who support the EU. They are members not of the UK Independence party or the French National Front, but of the European commission. Whenever we try to persuade our compatriots that the EU helps to defend human rights, protect the environment and ward off the market fundamentalism of the US, they find some means of proving us wrong…
THE GUARDIAN


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