May 6th 2005
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Summary
1. Tiesweb becomes the first Transatlantic
instrument funded 100% by citizens!
2. Buy the ‘Vision Europe 2020’
- Special offer for the EU Referenda!
3. Europe 2020 meets Forum 2020 in The Hague on May 10th
4. A School Agenda for Bill Gates
5. Europe is the Future (parts 2,3 & 4)
6. TIESWeb Quiz!
1.
Tiesweb becomes the first Transatlantic instrument funded 100% by
citizens!
Tiesweb has received enough donation
promises to match the 25.000 Euros it required to operate for the
next 12 months.
Therefore Tiesweb wants to thank all those private donors who have
made it possible for this unique Transatlantic citizens bridge to
keep on operating and contribute to the shaping up of tomorrow's
EU/USA relationship.
Beyond the already planned 3rd Tiesweb Miami Transatlantic Week
(3rd-8th April 2006), and the 3rd series of conferences of the Transatlantic
Citizens Marathon (24th-31st October 2005), Tiesweb will develop
several new projects in partnership with various organizations in
order to generate an innovative and constructive mindset regarding
the future of the Transatlantic relationship. More news soon! Stay
tuned !
2.
Buy the ‘Vision Europe 2020’ - Special offer for the
EU Referenda!
On
the eve of the referenda on the European Constitution, at a time
when more and more citizens wonder about the future of the EU, while
our national politicians divide over the subject, discover with
"Vision Europe 2020: Re-inventing Europe 2005-2020" a
coherent political perspective to achieve a democratised EU by 2020.
"Vision 2020" is the first European integrated project
invented by generations born after the Treaty of Rome, with contents
which throw the traditional visions of Europe upside down! "EU
Referenda" Special price: 20 Euro (17 Euro + 3 Euro postage
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Order from club@europe2020.org
with the following information: Name / First name / Organisation
/ Address / Email address / French or English version / Number of
copies.
Vision
Europe 2020
3.
Europe 2020 meets Forum 2020 in The Hague on May 10th
In this meeting Max Kohnstamm, one of the founding fathers
of the EU, will make a speech on the future of Europe from his perspective.
Then Ewald Engelen, political philosopher and advisor to the Dutch
government and Prime Minister, currently making a report on the
relevance of the national power on European and trans-border legislation.
It is this framework that Franck Biancheri will then present Europe2020
and Newropeans and elaborate on the NO Vote alternatives.
Forum
2020
4.
A School Agenda for Bill GatesWritten
by Francesco Bonavita
In a recent commentary in the Los Angeles Times, Bill Gates gave
a passionate assessment of the American educational system. This
is probably the most serious indictment ever pronounced by a high
profile businessman, which has all the underpinnings of a call to
reforms, since the well known document, A Nation at Risk, issued
at the onset of the Reagan administration as a means to dramatize
the malaise that typified the educational establishment of the early
1980’s…
Read
the article
5.
Europe is the Future (parts 2,3 & 4)
Written by Adrian Taylor
“The European Union? A superpower? You must be joking!”
Bob, a well informed American friend of mine is showing signs exasperation,
this time at a speech made by the UK’s Prime Minister, Tony
Blair, that Europe should become a “superpower but not a superstate”.
Just look at the last EU summit! It was a mess.”
He has a point. The last meeting of European leaders was not a great
media success. Indeed, neither have been any of their other recent
meetings.
Read
the article
6.
TIESWeb Quiz!
If
you are eager to test your knowledge on the European Union : its
history, foundation and institutions, our quiz is the right place
to do it! Easy and tricky questions are waiting for you ! To start
the quiz ( beginners or advanced) ..
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