ENLARGEMENT
Enlargement
http://europa.eu.int/comm/enlargement/overview.htm
Comprehensive information on the Commission website.
Enlargement – Activities of the European Union
http://europa.eu.int/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/e40001.htm
The overview is a must to start learning on the EU enlargement
Enlargement heads the EU agenda – In the web of Alexander runs for Europe (.pdf)
http://www.alexandersajt.koping.se/europe/Enlargement/fakta10eng.pdf
Enlargement of the European Union – Europarl
http://www.europarl.eu.int/enlargement/default_en.htm
The European Parliament website on enlargement.
Enlarging Europe – BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/europe/
2000/redefining_europe/
Basic data on the future members of the EU.
Central Europe on line
http://www.europeaninternet.com/centraleurope/
CIA World Factbook
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
The Cyprus problem : Europe’s diplomatic challenge
http://www.en.eun.org/eun.org2/eun/en/vs-civics/content.cfm?lang=en&;ov=21676
Excellent article by Johan Vancauwenberghe, a Belgian teacher, that claryfies a so complex problem. Will the EU enlargement solve an almost 30 years old problem? A questionnaire on the topic is also available.
EUROPEAN CITIZENSHIP
Council of Europe – Education for Democratic Citizenship
http://www.coe.int/T/E/Cultural_Co-operation/education/E.D.C/
The Council of Europe’s EDC project was set up in February 1997 with the aim to find out which values and skills individuals require in order to become participating citizens, how they can acquire these skills and how they can learn to pass them on to others.
The project was officially launched in October 1997 by the Heads of States and Governments of the Council’s of Europe Member States at their Second Summit in Strasbourg held on 10-11 October 1997.
Since then, the Council of Europe has provided a forum of discussion between EDC experts and practitioners from all over Europe, who defined concepts, developed strategies and collected good practices on EDC.
On the basis of their findings and recommendations the Council of Europe has set policy standards in the field of EDC and advocated their implementation by member States
Council of Europe – 2005 European Year of Citizenship through Education
http://www.coe.int/T/E/Com/Files/Themes/ECD/
European Year of Citizenship through Education marks the culmination of eight years’ work by the Council of Europe to define concepts, policies and strategies for applying good practices in the area of education for democratic citizenship (EDC).
The Council of Europe is launching the European Year for Citizenship through Education in order to encourage the practical implementation of pledges by political decision-makers who undertook to adapt the Recommendation to their states’ education systems.
European Citizenship
http://myeurope.eun.org/ww/en/pub/myeurope/home/misc/
eu_citizenship.htm
The article provides basic information on the relationship between local, regional, and national identity and the European citizenship. The article also explains the main rights of the European citizens and which factors contributed to bring the European citizenship concept closer to them.
There is a quite useful quiz (fill in the blanks sort) based on the article.
European Citizenship
http://www.chez.com/bibelec/publications/international/index.html
Article of Dvid Hémery in Bibelec. Two aspects: I.European citizensip through the scope of History and II. Citizenship in the European Union.
European Citizen action service
http://www.ecas.org/
ECAS was created in 1990 as an international non-profit organization, independent of political parties, commercial interests and the EU Institutions. The association’s mission is to enable NGOs and individuals to make their voice heard with the EU.
What are its objectives?
1. To strengthen the European Strategy of NGOs in member states and applicant countries of the EU.
2. To defend free movement rights and promote a more inclusive European citizenship
3. To campaign for transparency and reform of the EU Institutions
Charter of fundamental rights of the European Union
http://ue.eu.int/df/default.asp?lang=en
Full text in the Council of the European Union’s website.
Citizens rights
http://europa.eu.int/abc/rights_en.htm
Information on fundamental rights, rights relating to freedom of movement within the European Union and rights relating to European citizenship.
Dialogue with citizens and business
http://citizens.eu.int/
Practical information on European citizens’ rights.
Education and active citizenship in the European Union
http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/citizen/index.html
This site provides a focus for the dissemination of policy-relevant ideas, activities and resources in the field of learning for active citizenship.
Enhancing democracy: A White Paper on Governance in the European Union
http://europa.eu.int/comm/governance/index_en.htm
The White Paper of the Commission and the follow-up: debate, Convention…
Equal opportunities – Activities of the European Union
http://europa.eu.int/pol/equopp/index_en.htm
The overview on equal opportunities policy of the EU provides remarkable information.
Europe Direct. A service to help you find answers to your questions about the European Union.
http://europa.eu.int/europedirect/en/index_en.html
Europe Direct is a service to help citizens find answers to their questions about the European Union. It offers free telephone helplines for each Member State, a direct response service via e-mail and links to information and advice facilities at national, regional and local levels.
European Citizenship – Grande Place
http://www.eurplace.org/diba/citta/
A website close to Federalist positions.
European Citizenship: Towards a European Identity?
http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/eur/papers/works/euro_citizen.html
A paper by Percy B. Lehning.
European Commission – Socio-economic Research European citizenship: beyond borders, across identities
http://www.cordis.lu/improving/socio-economic/conf_citizen.htm
Research documents and activities on European Citizenship
ECHO Humanitarian Aid Office
http://europa.eu.int/comm/echo/index_en.htm
European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC)
http://www.eumc.at/
The European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC) was established in 1997 by the European Union as an independent body to contribute to combat racism, xenophobia and anti-semitism throughout Europe. It has the task of reviewing the extent and development of the racist, xenophobic and anti-semitic phenomena in the European Union and promoting “best practice” among the Member States.
European Ombudsman
http://www.euro-ombudsman.eu.int/
European Politics of Citizenship
http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR3-3/delgado.html
An article by Juan M. Delgado-Moreira in The Qualitative Report, Volume 3, Number 3, September, 1997
Institute for Citizenship
http://www.citizen.org.uk/
Politeia – Network for citizenship and democracy in Europe
http://www.politeia.net/
The network for citizenship and democracy in Europe is a virtual organization of more than 1500 persons and institutions that are active in the field of citizenship and political education and wishing to cooperate at European level.
The goal of the network is to promote the social and political participation of the European citizens.
Speak out on European Citizenship
http://www.citizen.org.uk/speakout/
It aims to develop the notion of a diverse and inclusive European citizenship, and encourage active citizenship in young Europeans.
The contribution of Community action programmes in the field of education, training and youth to the development of citizenship with a European dimension. Dr. Audrey Osler – University of Birmingham(PDF)
http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/citizen/birmingham.pdf
European Court of Human Rights -Council of Europe
http://www.echr.coe.int/
EUROSCEPTIC WEBS
Congress for democracy – Campaigning for an independent pound
http://www.congressfordemocracy.org.uk/
Eurocritic web magazine
http://www.eurocritic.demon.co.uk/
An independent magazine focusing a critical spotlight on European integration and its implications for the sovereignty of Britain.
Europe of democracies and diversities
http://www.europarl.eu.int/edd/
EDD favours the creation of a stable and democratic Europe of Nation States built on the diversity and cultures of its peoples. It is open to people who are critical of further European integration and centralization.
Euro-sceptic Web Resource
http://www.euro-sceptic.org/
Links to euro-sceptic websites, documents, articles…
TEAM – The European Alliance of EU Critical Movements
http://www.teameurope.info/
TEAM is an information network linking 47 organisations, political party and non-party, from 18 countries across Europe. It includes democratic and non-racist organisations from the centre, left and right of the political spectrum.
The Bruges Group
http://www.brugesgroup.com/
The Bruges Group claims to be an independent all-party think tank, although the influence of British Conservatives is evident. Set up in February 1989, its aim was to promote the idea of a less centralised European structure than that emerging in Brussels. Its inspiration was Margaret Thatcher’s Bruges speech in September 1988.
EU HISTORY
EU History – History of European Integration Site – Leiden University History Department
http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/history/rtg/res1/
Undoubtedly, the best web to learn about EU history. Historical documents, oral histories, statistical sources, timelines. A must for studying EU history on the net.
Europe in ten points
http://europa.eu.int/comm/dg10/publications/
brochures/docu/10lecons/txt_en.html
This text, by Pascal Fontaine, includes a brief history on European integration.
European University Institute – Department of History and Civilization
http://www.iue.it/HEC/
The European University Institute was founded in 1972 by the European Community Member States. Its main objective is to provide advanced academic training to PhD students and to promote research at the highest level.It carries out research in a European perspective (fundamental research, comparative research and Community research) in history, law, economics, political and social science.
KnowEurope – History of the EU
http://www.knoweurope.net/html/begguide/chrono/chron_intro.htm
A EU timeline with additional information on the main events.
Kurt Tucholsky as Prophet of European Unity by Ian King
http://www.sbu.ac.uk/euroinst/501.pdf
This leading left-wing intellectual of the Weimar Republic has been recently considered as significant supporter of a united Europe.
Milestones of the EU
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/europe/
2001/inside_europe/milestones/
Chronology from 1947 to nowadays. On the BBC web site.
Pierre Werner, the father of the euro
http://phoenix.liunet.edu/~uroy/eco41/emu/euro-hist/PierreWerner.html
The Briand Plan for European Unity
http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/psf/box51/a466b20.html
Original document of a text by John B. Whitton, professor in Princeton University.
The European Prospect
http://www.ellopos.net/politics/europeanunion.htm
An interesting selection of historical texts, from Briand to Joshka Fischer.
The history of the European Union
http://europa.eu.int/abc/history/index_en.htm
A chronology, year after year, from 1946 to 2002.
The history of the European Union – World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/eca/euenlargement/eu_history.htm
A chronology of the European Integration process.
MISCELLANEOUS
A-Z of Europe – A Glossary
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/europe/euro-glossary/default.stm
BBC News Online untangles the jargon and acronyms that all to often accompany media coverage of the European Union and its affairs. Click on the headlines for explanations.
Bulletin of the European Union
http://europa.eu.int/abc/doc/off/bull/en/welcome.htm
Center for European Reform on line
http://www.cer.org.uk/
The Centre for European Reform is a think-tank devoted to improving the quality of the debate on the future of the European Union. It is a forum for people with ideas to discuss the many political, economic and social challenges facing Europe. Based in London, the CER is a European think-tank that seeks to work with similar bodies in other European countries, in North America and elsewhere in the world.
The CER is pro-European but not uncritical.
Datenbank Europa
http://www.datenbank-europa.de/indexe.html
A very extensive resource with a great deal of information about all European countries in English and German language.
Eur-Lex. The portal to EU law
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/index.html
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Europe 2020
http://www.europe2020.org/
The web portal of information and thinking on 21st century Europe
Euobserver
http://www.euobserver.com/
For the latest EU related news.
European Union in the US
http://www.eurunion.org
Excellente website that provides a broad range of news, articles… and a very useful A-Z of the EU.
European Policy Centre Web-Site
http://www.theepc.be/
An interface between Government, Business and Civil Society. High-quality information on all the main features of EU and the current debate about its future.
EurActiv – “EU News, policy positions and ‘EU Actors’ online”
http://wwww.euroactiv.com
EurActiv.com is now the leading online media on European Union policies. Launched in 2000, the portal has become an essential work instrument for « EU Actors » (professionals from EU institutions, countries & regions, industry & unions, NGOs, the press, and consultants (law, lobbying, PR).
EurActiv.com offers daily news coverage links to all sort of relevant official and archives with full historical searches for previous news.
European Research Papers Archive
http://eiop.or.at/erpa/
ERPA is a common access point for the following online working paper series in the field of European integration research: Robert Schuman Centre and Academy of European Law at the European University Institute (Florence); Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (Cologne), Jean Monnet Working Papers European Union Jean Monnet Chair NYU Law School and several more institutions. In November 2002 more than 650 papers were available.
European Union
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/8823/
European Resource Center for Schools and Colleges
http://www.britishcouncil.org/education/resource/europe/index.htm
The European Resource Centres for Schools and Colleges (ERCs) provide teachers and students with information on issues relating to Europe and support the development of the European dimension in the curriculum.
The ERCs offer resources, many of them free, which can be used to introduce a valuable European and international dimension into the classroom.
I
nside Europe – Your guide to life in European Union
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/
europe/2001/inside_europe/default.stm
A wealth of information on European Union, on the BBC news web site.
KnowEurope – Putting Europe into context
http://www.knoweurope.net/
A great deal of information on history, countries, institutions of the EU.
The Center for European Policy Studies
http://www.ceps.be
Founded in 1983, the Centre for European Policy Studies is an independent policy research institute dedicated to producing sound policy research leading to constructive solutions to the challenges facing Europe today.
The Jean Monnet Programme – Harvard University, European University Insititute, NYU School of Law
http://www.jeanmonnetprogram.org
Under the Jean Monnet Project, the European Commission supports university initiatives aimed at creating teaching activities in European integration. Launched in 1990 at the specific request of the academic world, the Jean Monnet Project aims to promote teaching in European integration, in particular in Law, Economics, Political Science and History the disciplines where European Union developments are becoming an increasingly important part of the subject studied and where student demand is at its greatest.
PRO-EUROPE WEBS
Britain in Europe
http://www.britainineurope.org.uk/home.phtml
Launched by Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Ken Clarke, Michael Heseltine and Charles Kennedy, is organisation is campaigning for a strong Britain in a strong Europe and putting the case for the single currency.
Campaign for a European Federal Constitution
http://www.euraction.org/
European Movement – United Kingdom.
http://www.eurplace.org/orga/londra/index.html
It campaigns to promote the benefits of Britain’s EU membership and for Britain to play a leading role in a democratic European Union.
The European Movement is Britain’s leading pro-European membership organisation
http://www.euromove.org.uk/
Britain’s largest pro-European membership organisation and formed by Sir Winston Churchill in 1948. Today European Movement members across the country campaign in their local communities for Britain to play a leading role in a strong, democratic and reformed Europe and join the single currency.
Grande Place Europe
http://www.eurplace.org/index.html
It is a free telematique forum for all the citizens who are interested in having a part in building the European Union.
My Europe – Mon Europe
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/mon-europe/en/welcome.html
Bilingual, English and French, on-line newspaper elaborated by a group of students.
Union of European Federalists – Union de Fédéralistes Européens
http://www.europa-web.de/europa/1_5.htm
Swedish EU Relay
http://www.eu2004.se/extra/tools/parser/
index.cgi?url=/html/parse/index_uk_ie.html
Very interesting web site dealing with a wide range of topics. From the right to vote to the neonazi movements, from gender equality to EU defence and security policy, from animal mistreatment to enviromental problems. A good site to know about social values and European integration process.
THE TREATIES
European Treaties
http://europa.eu.int/abc/treaties_en.htm
The Treaty of Nice
http://europa.eu.int/comm/nice_treaty/index_en.htm
