The Parliament Magazine

The Global Europe agenda has started to send alarm bells ringing in the European parliament.

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Indian-born Neena Gill still has strong roots with her native country, and finds the role of an MEP well-suited to maintaining good links there, as Martin Banks explains

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China’s heavy handed approach to the media and censorship will be the focus of this year’s world press freedom day, says Aidan White

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Bulgarian MEP Vladimir Urutchev asks why the EU has created an embarrassing situation in the Balkans but refuses to correct its own error

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Romana Jordan-Cizelj asks what – if anything – the Slovenian presidency can do to help the Balkans, and in particular tackle the growing energy crisis there

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NATO’s success in Afghanistan appears slow, and Martin Jay believes the EU could – and should – do more

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Once known for all the wrong reasons, Northern Ireland now seems ready to turn from the past to face the future, says Sarah Collins

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EU funding has failed to address Northern Ireland’s severe structural problems, argues Jim Nicholson, but the country is now in a unique position to offer Europe some peace-building expertise

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Sinn Féin’s ultimate goal is the reunification of the island of Ireland, admits Bairbre de Brún, who remains enthusiastic about engaging with the EU

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The regime in Stormont has the most undemocratic structures of any in the EU, says Jim Allister, and continues to be under-funded where it matters

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Europe’s insistence on trade agreements with regions rather than nations ignores the different needs of developing countries, says Helmuth Markov

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The EU is not the only European power seeking closer trade ties with the developing world – EFTA is busy at the negotiating table as well, says Kåre Bryn

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The EU is not putting pressure on ACP countries over EPAs, says Peter Mandelson

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European immunisation week is the chance for health officials to spread the word that children of all social backgrounds need to be vaccinated, says Zsuzsanna Jakab

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The European commission’s negotiating stance means EPAs were always doomed to failure, argues Glenys Kinnock

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Nine out of ten Europeans want the EU to fund more research into Aids vaccines, writes Gay Mitchell

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A common external borders policy is inevitable, says Simon Busuttil, and we need to pluck up the courage to address it

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Ukrainian citizens and businesses face an ‘iron wall’ when trying to cross the EU’s eastern border, writes Konstantin Bondarenko

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Migration and ageing are inextricably linked, with many migrants and elderly people feeling a similar sense of social exclusion. Here, members of parliament’s intergroup on ageing tell the Parliament Magazine how changing demographic patterns can actually lead to more jobs for a larger variety of workers

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Migration can offer part of the solution to Europe’s ageing population, writes Claude Moraes, but social integration and sustaining high inflows of people are problems that remain to be solved

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