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Issue 9 | Sunday 15th June 2008
Rural champions
Leaders of France's western regions say they must take the lead in managing CAP reform
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News Analysis
CEMR secretary general Jeremy Smith explains what is at stake for local authorities as parliament debates new waste proposals
Sunday 15th June 2008Britain’s flood of cheap labour from the new member states is starting to dry up, and some regions are already seeing the economic fallout, reports Rumyana Vakarelska
Sunday 15th June 2008Anne Ståhl Mousa warns that climate change will affect fragile regions such as the Baltic Sea unless concerted action is taken now
Sunday 15th June 2008Known to most people as the new Eurostar station south of London, Ebbsfleet is also a prime example of modern regional development, as Rumyana Vakarelska reports
Sunday 15th June 2008Ursula Männle was embarrassed, impressed and astonished during her time monitoring the recent Serbian local elections
Sunday 15th June 2008On the face of it, subsidiarity isn’t the most exciting subject in the world but, as Martin Banks reports, the much-maligned principle is set to get a significant boost under the Lisbon treaty
Sunday 15th June 2008When the Assembly of European Regions (AER) launched its ‘Subsidiarity is a word’ movement last month, spokesman Richard Medic did not expect to be spending his big launch day in a police holding cell
Sunday 15th June 2008Just before he stepped down as first minister, Ian Paisley told Sarah Collins that Europe has more than made up for its past neglect of his country
Sunday 15th June 2008A major conference on investing in Northern Ireland was held last month – testament to the key role the EU played in bringing peace, says José Manuel Barroso
Sunday 15th June 2008Policy Focus
EU thinking on e-health has been expanded to include the views of actual users of e-health services – a move welcomed by Helene Richardsson
Sunday 15th June 2008Swedish councillor Agneta Granström has many years’ experience of e-health systems – an experience borne out of necessity, as Richard Medic discovered
Sunday 15th June 2008Special Report
France’s local authorities are becoming stronger and stronger, and that is a good thing for democracy, says Jean-Louis Destans
Sunday 15th June 2008France’s regions need more autonomy if they – and the country – are to benefit fully from all that Europe has to offer, claims Jean-Paul Huchon
Sunday 15th June 2008Alsace is not simply the symbol of European unity, says Adrien Zeller – it is also an enthusiastic actor on the European stage
Sunday 15th June 2008Recent protests by fishermen all over Europe show the need to solve problems together at EU level, explains François Desrentes
Sunday 15th June 2008The Midi-Pyrénées programme of supporting innovation will also help it meet the goals of the Lisbon strategy, says Martin Malvy
Sunday 15th June 2008Languedoc-Roussillon and its capital, Montpellier, are building jobs and growth through a focus on innovation and technology transfer, says Georges Frêche
Sunday 15th June 2008For the PACA region, cooperation with its neighbours is the key to successful development, claims Michel Vauzelle
Sunday 15th June 2008On 4 June, the presidents of several French regions met with the European commission and parliament to set out their priorities for the presidency, as Alain Rousset explains
Sunday 15th June 2008France’s regions could soon have more autonomy than ever before – but could also become mere managers of EU funds, warns Maud Vuillardot
Sunday 15th June 2008