Generation 112

Europe in the world

Find in this section all the contents we have published in our website since the creation of Generation 112 on the topic of Europe in the world. Our radio programs, articles, editorials, interviews or opinion columns gathered to get an overview of one of the twelve topics we have chosen.

Can Egypt follow Turkey’s lead? - 2012-02-15

With the final results from Egypt’s six week parliamentary elections tricking in, all talk is about the strong election performance of the two main Islamic parties. With 43.7% of the vote, the Freedom and Justice Party (the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood) was the clear winner, although the ultra-conservative Nour party surprised many by taking home 22%. As the gains of the...

Closing Guantanamo: what responsibility for the EU? - 2011-04-18

The interest of writing this article arose when in March this year President Obama was forced by the Congress to break its promise of closing Guantanamo within one year since its election. When reading that the US will resume the military commissions trials, one may think that the EU could have stepped up and help the US closing the detention facility and not only to encourage them to respect the...

Kristalina Georgieva: " the European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps will become operational during 2012" - 2010-11-27

Among other innovations, the Treaty of Lisbon aims to create a European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps. This is the task Kristalina Georgieva, Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Response is in charge of. She kindly accepted to answer our questions, and define her expectations, the modalities and the global goal of this Corps. Interview. On Tuesday (23...

Today, the European Commission published its 2010 Enlargement Package - 2010-11-09

Today, the European Commission adopted its Enlargement Package. This presents the Commission's annual assessment of the European Union's enlargement agenda. It outlines the current state of preparations, the challenges ahead, and the way forward for the Western Balkans, Turkey and Iceland. The Commission proposes Candidate Status for Montenegro, and recommends that accession negotiations with...