ABOUT THE SO-CALLED ‘SPITZENKANDIDATEN’ PROCESS

The 'Spitzenkandidaten process' is a procedure whereby European political parties, ahead of European elections, appoint lead candidates for the role of Commission President, with the presidency of the Commission then going to the candidate of the political party capable of marshalling sufficient parliamentary support. The Parliament remains firmly committed to the process in 2019  

COMPANIES SPENDING THE MOST ON EU LOBBYING

Source: EU Transparency Register, Lobbyfacts.eu (April 2019)

  1. Google: $ 6.69m-6.96m
  2. Microsoft: $ 5.57m-5.85m
  3. Shell Oil: $ 5.01m-$ 5.29m
  4. Facebook: $ 3.90m-$ 4.18m
  5. Siemens: $ 3.92m
  6. ExxonMobil: $3.62m-$ 3.90m
  7. Bayer: $ 3.69m
  8. BASF: $3.68m
  9. Deutsche Bank: $ 3.67m
  10. Dow: $ 3.06m-$3.34m

WHO TO BE NEXT EU HIGH REPRESENTATIVE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND SECURITY ?

Whoever is appointed as the next HR/VP in 2019 needs to enjoy the backing of all EU leaders, including the leader of his/her home member state.

LES PROPOSITIONS DE LREM POUR L’EUROPE

  1. Taxer le carbone des produits importés en Europe et appliquer plus strictement le principe «pollueur-payeur» au sein de l’UE.
  2. Fermer toutes les centrales fonctionnant aux énergies fossiles et sortir de tous les hydrocarbures d’ici 2050.
  3. Garantir un air pur en taxant le transport aérien et en rendant accessibles les transports propres. Développer les batteries électriques, l’hydrogène, le biogaz et les bornes de recharge et arrêter la vente de voitures essence et diesel d’ici 2040

REFORMER L’UNION EUROPEENNE

Source : Fondation Robert Schuman

Proposition 0 : Le président de la Commission doit être le leader d'une majorité parlementaire et le représentant (désigné à l'avance) du groupe politique ayant obtenu le plus grand nombre de sièges au Parlement européen lors des élections européennes.  

LES PROBLEMES STRUCTURELS DE L’UNION EUROPEENNE

Source : Fondation Robert Schuman

FIVE SCENARIOS FOR EU RUSSIAN SANCTIONS

The following scenarios are constructed using as parameters the criteria that guided the design of the EU sanctions package, specified in a joint letter by the President of the European Council and the European Commission. These include: “effectiveness, cost/benefit, balance across sectors and Member States, international coordination, reversibility/scalability, legal defensibility/ease of enforcement”. The following scenarios are designed as possible options, and conceived in a neutral fashion. Each scenario includes an assessment of the likelihood that each will materialise.

THE EUROPEAN PROJECT OF THE NATIONAL RALLY

European cooperation cannot be contemplated without a definition of what Europe is. The nations of Europe share in common civilization values, roots and a common history drawn in Greece, Ancient Rome, Christendom and humanism of Renaissance. In the recent history, European countries have endured conflicts and wars often linked to ambitions of building empires by subordination and denying national realities. We need to be wary of this drifting that today characterizes the European Union.

LE PROJET EUROPEEN DU RASSEMBLEMENT NATIONAL

La coopération européenne ne peut s’envisager sans définir ce qu’est l’Europe. Les nations d’Europe ont en commun des valeurs de civilisation, des racines et une histoire communes qu’elles puisent dans la Grèce et la Rome Antique puis la Chrétienté et l’humanisme de la Renaissance. Dans l’histoire, même assez récente, les pays d’Europe ont connu des conflits et des guerres souvent liés aux velléités d’ériger des empires en subordonnant et en niant les réalités nationales. Il faut se garder de cette dérive qui caractérise aujourd’hui l’Union européenne.

THE POLITICAL FORCE OF ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT RIGHT-WING PARTIES

Anti-establishment right-wing parties are expected to increase their share of seats significantly, and could become the second force in the European Parliament (20% with 147 seats) ahead of S&D should they agree to coalesce in spite of their differences. Eurosceptic parties across the continent will improve on their positions and could possibly make up a third of the European Parliament seats after the elections in May.

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