The EU’s Involvement in France’s Roma Row
The French government has continued to generate considerable controversy over its eviction of Gypsies (known as Roma) from their makeshift camps throughout the country. At least five camps in the Paris...
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The Common Security and Defense Policy, CSDP, could be said to have had its historical beginnings with the signing of the 1947 Treaty of Dunkirk. The treaty was signed by France and United Kingdom...
View ArticleProposed Eurozone Bank Highlights Straining Solidarity in European Union
As the Eurozone crisis persists, the European Union is exploring dramatic options to stabilize the economic crisis which threatens to irrevocably fragment it. An article in the Economist documents the...
View ArticleAntiquated and Sexist Laws
France has received a great deal of unwanted attention in recent weeks after the French government finally revoked an antiquated law banning women in the French capital from wearing pants. The ban had...
View ArticleFrance and the Ban on Mercedes’ Use of (Il)legal Hydroflurocarbons
In response to the Kyoto Protocol, EU member states have begun an initiative to reduce the amount of hydrofluorocarbons emitted by the air-conditioning systems in automobiles, so that they can be in...
View ArticleThe EU Sovereign Debt Crisis: Some Legal Causes
A lot of attention surrounding the EU sovereign debt crisis has ostensibly focused on the allocation of blame to Member-States individually, often leaving out the EU institutions themselves....
View ArticleFrench President Wavering On Action Towards Syria
United States President Barack Obama is not the only international leader facing pressure concerning the proposed attacks on Syria. French President Francois Hollande is also facing pressure from the...
View ArticleEU Arctic Aspirations Stonewalled Again
For the second time, the Arctic Council has deferred an EU application to become an observer on the multilateral Arctic forum. The Arctic Council was formally established through the Ottawa Declaration...
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