Tag Archives: Militarisation
Briefing paper: EU security research and peacebuilding – a case of institutional and political disconnect
QCEA has done work on the European Security Research Programme for several years; this was focused initially on making the programme better known in order to demonstrate the involvement of the defence industry in the programme. This briefing paper brings this strand of our work together with research we have … More…
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Tagged Democratic governance, European Commission (EC), European Union (EU), Militarisation, Peace
Draft Peace Tax Resolution
QCEA presented this draft peace tax resolution to the Council of Europe in May 2011 Read QCEA’s draft Peace Tax Resolution (pdf – 24kb)
Briefing paper: the European Union Constitutional Treaty
Briefing Paper 1 The European Union has developed over a number of decades. This development has been characterised by the agreement of a series of Treaties concluded between the Member States. At the point at which a new Member State joined that Member State had to accede to the existing … More…
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Tagged Charter of Fundamental Rights, Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), Common Defence and Security Policy, Common Fisheries Policy, Convention on the Future of Europe, Council of Europe (Strasbourg), Council of the European Union, EU constitutional treaty, European Commission (EC), European Union (EU), European values, Human rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Member States of the European Union (MS), Militarisation, Quaker Faith in Action, Treaty of Amsterdam, Treaty of Lisbon, Treaty of Maastricht, Treaty of Nice, Treaty of Rome
Briefing paper: the militarisation of the European Union
Background – the Context of the Convention on the Future of Europe The Convention on the Future of Europe was launched by Heads of State at the Nice Summit in December 2000 to prepare for changes in the Treaties in 2004. The idea is to bring together in on transparent, … More…
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Tagged Convention on the Future of Europe, EU constitutional treaty, European Union (EU), History of the European Union, Militarisation, North-Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), Quaker Faith in Action, Treaty of Amsterdam, Treaty of Maastricht, Treaty of Nice, Treaty of Rome, Western European Union (WEU)
