Hate crime threatens European ideals of equality and human rights. The Quaker Council for European Affairs has produced a new background paper to raise awareness of hate crime and promote effective policies to reduce it. Read our background paper to find out why the small proportion of crime that is motivated by hatred, has such …
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‘Who do I call if I want to call Europe’ is a quotation attributed to Henry Kissinger which is often quoted when people want to suggest that the European Institutions are too diverse to provide a clear target audience for political messages addressed at ‘Europe’. It is, of course, a simplification. As explained in Part …
Restricting anyone’s right to speak his or her voice and truth is fundamentally at odds with both the Quakers’ testimony to equality and the EU democratic foundation. This new briefing paper describes the shrinking civil space in society in some EU and Council of Europe Member States, and what we citizens can do about it. …
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Quakers at COP 15; This year’s Programme Assistants; EUBAM: security, stability, support; Equality works Click here to download (PDF – 426 Kb) Deutsche Ausgabe – Januar / Februar 2010 Quäker auf der Klimakonferenz in Kopenhagen; Die Programmassistenten dieses Jahres; EUBAM: Sicherheit, Stabilität, Unterstützung; Soziale Gerechtigkeit Funktioniert Klicken Sie hier für die deutschen Auszüge (PDF – …
The Lisbon Treaty introduces a new form of public participation in European Union policy shaping, the European citizens’ initiative, which enables one million citizens who are nationals of a significant number of Member States to call directly on the European Commission to bring forward an initiative of interest to them in an area of EU …
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Energy Security and European Values: Are they compatible?; The European Parliament Elections; The European Parliament and Peace: An Issue to discuss Click here to download (PDF – 434 Kb) Deutsche Ausgabe – April 2009 Die Wahlen zum Europa-Parlament Klicken Sie hier für die deutschen Auszüge (PDF – 63 Kb)
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 Treaties. Read “The European Union …
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To make an input into the Future of Europe debate, QCEA has decided to consult Quakers across Europe by running seminars and a conference. The feedback from these efforts will be used to produce a report entitled a ‘Quaker View of Europe’, which will be used as a submission to the Convention, but will also …
Briefing paper: the Future of Europe — spiritual values and citizenship Read More »
