At the beginning of the 21st century, Europe and Latin America are still seeking the formula that would lend a strategic character to their relationship. Most recently, the Summit in Vienna in May 2006 failed to do so. Both partners reactivated their relations which had never been broken but...

The programme, ‘Solidarity between Civilisations’ was thought of as the EU’s response to the most difficult challenge to the XXIst century, terrorism (actually I used the expression pseudo-Islamic terrorism, just to underline the fact that those who kill in name of God are no part of any...

Globalisation is a present time phenomenon, which acts as a catalyst of the existing interdependence between the actors of international society Globalisation “transnationalizes” problems of economic, financial and environmental nature as well as those which are related to security...

The discussion on the supranational governance in relation to the European Union proves that the supranational solutions pose a real challenge that the EU must face in the globalized world. Increasingly dynamic debate on the more universal term of global governance also supports this opinion.

...l’insertion dans la mondialisation pourrait être mieux maîtrisée et, transitoirement, la politique commerciale extérieure commune, en mettant dans une certaine mesure le marché communautaire à l’abri de chocs commerciaux trop forts en provenance de pays tiers, pourrait favoriser la...

...the objectives of the single European regions for the next cycle of planning 2007-2013 are without a doubt orientated towards full respect of the Community Strategic Orientations on the subject of cohesion ... It is necessary, however, to reflect upon the efficaciousness of the action of...

La adhesión de un estado a la Unión Europea origina diversas y numerosas transformaciones en los diferentes componentes del sistema político. En general, inciden sobre aspectos como la opinión pública, los actores políticos (partidos políticos, grupos de interés,...), las instituciones...

During the past fifty years the European Union has gone a long way, even though some would like to have gone even further. It is possible to look at the EU as a social ecosystem, and as such as different from other ecosystems. This is a result of the fact that human populations, contrary to...

Unlike the Vinerian perspective [named after Jacob Viner], which is generally critical of bilateral trade agreements and provides only a limited justification for them, the Subsidiarity perspective sees them in a more positive light, providing several explanations and justifications for their...