The EU's cohesion policy should now be confluent with the goals of the Lisbon strategy by promoting growth and employment. In this context, the promotion of a concept called regional innovation system has recently become important in the EU for guaranteeing long-term regional economic growth....

Das Votum der Iren gegen den Vertrag von Lissabon wirft viele Fragen auf. Was sind die Motive der „Nein-Sager“? Haben die Iren stellvertretend für eine schweigende Mehrheit in der EU gehandelt? Sind es die Inhalte des Vertrages, die Unbehagen erzeugen oder ist es die fehlende Beteiligung...

To show global leadership and to foster the international negotiations for a long term international climate regime the EU has decided to reduce its GHG emissions by 20% relative to 1990 until the year 2020. These reductions will even rise to 30% if there is an international agreement committing...