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Cardiff EDC NewsMay 2012
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Wednesday 9 May 2012 at 6.00 pmEurope Day Quiz
Eventat the Cardiff EDC
Team hard at work Ronen, our quizmaster Winning team
http://www.active-ageing-2012.eu
European Capitals of Culture 2012
Guimarães (Portugal) and Maribor (Slovenia)
Denmark holds the EU Presidency for the period January-June 2012
http://eu2012.dk/en
Forthcoming talks and events in Cardiff with a European theme
Contact: Ian Stafford [email protected]
Engaging with the New European Economic Governance Architecture – A Half-Day Conference
Wednesday 2 May 2012
Venue: Council Chamber, Glamorgan Building
Cardiff University
Time: 11.00 – 17.00Participants: Rhodri Morgan, Former First Minister of the Welsh Assembly Government / Professor Kenneth Dyson, Cardiff University / Professor Bela Greskovits, Central European University / Dr Daniel Naurin, University of Gothenburg / Jonathan Scheele, European Commission, Head of Representation in the UK / Kay Swinburne MEP, Conservative Party / Derek Vaughan MEP, Labour Party / Jill Evans MEP, Plaid Cymru
Contact: Jenny Hulin [email protected]
Round Table on the French Presidential Election
Wednesday 16 May 2012
Venue: Room 2.18, 65-68 Park Place
Cardiff University
Time: 17.15Why Nicolas Sarkozy’s Fast Presidency ran out of Steam
Alistair Cole, Professor of Politics at Cardiff University, Convenor of the French Politics specialist group of the Political Studies Association, and member of the Franco-British Council
How the 2012 Presidential Election was wonDavid Hanley, Emeritus Professor of French Politics, Cardiff University
Marine le Pen and the de-diabolisation of the French National Front James Shields, Professor of French at Aston University
Brothers in Arms? Francois Hollande, Jean-Luc Melenchon and the French Left Gino Raymond, Professor of French at the University of Bristol
Details of 2011-12 language courses now available
French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish plus Croat, Polish, Russian and Turkish
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/learn/choices/courses/languages
Cardiff is named European Capital for Sport Cardiff has been successful in securing the prestigious title of European Capital of Sport 2014. The announcement was made by officials from the European Capitals of Sports Association (ACES) at an event held in Valencia this week. It was recognised that Cardiff has firmly established itself as a leading city for sport, offering state of the art stadiums and facilities including the Millennium Stadium, SWALEC Stadium and Cardiff International Sport Stadium. Leader of the Council, Cllr
Rodney Berman said: "There is no denying the city already has a fantastic sporting pedigree”.
There is no denying the city already has a fantastic sporting pedigree
”.
Cardiff has been namedEuropean Capital of Sport 2014
http://www.aces-europa.eu/
Recently published reports on topics relating to Wales and Europe …
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Click on image to download report
In the News…
Tuesday 8 May
RAPEX Annual Report 2012 published
RAPEX is a Community rapid alert system for dangerous products. It ensures that information about dangerous products withdrawn from the EU market and/or recalled from consumers is quickly circulated
between Member States and the European Commission, with the aim of preventing or restricting the selling of these products on the market.
In the News…
Tuesday 8 May
Commission adopts Communication on State Aid Modernisation (SAM)
The main objectives of this integrated strategy are fostering growth in the internal market by supporting targeted and non-distortive state aid, focusing enforcement on aid cases with the biggest impact on the internal market,
as well as streamlined rules and faster decisions.
http://ec.europa.eu/competition/state_aid/modernisation/index_en.html
In the News…
Wednesday 9 May
Europe Day
In the News…
Friday 11 May
Spring 2012 Economic Forecast
The Commission publishes its spring economic forecast for 2012-2013 for Gross Domestic Product (GDP), inflation, employment and public
finances, amongst other indicators, for all 27 European Union countries, plus the EU and euro area aggregates.
In the News…
Tuesday 15 May
2012 European Neighbourhood Policy Package adopted
European Citizens’ Initiative
Launched 1 April 2012
http://ec.europa.eu/citizens-initiative/public/welcome
Travelling around Europe?Find out your rights…
Rail – Air – People with reduced mobility…
http://ec.europa.eu/transport/passenger-rights
112 is the common telephone number to ring in ALL EU Member States
to get through to the Emergency Services
http://ec.europa.eu/112
Looking for information on these subjects
or anything else connected with Europe?
Please ask EDC staff
or use
http://www.europeansources.info
April 2008 – March 2013
is now freely available to libraries, schools and public bodies in Wales
Please ask for details
http://www.europeansources.info
New website from the EU bringing together information for children about the EU
http://europa.eu/kids-corner/index_en.htm
A new electronic one-stop-shop for access to justice information throughout the EU
https://e-justice.europa.eu/
http://www.ukecc-services.net/
EU citizenship resources available…
http://euroacademyonline.eu/
CITZALIAA virtual role-playing game
and social networking forum to boost citizens' understanding
of how the EU worksTwo new educational games
from the European Central Bank
http://www.ectarc.com/european-training/working-abroad_117.html
Fraternité2020Their goal is to make European exchange programmeslike Erasmus or the European Voluntary Service (EVS)
more attractive in order to enable more European citizensto spend time in another country
http://www.fraternite2020.eu/index.html
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Welsh Members of the European Parliament 2009-2014
• Jill Evans
• Kay Swinburne
• Derek Vaughan
• John Bufton
Click on image to connect to MEP’s website
Elections in Europe May 2012
HungaryPresidential Election
2 May 2012
FrancePresidential Election
(Second Round)6 May 2012
GreeceParliamentary Election
6 May 2012
Elections in Europe May 2012
SerbiaParliamentary Election
6 May 2012
ArmeniaParliamentary Election
6 May 2012
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