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Cardiff EDC NewsFebruary 2010

helping you find out about the European Union and the countries of Europe

promoting debate about the EU and European issues

encouraging you to ask questions, give your opinions and make suggestions to the EU

Cardiff City HallTuesday 9 February 2010

10:00 – 14:30A free one day fair, exhibition, information sessions and workshops aimed at

14-19 year olds, featuring music, dance, careers, language tasters and useful information about studying and working abroad. Combating Social Exclusion

and Poverty will be the European theme for 2010. Pre-booking essential.

Forthcoming talks, lectures and seminars on European themes in Cardiff

All welcome

Education, Culture and Society Research Group

3 February 2010 12:00 – 13:00

Room 1.79 (Glamorgan Building)

Speaker – Professor Alistair Cole (EUROS)

Wales in Europe

3 February 2010 17:30

Law Building, Park Place, Cardiff – Room 0.22

Speaker – Professor William A. Schabas

International Criminal Law and the

European Court of Human Rights

European Governance, Identity & Public Policy Research Unit

10 February 2010 17:00 – 18:30EUROS Building, 65 Park Place, Cardiff – Room 2.18

RoundTable: After Lisbon: New Leadership in Europe?

European Council and the CommissionProfessor Stijn Smismans, CLAWS

The European ParliamentEluned Morgan, Honorary Distinguished Professor, EUROS

The Franco-German ‘Motor’Professor Alistair Cole and Professor Kenneth Dyson, EUROS

Wednesday 3 March 2010 at 17:00Cardiff Law School, Museum Avenue – Room 1.28

Speaker: Professor Carol Harlow (London School of Economics)

The EU and the UN: The post-Kadi developments

Language Courses available Spring 2010

Croatian - French – German – Greek – Irish – Italian – Polish – Portuguese – Russian – Spanish – Turkish

http://choices1.cf.ac.uk/choices/languages.php

In the News…

Essen (Germany), Istanbul (Turkey) and Pécs (Hungary) are the

European Capitals of Culture 2010

In the News…

Spain holds the EU Presidency for the period January–June 2010

Website: http://www.eu2010.es

In the News…

MEPS hold Hearings to assess the new European Commission

Brussels, 11-19 January 2010European Parliament votes on the new

European Commission, 9 February 2010

European Commission activities inFebruary 2010 …

2 February 2010: Social Situation Report 2009 and SpecialEurobarometer: Social Climate Survey

3 February 2010: Application of the Stability and Growth Pact

4 February 2010: Conference on New Skills for New Jobs

9 February 2010: Safer Internet Day - Think before you post!

11 February 2010: 112 day – the single European emergencytelephone number

24 February 2010: Commission gives favourable Opinion fornegotiations to begin for Iceland’s application to join the EU

Elections inFebruary 2010 in Europe

Ukraine

Presidential (Second Round)

7 February 2010

Greece

Presidential (Indirect)

(delayed until March 2010)

Website: http://www.2010againstpoverty.eu

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

112 Day 11 February 2010

In the News…EU Roaming Regulation

Entered into force on 1 July 2009

Cuts roaming costs for SMS, calls and data downloads up to 60%

Which role shall sport play in Europe?

Article 165 of the Treaty of Lisbon gives the EU soft powers on sports policy 

Treaty of Lisbon came into force on

1 December 2009

 

Looking for information on these subjects

or anything else connected with Europe?

Please ask EDC staff

or use

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http://www.europeansources.info/

April 2009 – March 2011

is now freely available to libraries, schools and public bodies in Wales

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Welcome to the Youtube space of the European Union

http://uk.youtube.com/EUtube

Have your say…

Debate Europe websitehttp://europa.eu/debateeurope/index_en.htm

New look and feel to top level

EUROPA pages on the web

September 2009-

EU Bookshop Digital LibraryFrom October 2009

all EU publications can be downloaded free from the EU Bookshop website

Find out what is happening…

Give your opinions …

Welsh Members of the European Parliament 2009-2014

• Jill Evans

• Kay Swinburne

• Derek Vaughan

• John Bufton