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Cardiff EDC NewsMay 2012

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and European issues

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

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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 staffordim@cardiff.ac.uk

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 europ-pgr@cardiff.ac.uk

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 …

Click on image to download report

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

Sign up to receive information athttp://www.the-eu-and-me.org.uk/

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

http://europa.eu/youthonthemove/index_en.htm

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