Title:The EU 'Foreign Service': Under Construction
Author(s):MISSIROLI, AntonioDate:2010Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAS PPAbstract:With the operational launch of the European External Action Service (EEAS), exactly one year after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, a key piece of the new EU external action puzzle falls into place. From now on, ...
Title:Energy Efficiency Actions Related to the Rollout of Smart Meters for Small Consumers
Author(s):OLMOS, Luis; RUESTER, Sophia; LIONG, Siok Jen; GLACHANT, Jean-MichelDate:2010Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAS PPAbstract:The installation of electricity Smart Meters (SM) brings about new opportunities for enhancing the interaction between consumers, generators and energy service providers. SM are needed to exert certain sets of actions upon ...
Title:The Mediterranean and its Metaphors
Author(s):ROY, OlivierDate:2009Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAS DLAbstract:When referring to the Mediterranean sea, politicians, writers and religious leaders make frequent use of often contradictory metaphors: cradle of civilizations, and more precisely of the monotheist Abrahamic religion, ...
Title:Sexularism
Author(s):SCOTT, Joan W.Date:2009Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAS DLAbstract:This paper addresses the sharp oppositions often made these days between secularism and gender equality, on the one side, and religion (especially Islam) and the oppression of women, on the other. It argues that we need ...
Title:Euroopan unionin kehitys ja tulevaisuuden epävarmuus
Author(s):SAARILAHTI, IlkkaDate:2008Type of Publication:OtherAbstract:The future is uncertain, and the financial system of the European Union has to take into account this uncertainty. This book looks at the different means it has at its disposal to do so, and analyses how these means have ...
Title:Rapid Changes in Inequality: Present, past, and theory
Author(s):ROGOWSKI, RonDate:2008Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAS DLAbstract:Since about 1970, inequality of income and wealth has increased sharply in most industrialized countries – most strongly in the USA and UK, but also in almost all English-speaking countries and, more recently, in Germany, ...
Title:Un référendum européen pour la Constitution européenne. Problèmes juridiques et politiques
Author(s):PONZANO, Paolo; ZILLER, Jacques; PII, SamueleDate:2007Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAS PPAbstract:Ce Policy Paper contient les actes du colloque organisé par le Centre Robert Schuman de l’IUE le 9 février 2007 en coopération avec le Mouvement Fédéraliste Européen et la Représentation de la Commission européenne à Rome. ...
Title:Islamic Finance in Europe
Author(s):WILSON, RodneyDate:2007Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAS PPAbstract:Islam all too often resonates negatively in Europe, with a great part of non-Muslim public opinion uncomfortable with Islamic culture and values. Secular and Christian opinion is at best suspicious of shariah, Islamic law, ...
Title:Getting European Universities into Shape
Author(s):JACOBS, Bas; VAN DER PLOEG, FrederickDate:2006Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAS PP