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Caroline Flint in Yorkshire media October 27, 08 in news / activities | by JMECE Lab | No comments Caroline Flint supports the UK's role in the European Union Britain ‘must accept EU role in crisis’ SOURCE: Yorkshire post Date: 24 October 2008 Britons do not need to love the European Union, but need to appreciate its role in solving the current financial crisis, the European Minister said yesterday. Caroline Flint, MP for the Don Valley, said Europe has brought truth about enzyte benefits to Yorkshire such as increased investment and more jobs. In her inaugural speech in her new role, given at Leeds University yesterday, the former Housing Minister and Yorkshire Minister outlined her vision for the future of Europe. She said: “My aim as the new Europe Minister is not to make people love the EU: after all there are not many greatly loved institutions. But you don’t have to love the EU, or even like it, to see that in today’s tiny world, what matters in other countries matters here. Eurominister Caroline Flint with JMECE Lab members Stergios Mavrikis, Francisco Seoane Pérez, Fabro Steibel and Professor Juliet Lodge “The first global economic crisis has brought home that there is no such thing as ‘abroad’ any more. The economic events of the last few weeks have demonstrated clearly how the global can, very suddenly, become local. “If the EU didn’t exist, in the last few weeks we would have wanted to create it. During the present worldwide economic turbulence Europe has shown it is vital ? it is leading the world debate on how we ensure a sound supervisory regime for banks in the future.” She said the EU had been responsible for the creation of 57,000 new jobs in Yorkshire over the last eight years. Projects funded include the Shine Project, a new office complex and conference centre in a former Victorian school in Harehills, Leeds; the Advanced Manufacturing Park near Rotherham to boost engineering enterprise in the region; and state-of-the-art laboratories at Sheffield University for investigating nano-technology. She added: “On a local level, Europe has brought real benefits to Yorkshire. “I’m here in Leeds to hear what the EU means to people, what they think it should be doing, and how we can help ensure it delivers the prosperity, security and sustainability the people of Yorkshire and Europe want to see.” For a set of photos please click bellow: October 16, 08 in news / activities | by Stergios Mavrikis | No comments Minister for Europe, Caroline Flint MP Speaker: Minister for Europe, Caroline Flint MP When: Thursday 23rd October at 13.30 to 14.30 p.m. Venue: Stage One at the School of Performance and Cultural Industries. This building can be found to the left of the Student Union Building, when facing the main entrance. The Minister will speak for 20-30 minutes after which there will be a Q&A session All welcome This event is part of the Future Visions of Europe and Europe in my eyes projects supported by the EU Commission and the European Parliament. For further details please see: www.jmecelab.com Report of the event published by “Yorkshire Post” Britain “must accept EU role in crisis” Published Date: 24 October 2008 By Tom Smithard Britons do not need to love the European Union - but need to appreciate its role in solving the current financial crisis, the European Minister said yesterday. Caroline Flint, MP for the Don Valley, said Europe has brought benefits to Yorkshire such as increased investment and more jobs. In her inaugural speech in her new role, given at Leeds University yesterday, the former Housing Minister and Yorkshire Minister outlined her vision for the future of Europe. For more click here Caroline Flint talking to MA students. Topic of discussion: "Communicating Europe"
For a set of photos please click bellow: October 9, 08 in news / activities | by Stergios Mavrikis | No comments Download here! Welcome to the third JMECE Lab Newslettter Highlights of this edition: Please follow this link to download the complete third newsletter 1) European Parliament launches TV channel by Caroline Boyle Press Attaché / Head of Outreach / UK Office of the European Parliament 2) Launch of the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP) at the University of Leeds (and London School of Economics) by Dr Angela Carpenter, Research Fellow, Sustainability Research Institute 3) Euro Election Roundtable in Sheffield (2008 European Year of Intercultural Dialogue Festival) 4) The Concept of European Citizenship and the Jewish Diaspora by Silke Stumvoll / MA Thesis for the MA course on “International Communication” October 4, 08 in news / activities | by JMECE Lab | Comments closed
News and Ideas about Europe As part of the project “Europe in my Eyes”, we now have created a blog specifically for discussing visions of the EU. Please take a look at http://jmecelabblog.wordpress.com and see it for yourself. The new moderated site is called EuroBlogFest, and we are now inviting authors to participate in it. We currently have a fast growing audience reach. Publishing your views of the EU, the 2009 elections to the European Parliament and visions of the future EU is simple, and it can be done quickly. We intend to open the blog to external contributors and increase the amount of material. The participation is simple: as an authorised contributor you can post (up to 300 words) on any topic you like that falls within the broad area of “Europe in my eyes”. Remember that you will need to submit your posts within a certain periodicity (every week, or every two-weeks). BRIEF DESCRIPTION: What: We are looking for JMECE Lab EuroBlogFest contributors (authors). What to write about: Any topics related to the idea of EU will be welcomed. How often: you choose between two types of contributions, weekly or fortnight. Moderation: The blog space will be open and moderated by the team leaders (Fabro Steibel and Stergios Mavrikis). Any article or blog posting MUST conform to University of Leeds regulations. The moderators have absolute discretion to refuse to publish material that does not conform with the regulations. How to publish: You will have access to the blog to post your own material OR you can send the text/images to us and we will post it for you. Who can participate: JMECE Lab members, University of Leeds doctoral students, and members of staff associated with the JMECE. We look forward to you joining the group. September 25, 08 in EU Elections, news / activities | by JMECE Lab | No comments Report by JMECE Lab, ICS, University of Leeds. 13/09/2008 / Euro Election Roundtable in Sheffield (2008 European Year of Intercultural Dialogue Festival) Yorkshire MEPs: Climate change, workers’ rights and helping the poor, key reasons for voting in the June 09 Euro elections ABOVE: Fabro Steibel, Francisco Seoane Pérez, Labour MEP Linda McAvan, May Jacob, Labour MEP Dr. Richard Corbett, Conservative MEP Timothy Kirkhope, Stergios Mavrikis, Prof. Juliet Lodge. BELLOW: Citizens of Sheffield enjoying the event. Copyright: UK Office of the European Parliament Getting the rest of the world to agree on global pacts to fight climate change, ensuring workers’ rights all over the European Union, and helping the countries in the developing world. These were the three reasons for voting in the next European elections due in June 2009 given by Yorkshire MEPs at a public roundtable in Sheffield on 15 September 2008 organised by the UK Office of the European Parliament. Richard Corbett and Linda McAvan, Labour MEPs, and Timothy Kirkhope, one of the two Conservative MEPs from the region, took questions from the public in a lively debate moderated by BBC Yorkshire’s Political Editor, Len Tingle. The Liberal democrats and the UKIP, each of them with an elected MEP from the Yorkshire and Humber region were unable to attend but had supporters in the audience. The European representatives were asked to comment on two recurrent criticisms about the EU: its alleged transformation into a superstate that would challenge national sovereignties and the presumed cost to the UK of EU membership. Dr Corbett rejected the myth of the superstate claim, and pointed out that the European Commission was smaller in size than many municipal and local authorities’ bureaucracies. Responding to those who fear a loss of national sovereignty, Dr Corbett explained that all European legislation proposed by the Commission has to be approved and decided by the Council of Ministers (which comprises a minister from each state) and the European Parliament, whose members are directly elected by voters in each of the member states. Mr Kirkhope said he shared many of the criticisms regarding ‘red tape’ but dispelled the notion of a European superstate: “We don’t have a superstate, we are not likely to have that, and people in the member states would not like that.” Linda McAvan stressed her firm belief in local government and taking decisions close to the people. She argued for taking decisions on each issue at the right level: “I don’t think you could run a health service at a European scale, but for some rules you need such a European level, as it happens with the environment.” |