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The EP Intergroup on LGBT Rights
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The Intergroup on LGBT Rights is one of 27 working groups in the European Parliament (EP) dedicated to specific issues. According to its secretary, Bruno Selun, the Intergroup helps members to ensure that they are able to effectively promote rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. The main priorities of the Intergroup are the freedom of movement of LGBT people in the EU, the monitoring of the European Commission, combating LGBT discrimination at EU and Member State level, (...) - Economic & Social Affairs

The EU Year of the Citizens
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The European Year of Citizens is dedicated to European Union (EU) citizenship in order to encourage dialogue between all levels of government, civil society, and business and to build a vision of how the EU should be in 2020. Civil society in modern European democratic governance Given the great distance between European institutions and citizens in the EU nowadays, information technology appears ideally suited to bridge the communications gap. After all, the Internet facilitates the (...) - Current Affairs

Is austerity on its way out?
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Several high-profile European figures have recently shown themselves increasingly critical of austerity policies. This assumes that austerity is a choice, which it is not. For these policies to be successful, they need to come with structural reforms. The anti-austerity crusaders When the EU sovereign debt crisis started, there seemed to be unanimous political commitment amongst Europeans to start living a decent balanced-budget life. Almost three years on, political momentum has shifted. (...) - Current Affairs

JEF is a supranational, politically pluralist youth NGO with about 30,000 members in over 30 European countries. The goal of JEF is the creation of a democratic European federation as a guarantee for peace and a more free, just and democratic society. JEF fosters European citizenship, works for the widening and deepening of the EU and aims at bringing Europe closer to the citizens. Our ideas are spread through international activities and youth exchanges, publications, public actions and co-operation with other youth organisations. Read more on Short intro to JEF !