Greens

Waiting for Vaclav Klaus

October 16, 2009 - Even following the unequivocal Irish “Yes” to the EU Reform Treaty, the European Union can still not breathe a sigh of relief. After the Polish President Lech Kaczynski signed the agreement on 10 October, the European Union is now only waiting for his Czech counterpart, Vaclav Klaus. Eva van de Rakt more»

The results of the European Elections

 - From 4 – 7 June, EU citizens were called to the polls to elect their European Parliamentary members for the next five years. The results of the Greens/European Free Alliance club at the EP are more than impressive, but also alarming, given that the expectedly low voter turnout was only 43.09 % Claude Weinber more»

Study

Green Identity in a Changing Europe

 - January 16, 2009 - The German Greens first fielded candidates nation-wide in the 1979 European Parliament elections. The Sonstige Politische Vereinigung DIE GRÜNEN, polling 3.25% of the vote, surprised everybody and this was a decisive factor in the founding of a national party, Die Grünen, the following year. more»

Study

The Future of the European Union and Green Policy

 - This publication presents a discussion of the future of the EU from a Green perspective. In what direction should the European Union head now? What should the future distribution of tasks between the EU institutions and the Member States look like? more»

European Union

Presidential Election in Sovakia: Outcomes and Context

May 27, 2009 - On April 4, 2009, Slovak citizens re-elected incumbent president Ivan Gašparovič for another term in office. In the second round, he received 55.53 % of the total vote, while his opponent, Iveta Radičová, gained 44.46 % of the total vote. The figures for the first round were 46.70 % and 38.05 %, respectively. Grigorij Mesežnikov more»

Bridging the Gap to the European Identity

 - March 27, 2009 - Robert Schuman has argued that a „true community requires at least some specific affinities. Countries do not combine when they do not feel among themselves something common.“ Using Schuman´s terminology, we may ask if the EU has at least ´some specific affinities´, if the citizens of the states in Europe believe that they have all something in common. Lukáš Sedláček more»

Five years of an enlarged EU: Where is Eastern Europe?

 - Five years after the enlargement of the EU in 2004 and 20 years after the political revolutions in Central and Eastern Europe, we should have plenty of reasons to celebrate. Instead, the threat of a new division of Europe is now being discussed. Eva van de Rakt more»

Gender Democracy

Europe without Barriers: Depends on for Whom

March 24, 2009 - The primary slogan of the Czech EU Presidency is “Europe without Barriers”. However, the current political representatives of the country primarily want to remove barriers in the areas of trade and business. Linda Sokačová more»

Publication

Gender Issues 2008 - Gender-Sensitive Education

 - April 27, 2009 - Assuming that it is important not only to implement the “hard core” EU legislation concerning the equality policy, but to implement it in the areas within competences of EU member countries as well, in 2008 the Warsaw Office of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, in cooperation with partner organisations from the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine, implemented a project analysing the system of education in individual countries in the context of gender equality. more»

Publication

Gender Issues 2007 - Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine

- July 31, 2009 - It is a great pleasure to present to you the newest publication of the Heinrich Böll Foundation Regional Office in Warsaw, devoted to the issues of gender equality. With this publication, we launch a new series aiming to develop in depth analyses of selected gender issues. more»

Events and Publications

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Civil Society and Peacebuilding

May 20, 2009 - Civil society is widely assumed to be an important actor for peacebuilding. As such, substantive focus has been given towards building and strengthening civil society, especially in countries experiencing or emerging from situations of armed conflict. In such environments, civil society is understood as playing an important role in reducing violence, and in facilitating the conditions necessary for building a sustainable peace. more»