HIRING FAMILY MEMBERS AMONG FRENCH POLITICIANS

Nepotism is part of French institutional genetics.The sense of entitlement, and indeed nepotism, is an inheritance of the country’s monarchical culture, political experts and historians say. Employing family members bears witness to a culture of caste or oligarchy that makes it absolutely natural for politicians to profit to the maximum from political power.

MEPs AND LOSS OF IMMUNITY

The Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament precisely determines the way the MEP can lose his or her immunity: 

EU CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

AUSTRALIA

1.CANBERRA ANU Centre for European Studies, The Australian National University Canberra

2.MELBOURNE EU Centre at RMIT University

WHAT MEMBER STATES NEED TO DO TO INTEGRATE FURTHER INTO THE SINGLE MARKET

Source: LE EUROPE REPORT Commissioned by AmCham EU

The recommendations below offer concrete steps for EU Member States to integrate further into the Single Market. They are based on a review of all ongoing European Commission cases against Member States (for lack of or incorrect implementation of EU directives; and breach of EU law). The cases with the greatest impact on the functioning of the Single Market form the basis for the country-specific recommendations.

Austria

SINGLE MARKET ACHIEVEMENTS

Based on a Report Commissioned by AmCham EU

Unemployment

  • Lowest unemployment Rate: Czech Republic (3.5%), Germany (3.9%)
  • Highest unemployment Rate: Greece (23.0%, Spain (18.4%)

Performance in terms of single market integration (2015)

  • Best performance: Malta, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Ireland, Slovakia
  • Worst performance: Greece, Cyprus, UK and Italy

Implementation of single market legislation

THE ESSENTIALS OF SOURCING FOR JOURNALISTS

Source: REUTERS (The Essential of Reuters Sourcing- Handbook of Journalism)

When to source

You must source every statement in every story unless it is an established fact or is information clearly in the public domain, such as court documents or in instances when the reporter, photographer or camera operator was on the scene. Good sources and well-defined sourcing help to protect the integrity of the file from overt outside pressures and manipulation and such hazards as hoaxes.

POSSIBLE EVOLUTIONS OF AND ADJUSTMENTS TO THE CURRENT INSTITUTIONAL SET UP OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

European Parliament resolution of 16 February 2017 on possible evolutions of and adjustments to the current institutional set-up of the European Union (2014/2248(INI)

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