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    Livewell for Low Impact Food in Europe: Eating our way to a healthy planet  

    What can individuals do at a personal level to reduce greenhouse gas emissions? Since the food sector accounts for about 30% of energy consumption and over 20% of greenhouse gas emissions, how can we curb the spread of our ‘Western’ diet?

    How can we stop the rising epidemic of diseases such as obesity, diabetes, heart and cerebrovascular diseases? Programme


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    The No Smoking Orchestra at Friends of Europe  

     
    The twice-awarded Palme d'Or director Emir Kusturica will perform at a Friends of Europe event with his band The No Smoking Orchestra next Monday February 27.

    The concert will follow a discussion on how Serbia can create a climate more conducive to foreign direct investment.  Programme


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    Solidarity and austerity: The 2012 State of the European Union  

    Given the challenges that Europe is facing, ten leading Brussels think-tanks joined forces at their third annual Brussels Think-Tank Dialogue.  

    Giles Merritt, Secretary General of Friends of Europe called for a "message of fairness" from the EU, else it risks finding itself made the “scapegoat” for all of Europe’s ills. On the question of leadership, Merritt said, “just changing the boss is not the answer” and suggested there should be “genuine elections of the President and others at the top of the European Parliament”. Summary of discussions

    

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One year after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011, Debating Europe and Friends of Europe will bring together Dr. Hans Blix, former Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and Jo Leinen MEP, Chairman of the European Parliament Committee on the Environment, for a live head-to-head debate about the future of nuclear energy in Europe. Read more


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Addressing the European Parliament on 15 February, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti warned against the split in the European Union caused by eurozone problems. He said it was wrong to divide the EU into ‘peripheral’ and ‘central’ member states.
Michel Barnier welcomes the adoption of revised international standards against money laundering
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  A Chink of Light in the EU’s Democratic Gloom
by Julian Priestley It is useless to pretend that Europe’s voters either like or respect the EU’s democratic underpinnings. Julian Priestley argues that the coming contest between its two main political groupings to secure the EU Commission’s top job may open up a new era in EU democracy.
Europe’s World is the only Eu-wide policy journal with a readership of over 100,000 mark. Issues can be consulted at www.europesworld.org, as well as articles from a wide range of other sources on “Think Tank Europe” and the “European Ideas Community”.
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