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SUMMARY:UNITED KINGDOM - UNIVERSITY OF MONTFORT - Ben PATTERSON
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]De Montfort University organized seminars and classes for undergraduate and postgraduate students. Followed by open debates. The day of Europe involved a meeting with local school children. Mr John Bowis\, Mr Ben Patterson and Ms Doris Pack\, former MEPs\, participated in this programme. \nBen PATTERSON\, FMA Member\, participated in this event. \nReport mission: EP TO CAMPUS VISIT TO DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY \nWithin ten minutes of my arrival at de Montfort\, the clock went back over fifty years: I found myself sitting in the front row at a lecture on the mathematics of fiscal stabilisers. Was I −oh\, Lord! – having to prepare for an economics exam again? And then I was up myself to answer questions on the subject. \nContacts between students studying a topic academically and those who have had to apply what they have learnt in the practical world are useful to both sides. The problems of the Euro Area in combing a centralised monetary policy with devolved fiscal policies were clearly relevant to the fiscal policy class; and also to the next one on monetary policy. Attending academic lectures can also remind ex-MEPs of fundamentals which may have been forgotten over the years. \nI had\, as requested by the Former Members Association office in Brussels\, prepared a written paper on the history and problems of the Euro. But it was not needed. Unsurprisingly\, the focus of all the discussions\, and in particular the general question-and-answer sessions\, was Brexit. What was going to happen if and when the UK left the EU? Doris Pack and I struggled to find satisfactory answers. Almost all the students and staff appeared to be Remainers\, and it was difficult to deny that no arrangement outside the EU could possibly be as good as not leaving in the first place. \nBut then there was a bewildering array of options\, ranging from EEA membership plus Customs Union (probably\, in due course\, leading to an EU return)\, to a cliff-edge crashout next year. It was necessary to explain that nearly everyone else\, and almost certainly the UK government\, were as much in the dark as we were. \nThe university had issued us with an envelope-full of vouchers for use in the various canteens on campus\, which I mostly spent on coffee. But we were also entertained to two excellent dinners in town\, after the first of which we went to the site of Richard III’s burial and saw something of the old\, now partly pedestrianised city. The de Montfort campus itself extends over quite a large area; and if there is one complaint we had it is that the local taxis seemed at a loss when trying to drop us off at the right building. \nMy visit ended\, as it had begun\, with attendance at two classes on special policy fields\, both under the supervision of Professor Alasdair Blair\, the university’s Jean Monnet Professor of International Relations\, and overall organiser of the event. The first was on the CAP\, a subject that has been endlessly debated and reformed over the years. I was able to recall the days of butter mountains and wine lakes\, and even\, before that\, of the UK’s expensive deficiency payments system. Now we have the Basic (formerly Single) Payment Scheme\, based on how much land you own. What\, we wondered\, was coming next? \nFinally\, after a short session on the British political situation – a subject for three days’ discussion in itself – I headed off back down the M1 to London.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:http://www.formermembers.eu/event/united-kingdom-university-of-montfort-23-25-january-2018/
CATEGORIES:EP to campus
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180226
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SUMMARY:United Kingdom - De Montfort University - Doris PACK
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]De Montfort University organised seminars and courses for undergraduate and postgraduate students followed by open debates. On Europe Day there was a meeting with local schoolchildren. Mr John Bowis\, Mr Ben Patterson and Mrs Doris Pack\, former Members of the European Parliament\, participated in this programme. \nDoris PACK\, FMA Member\, participated in the event.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:http://www.formermembers.eu/event/royaume-uni-universite-de-de-montfort-23-25-janvier-2018/
CATEGORIES:EP to campus
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180201
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180203
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SUMMARY:Giobetti-Volta Bagno a Ripoli - Niccolò RINALDI
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nIn 2018\, the Historical Archives have developed a programme for high schools focused on three main themes: Brexit\, Migrations and Rising of nationalist movements across Europe. The meetings were attended by our members Monica Baldi\, Luciana Castellina\, Vitaliano Gemelli\, Gisela Kallenbach\, Niccolò Rinaldi\, Riccardo Ventre\, and Sir Graham Watson. \nNiccolò Rinaldi\, FMA Member\, participated in this event.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:http://www.formermembers.eu/event/giobetti-volta-bagno-a-ripoli-2-february-2018/
CATEGORIES:The Historical Archives
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SUMMARY:Liceo Artistico Alberti - Graham WATSON
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nIn 2018\, the Historical Archives have developed a programme for high schools focused on three main themes: Brexit\, Migrations and Rising of nationalist movements across Europe. The meetings were attended by our members Monica Baldi\, Luciana Castellina\, Vitaliano Gemelli\, Gisela Kallenbach\, Niccolò Rinaldi\, Riccardo Ventre\, and Sir Graham Watson. \nGraham Watson\, FMA Member\, participated in this event.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”PROGRAMME IN FLORENCE\nMission report” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23000ead” google_fonts=”font_family:Raleway%3A100%2C200%2C300%2Cregular%2C500%2C600%2C700%2C800%2C900|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]It was on a cold February morning that I made my way from the charming Florentine hotel into which the Historical Archives of the EU (HAEU) had booked me to the magnificent Villa Salviati\, built on the remains of the 14th century Montegonzi Castle\, famous for its cultivation of grape and jasmine. It passed through the hands of wealthy Italians\, Brits\, Swedes and Americans before being abandoned in the last century and bought in 2000 by the Italian government for the European University Institute. Today\, restored to its former glory at the foot of a Cypress-lined path\, it contains over 7km of shelving under an ornate English garden and alongside a vividly decorated grotto for the EU’s archives\, including those of Spinelli\, de Gasperi and Spaak. \nHere I was to address school students from the Liceo Artistico Alberti about my life as a MEP and to assist them in their project on the challenges facing Europe. Director Dieter Schlenker also kindly invited me to talk to a dozen researchers currently attached to the HAEU about the papers I have deposited there from my twenty years in Parliament\, covering particularly my time as LIBE Committee Chair (1999-2001) and Liberal Group Leader (2002-2009). And the impressively well organised archivist Mary Carr was very helpful in assisting me with research I am conducting into the life of Sir Russell Johnston\, MEP from 1973-1979 and subsequently President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. The HAEU regularly invites schools in Florence to make use of its facilities and organises programmes in European awareness for their senior pupils. I am but one of the former MEPs fortunate enough to have participated and am pleased to commend the experience to others.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:http://www.formermembers.eu/event/liceo-artistico-alberti-12-february-2018/
CATEGORIES:The Historical Archives
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SUMMARY:Dino Compagni - Monica BALDI
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”9544″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]In 2018\, the Historical Archives have developed a programme for high schools focused on three main themes: Brexit\, Migrations and Rising of nationalist movements across Europe. The meetings were attended by our members Monica Baldi\, Luciana Castellina\, Vitaliano Gemelli\, Gisela Kallenbach\, Niccolò Rinaldi\, Riccardo Ventre\, and Sir Graham Watson. \nMonica Baldi\, FMA Board Member\, participated in this event.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:http://www.formermembers.eu/event/dino-compagni-19-february-2018/
CATEGORIES:The Historical Archives
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180228
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SUMMARY:Liceo Artistico Alberti - Gisela KALLENBACH
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nIn 2018\, the Historical Archives have developed a programme for high schools focused on three main themes: Brexit\, Migrations and Rising of nationalist movements across Europe. The meetings were attended by our members Monica Baldi\, Luciana Castellina\, Vitaliano Gemelli\, Gisela Kallenbach\, Niccolò Rinaldi\, Riccardo Ventre\, and Sir Graham Watson. \nGisela Kallenbach\, FMA Member\, participated in this event.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”SOMETIMES THINGS JUST DON’T WORK OUT AS PLANNED\nMission report” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23001891″ google_fonts=”font_family:Raleway%3A100%2C200%2C300%2Cregular%2C500%2C600%2C700%2C800%2C900|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]It was an exciting prospect: I was going to take part in the teaching project run by the EU Historical Archives in Florence. My contribution would be to participate in not one but two panel discussions with students and school pupils focusing on my practical experience of life as a Member of the European Parliament and on specially chosen topical issues\, such as Brexit\, migration\, the re-emergence of nationalist movement in (almost) all parts of Europe and the future of European integration. And all that on the eve of the Italian elections. I was determined to do my best to make it clear that\, against the background of the ever more pressing challenges of a globalised world\, there is no alternative to a strong\, united Europe which acts as a force for peace. Unfortunately\, Mother Nature had other ideas. During the night of 1 March a thick blanket of snow fell on Florence\, bringing public life to a halt. All schools and universities were closed\, and only a very few buses and trains were running. Both my panel discussions fell victim to the weather as well. \nHappily\, though\, I was still able to visit the Historical Archives and see at first hand just how committed the staff there are to their work. I must admit that previously I had not given that work much thought. It was all the more impressive\, therefore\, to be able to browse through old documents\, to come ‘face to face’ with people who were present when European history was made and to read their accounts of those events. Some of what they wrote about has been forgotten; much of it\, today\, is taken for granted. Keeping documents and assessing them in the light of their historical significance is a vital task of immeasurable value both for us and for future generations. Those documents bear witness to motivations\, emotions and hopes; they embody memories of people who argued and suffered to shape a Europe with a future based on peace and mutual respect. I would urge researchers\, journalists and historians to visit. My stay in Florence also offered me an ideal opportunity to share my memories and experiences of life as an MEP\, as my contribution to the ‘Oral History’ project. \nWorking under the auspices of the European University Institute (EUI) and in cooperation with the Historical Archives and the De Gasperi Research Centre\, a small group of former EP officials\, coordinated by Alfredo De Feo\, wants to put together a collection of representative first-hand accounts which show how the history of the European Parliament can be portrayed in a more personal\, more vivid and more comprehensive way. More than 100 former Members have already agreed to take part. If at all possible\, the results are to be published in book form before the European elections in 2019\, exactly 40 years after the first direct elections to the European Parliament. I hope that the remaining hurdles can be overcome and that many former Members will share their memories\, in the service of the project. \nI am sure that the detailed appraisal of the successes achieved\, and the shortcomings brought to light\, which this project may trigger can make a significant contribution to the work of the EP. Strengthening the EP and making it more democratic is a long-held wish of the European family of peoples. Even though in Florence I was denied the opportunity to hold a free and frank discussion with young people about the present and future of our shared European project\, I can say this: we have every reason to work together to continue what our forefathers started more than 70 years ago\, in keeping with the saying that only those who understand their past can face the present and the future with open hearts.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:http://www.formermembers.eu/event/liceo-artistico-alberti-1-2-march-2018/
CATEGORIES:The Historical Archives
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SUMMARY:CYPRUS - UNIVERSITY OF LANCASHIRE - Barbara WEILER
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nThe University of Lancashire organized a series of activities with students and a workshop\, with the judiciary and academics. \nBarbara WEILER\, FMA Member\, participated in this event. \nMission report: LECTURE AT UCLAN UNIVERSITY \nUclan – the University of Central Lancashire in Larnaca – provides a unique and innovative model of university education which is both Cypriot and British at the same time. There are close links with Europe through Jean Monnet modules and the Erasmus+ programme. Not surprisingly\, many students and teachers are of international origin. It is quite possible that an island on the extreme geographical periphery of Europe may be the ideal place to conduct such an experiment\, and I consider it a great success. There was an open atmosphere\, with a willingness to engage in debate\, and a high standard of innovative new approaches. Impressive! \nOn the first day\, the main event was debates with students on the campus. Various lectures were given in the course of the day\, all of them very well attended. The main subject was European social and employment policy\, including Juncker’s European Pillar of Social Rights initiative; Parliament’s working methods and the possible consequences of Brexit were also mentioned. The students were committed and well prepared. \nOn the second day in Nicosia\, a round table with national and international judges was the main event. It was opened by the President of Cyprus’s Supreme Court. The European Court of Justice was represented by judge Anna Marcoulli. Here too\, similar subjects were discussed: how can socioeconomic rights be promoted and protected in the current financial crisis? In the ensuing debate\, the students called for the European Courts (in Luxembourg and Strasbourg) to protect citizens against the pressures imposed by the ‘trio’ and for a different political course. It was a lively debate\, in which conflicting opinions were expressed. \nIn addition to the official subjects on the programme\, a topic repeatedly raised was relations between the EU and Turkey (and more specifically the naval blockade prompted by the gas dispute\, which was taking place at that very time). \nI took the opportunity to go for a short walk in the Turkish part of Nicosia. I had already once visited the city some 30 years ago\, when the UN was everywhere and it was virtually impossible to visit the north. Since then\, much has changed\, but it seemed to me that distrust and prejudice persist. This makes it all the more important for the EU to support projects such as Erasmus+.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”9872″][vc_column_text] \nUCLAN students \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:http://www.formermembers.eu/event/cyprus-university-of-lancashire-1-2-march-2018/
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