Last Line In Lineage By Margaret Walker

With the information that reached us from Germany on pollution dioxin at more than 4,000 farms, the question arises: Do we all vegan? Because, indeed, are already many cases of presence of toxins in foods of animal origin of pests that make flu and cows that are wacky. I have my own answer is simple, but I argue them.

Beyond the potential impact on our health from consumption of any of these products, an issue certainly important, what these food scandals clearly bring out the whole production of a model animal with many more problems than advantages. I say a model because I refer exclusively to the prevailing form-very far from the well know farmer and livestock-raising and fattening animals on drums, stressed and rapidly, is that why it is called industrial or intensive farming, because it seems that pigs and chickens produce like nuts or vans.

analyze dioxin contamination in Germany gives us many clues. Pick up a magnifying glass, please. First notice that the contamination of a single feed mill could lead to health risks for many people. That is, the lens allows us to see that this production system has lost its self-sufficiency.
Factory farming of pigs, cows or chickens and are not fed with raw materials from the farm or nearby farms, but work completely broken land and the territory where they settle. Need-are 100% food-dependent mode I think come from abroad.

addition, the neoliberal political model has led to a great concentration of power at this point in the food chain, ys on very few companies control the entire market for livestock feed . Thus, a single consignment of feed contaminated spoiled millions of animals. One thing: a single company controls nearly 20% of the feed produced in Spain.

Without autonomy, the costs of any farm-dependent markets global commodity, and if, as is happening in these months, the speculation cereals or legumes creating higher prices at the Chicago Stock Exchange, prices of feed of Extremadura and Castilla farms will be affected . In short, this is a model that has been disappearing from our countryside for many small farms.

Secondly, reports say that one of the hypothesis of contamination of the feed in Germany is the use of contaminated oil from biodiesel plants by an excess of pesticides in soy that comes this green fuel. If we extend these data with the magnifying glass in hand we will observe concerned about what they feed the animals that would later become our food, cars waste vomit (remember two years ago the debate about the merits of these agrocombusitibles and how we said it would not compete with food for people? No not complement the rich for cars, for people waste ) soybean monoculture arrived in South America. Are the same crops that are appropriate oligarchies, landowners and large corporations, expelling the Argentine countryside, Bolivian, Uruguayan, Paraguayan ... to millions of small and small farmers who now sleep under cardboard roofs en las villas miserias.

Los que se quedaron en el campo denuncian constantemente cómo el uso excesivo de pesticidas envenena sus aguas, sus tierras y sus vísceras. Sí –han acertado–, los mismos pesticidas sospechosos del biodiésel.

Vamos, que en uno de los platos de la balanza de la ganadería industrial pueden sumar pobreza en el medio rural, riesgos sanitarios y destrucción del medio ambiente y, en el otro, su capacidad de producir muchos alimentos (o pseudoalimentos).

Sin embargo, tenemos otra forma de producir alimentos de origen animal: la ganadería a pequeña escala extensiva y trashumante , que –en comparación– provides many more benefits. Management involves much more animal-friendly, generating high-quality food products, can seize and maintain ecosystems of great ecological and environmental value, such as meadows and mountain pastures, as enormous advantage areas unsuitable for agriculture; contributes effectively to increase the organic matter and to preserve the vegetation cover of the poorest soils, helps to stem climate change is an effective weapon to control the proliferation and prevention of bush fires, and, fundamentally becomes in a sustainable activity that allows people in rural areas directly or indirectly involved in other economic sectors such as small food-processing industries, catering or maintenance of landscapes.

In addition (and this is my response to the initial question): There must be limits to intensive farming which only large corporations gain power. "

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already left the video has been released following the European Parliament Peredes Act 2010 (chronic posted on this blog about the meeting I , II , III, IV ).

A version with subtitles through the work of the ' Translation is the language of Europe '.

PS: Speaking of videos, I read in 'Goal Brussels' that a singer has been voted "Bruxelloise the year." Having regard to the role that politicians are doing in the country 'European' par excellence designation keeps his logic ... (You can read about the article, the 'march of the honte ' in myEUROPE and listen nice summary of protest in 'chaos politiekie ').

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start by recommending the 4 items that seem more synthetic and that best summarize the community response in relation to the revolt in Tunisia.
The first blog that I read so much lately, 'Bruxelles2', which takes stock of 'double standards' exercised by the Union in recent weeks in foreign affairs' Ouzbékistan, Tunisie. Une politique à l'Europe double standard? ', do not miss the end of the post, comparing the American reaction to European ...-.
In the same vein, but focusing on the attitude that is keeping the European Parliament in particular I refer to two usual sources, Quatremer and his article "L'honneur perdu (c'est à la mode) Barroso ' and good article published in 'Europe-27etc', entitled ' jusqu'où Parlement Européen his hat? ', especially interesting as a complement because it looks like the possible change in the Presidency of the European Parliament, which should happen this year at the hands socialist change little or nothing more than worrying Community Strategy.
Finally, the paper published by Human Journalism ' For why the EU was silent when the revolt broke Tunisian ', which takes a good look at economic issues, cultural and commercial, sometimes less' amplified' the political reaction, but equally important.

for me next Sunday magazine The European analysis I published under the title "When good are they '(who played in the blog). I hope can bring something new to everything that will be further discussed and analyzed so far (fortunately in euroesfera much and more hopeful that the example we are giving our community representatives).

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time watching them. They came at night each dragging a cart with the conquests of the day: clothes, pieces of useless appliances and other discarded things. Under the old corrugated warehouse fire was lit in a drum ... and began to play. The game board consisted of eight containers of yogurt from sewn line and eight equal odds that at breakneck speed filled and emptied with dried chickpeas. I lost my shyness and asked, and he told me who played Awale.

I looked for information. Three immigrants: two African and an Asian, knew how to play the game more played in the world, and particularly Manqala their mode of Oware. Manqalas seems that the first date of the seventh century after Christ, and have been located in the Gulf of Guinea. From there the game spread across Africa and today there are many variations of the game, which is explained by the transmission of oral play without fixed instructions from tribe to tribe. Biodiversión against monodiversión .

were Arab traders who frequented the West African coast who introduced the Manqala in the Middle East and from there, following the trade routes spread throughout Asia. With the "slave markets" also reached the American coast. The game quickly gained many followers because "forces you to think," he said. It is known that the Warriors were playing Oware Ghana just before going to war to test their intelligence and mental abilities. And if the king died, organized a items Awale, who won just be the successor. Hosts and intellectual monarchies. Even some say that these boards were initiated accounting systems. Did Gates copied to your spreadsheets?

instruments to play are simple and easy to African families find themselves Oware made: a piece of carved wood and seeds collected. O my friends, with a recycled version. Games unbreakable, without batteries or cables. The object is to go collecting the seeds we have planted ourselves in the wells and end-of course-with the bag bigger than your opponent. To play, one thing after is important to have all 64 cards the same. Chickpeas or any kind of seed that can not be distinguished, no white and black-and so does not belong to any player. They know, as people who are at the camp, "the seeds are who need them" Ban patents for seeds and genetically modified seeds.

The game plan is clear: "Sow properly if you want to reap as it should be" while respecting two rules sacred. First, "we can not eliminate the opponent" as if it were also destroy the land he cultivates. Who did by mistake, lose the game. "Whoever destroys the land of harvest, may not reap any more "Awale players say it directly to agribusiness, which seems not to know anything about sustainability. Second, "one can not starve the enemy." If our opponent is seeded, we must cede ours so you can keep playing. "Solidarity and brotherhood? 'You eat it and count twenty'. 'Checkmate'. 'Go to Jail, and if you want to be free to pay 50euros box' ... and other expressions are common in our games. White against Black, who previously reached wins, who collects the most money wins ... could be mirrors of racism, rush or hoarding behaviors that could classify as game-speak-as belonging to a model of capitalist life.

The Oware, I am told by the fire, learns in less than five minutes. A good method to retrieve attitudes of coexistence, respect, solidarity and "how not-fun and laughter. No fun no revolution.

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of dioxins and chickens. A media report that "The source the problem seems to be a plant in northern Germany that produces a variety of materials used for both forage production and for other industrial processes such as production of paper. "

And that is worlds away from the fiction that political project and witches, the reality on the moons is developed much more cruel and dangerous than most people think. Climate change, energy crisis, waste, pollution, biodiversity loss and now, a new setback to reviled prostitute and dietary pattern that has come, more the result of the frustration that the intrinsic gravity-media the magical orb.

with sidelong Some may minimize the awkwardness and other tearing his hair out, but within the logic of the system provides for feeding animals with fodder made within the same factory where they produce raw materials for industrial products did Why are we surprised when a few dizzy so busy dioxins are wrong bag and goes to the diets of chickens and pigs are crammed intensive farms and waste of any kind Samphan ?

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Before BSE, Belgian chickens, flu and various types of GM crops normal dizzy that contaminate food. Now they are a dangerous dioxin-intrusive, and we hit in the face on the seafront along the avenues of magical moons, modern and globalized.

This new food crisis is no small feat. has made public the existence of hens in Germany with a level of dioxins allowed twice and forced the closure of 4,700 farms as a precautionary measure. And the pollution in a borderless Europe trade has spread to the Netherlands, Slovakia and the UK.

In case you needed something more to this nonsense lunar-sized food, feed at the same levels have been found 164 times higher than allowed, a pesticide called PCP since 1989, is banned in Germany. According to media reports, the agrochemical itself is tolerated in some countries of Asia and America that is used in soy that are then included in feed ... In the soy? Will genetically modified soybeans? But the multinationals concerned and their acolytes of science and technology and politics, did not tell us that GM would reduce the impacts of pesticides?

And is that having more than 30 stickers to collect when recall that before, and now, however, collect be the food crisis one more to add to the financial, the economic, the energy, the climate, the moral, social, to the labor, etc. The reality, in short, shakes us back and shows us that the world around us and actually have a whole series of constraints and problems that will, sooner rather than later, curbing. The other option is to continue walking magic moons gobble us, poisoning us and we abstract, but in reality nothing more than shadows and cowardly sham.

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Writer, author of Park hammocks and responsible for Social Ecology Belianis .

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After so much destruction, poverty accumulated streets and fields ruined, no one knew how to restart or what was the next step to take. Food factories nanoproteínas prepared from artificial synthetic and natural fibers, like almost everything had been razed. Strategies were discussed: using seeds preserved in gene banks, proposed from the Imperial Geographical Society.

But they could not deal with companies that had patented, there were not enough, nor would know how to multiply. Back to raising cattle, said others, but so many years without people in the field were pulverized rural memory, and did not know where to find specimens to what or how to maintain them. The sea lice plague those born in aquaculture ponds and for decades they had jumped to all oceans and seas causing irreparable infestation.

From a distant village came the successful proposal. Here we have to Melinda, his profession is most needed at this time. She is' Dealer of Bees. " With a bicycle and a small trailer for beehives, as they always did in your family-can lead swarms upon request. Well she knew the storm safekeeping chemical, knowing that protected the most fabulous treasures of mankind.

Because if something happens, the world could not be green, jungle fruits, mosses, flowers, trees and mushrooms if we did not have the capacity altruistic bee pollination. It is known that honey bees account for over 90% of visits they receive the flowers of cultivated plants. Thousands of small gestures is invaluable, but if they want to quantify, this pollination is an economic benefit to the English agriculture in almost 3,000 million euros annually.

In Spain we are leading European bee colonies. is accounted for 2,459,373 a bee hives and more than 5,000 beekeepers and beekeepers working-ala-hand with them. However, as the farmers' union COAG, "despite its importance does not seem to worry too much the critical institutions of beekeeping, which now depends on the survival of honey bees." COAG denounces the lack of guidance and support in this sector beaten by the adverse weather conditions (which have reduced by 25% the production of honey), by the suspect and worrisome increase in mortality (over 30%) of individuals derived primarily from higher agricultural pesticides and industrial the competition difficult for the sector is the arrival of honey and pollen from third countries.

We listen, we know and perceive, biodiversity is seriously threatened. More than a third of species assessed by different agencies are at risk of extinction and it is estimated that 60% of the planet's ecosystems are in urgent need thorough cleaning to restore them to a minimum. Thus, measures to bees and beekeeping, as proposed by COAG which is declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, are actions necessary to heal our future.

- "Bees, bees to their gardens and orchards" , Melinda croons sweetly.

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The UN has declared 2011 as the International Year of forests to combat desertification and climate change. also to raise awareness of its importance in sustainable development to planet due to the economic, sociocultural and environmental factors that provide. To this end, throughout the year will promote strong international action towards sustainable management, conservation and development of all types of tree formations, including isolated trees.

will hear so much talk in the woods next twelve months, but I fear that little of trees and still much less than our nearest trees, urban, those in towns and villages. However, it is they who suffer more daily stress system hardness urban life, doomed to suffer a thousand assaults that included beatings, pollution, ditches or unjustified outbursts. If that was not enough to throw them in a hole surrounded by concrete and require them to give us all the oxygen and freshness that would if they grow in freedom.

The city tree is without doubt our most reviled neighbor. We want big, so young plants do not accept it will take decades to reach the desirable size for the developer to alternate on the sidewalks with street lights and litter bins. But we do not accept continue to grow, they thicken, take root and branches, leaves and have to bear fruit. In this way we can check to limit wild. And not content with it, instead of eventually expand their living space at least we will reduce to strangle him.

is scary the number of trees killed every year in cities . "For every tree we cut planted ten", justifies the mayor of my town every time a new arboricidio stars. Not enough for me. Each issue, like every living being is irreplaceable. He tore an ancient tree that had shaded Unamuno with the excuse of damaging the pavement and the street will never be the same.

As recognized in the Declaration on the Right to the Tree in the City Charter or Barcelona, \u200b\u200b"the city needs the tree as an essential element for life." And further: "The tree contributes to the strengthening of culture in place and in improving living conditions in urban areas, factors that determine the quality of life in the city."

This statement is from 1995 and has been endorsed by numerous English city. 15 years later, just walk down any street to see that the tree is still poor and abused citizens of the cities.

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Coinciding with the 'rentrée' I have found two projects that propose a different look to urban. Good to make a break before taking the subway back home ... The first is
Sleepycity where collected photos of European cities at night, especially in places 'banned' or hidden. If you have visited cities like Paris or London you will like.
The second a short film entitled 'High in London', about 4 minutes, shooting the city of London from the air, with a special zoom to capture the smallest detail (video here.)



I also take to recommend one of the texts that were pending and that E-Xaps published last December on the context pre-and post-election in Belarus. (Read it in ' important thing is not who votes but who counts ', and the comments you left here Catalan). On the same subject have been written many articles and posts these past few days. I recommend only three that I think summarizes the situation. First published in The Guardian, 'Belarus May seem to far away country, But We Have to Confront Europe's Mugabe' by Timothy Garton Ash. In that article remembered as the authoritarian Belarusian regime is not 'incidental', which would facilitate the strategy of 'approximation' of the scheme to the European Union, but such violence is inherent to the dictatorial nature with which the Belarusian government understands how governance and politics. The second text is a post on the blog of Robert Amsterdam (a specialist on the subject and collaborator of the think tank European Council on Foreign Relations): ' Lukashenko's balancing act. " It insists that the priorities of Lukashenko and the Belarusian regime can not be analyzed through the prism of 'values' or 'changes' legal. Belarus remains a country approaching from Europe or Russia purely in terms of their economic, commercial and strategic. This strategy per se does not guarantee any changes 'political'. The third work that I wanted to recommend is the 'newspaper' published by the association responsible for JEF (Young European Federalists) in Belarus during the days after the presidential election (you can read in the magazine Le Taurillon ).

I mention an interesting little article a few days Europa451 on Greco-Turkish relations and the global concept of 'wall' or 'opposition' in the way structure much of the current European external relations. Take this opportunity to thank the journal recommend Passport Europe, is a pleasant surprise for me are a benchmark to use as you know very often.

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almost certainly fondly remember our youth, a natural feeling especially if they have been fifty-two years. But I think you have to remember with joy, a feeling not to return to the past. The nostalgia, however, yes, something that is useless and counterproductive as it fogs positive memories, spiritual track that has left our living.

The picture we see is taken in Loredo, a village near Santander to another bay. We're on the doorstep of our common friend Angel Hill.
The accompanying photo is Felix Oscar Odriozola. We had just back to spear fishing in nearby Sarreda Poza, you know, where he lived " my friend the octopus."

Felix did not fish, only accompanied us and so fun. I can not say the same, I was an avid fisherman but lately only with cane.

The picture is from 1958 and belongs to our "green years" when we had the world premiere and the life ahead.

Felix was, by then, a cheerful but serious friend who watched our subsea developments with interest but without sub-hunting hobby. Had not yet had occasion to bring out their passion disclosing. At that time practicing falconry, falcons and hawks that had trained them getting further maintenance hiring them to film.

were years of a happy, green and fertile youth that was developed in our future, a future where love blossomed and Felix's boundless enthusiasm for nature.

In the years following Oscar and I dilute our mundane chores, only budded in the summer. Meanwhile Felix was developed with love, determination and enthusiasm these young green shoots.

And its unique and passionate word was apprehended in the heart of the people and that is why today, survived by his memory, respect and admiration to generate creative and robust "green years" for the benefit of nature.

Felix The memory that has lasted us a lively and proud loving memory, in the rest of the English respect feelings of admiration and gratitude.

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Article published in the journal The European ', 02/01/1911
To read the original edition of the article click here .
Thanks as always to the magazine for your confidence.

'At this time they have a strong connotation of reunion' family 'we are accustomed to various Heads of Government send a message public support for the troops serving overseas. It is a way to connect public and legitimate institutions that represent us in the military who are out doing their duty.

split screen that appears on our TV and connects to different detachments hidden deployment yet much more complex than it seems. Since 2003 the EU launched its European Security Strategy that screen has been gradually filling troops not acting under the mandate of 'national' in our respective countries, but as part of a joint task force with a mandate from the European Council or Council of European Union.

This Christmas, civilian and military members from 14 European missions be working for the security of our continent (6 in Western Europe, the Balkans, the Caucasus and Eastern Europe, 3 in the Middle East, 1 in Asia Central and 4 in Africa). Ten of these missions are civilian or mixed between civilian and military and are designed primarily to monitor and provide training for future police officers, judges, soldiers and border guards in countries where lack of security can threaten interests and principles of the Union.

Many of these professionals perform their duties without bear arms and do their work in unstable regions of which depends on one's own safety and welfare of Europeans. Beyond the recent withdrawal-after 5 years of English troops deployed in the Balkans, the European Union continues to field and 1448 military and 112 police officers serving mission EUFOR ALTHEA BiH and EUPM BiH. In the same region 1490 are working professionals (including police and civilians) deployed with the mission EULEX Kosovo . To those who are added in the Caucasus for example the 323 policemen in supervision, observation and border control missions serving EUMM Georgia and Georgia EUSR BST. Other professional military and are deployed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine, Ukraine, or in Somalia, following the call EUNAVFOR Somalia 'Atalanta' (one of the most recent missions and more numerous in terms of deployed military to combat piracy in the Horn of Africa).

The European Union operations move a total of 3574 military and 2437 civilians in addition to professionals from other countries are not even members of the Union like the U.S. and Turkey. In the case of Turkey, the EU's most important partner is not in such operations, security cooperation dates back to 2003 and is currently deployed 354 soldiers under European command.

addition to these temporary units, the European Union set itself a series of objectives for 2010 among which the formation of 18 'small' Permanent Battle Groups ( Battlegroups ). Using a rotation system ensures that the Union two teams each consisting of 1500 soldiers are always on standby in case they needed. These professionals, although not necessarily see them or are 'made', continues to train and focus semester after semester at headquarters used by the European Union. To name some of them, groups that are of 'guard' from 1 January are the so-called 'Nordic Battlegroup ' (known to be one of the rapid reaction group that has promoted a system of recruitment and Specially trained demanding and even has its own logo) and the group led by the Netherlands.

Following the same logic, European Union also scored goals for 2010 in terms of mobilization of civilian experts express . Objectives were largely met, with the development since 2007 the so-called ' Civilian Capability Management Tool', a database that anticipates the type and number of staff would be required to act according to different crisis situations (political, environmental, terrorist attack, repatriation of citizens ...). This database must be updated Member States on a recurring basis mentioning the units are able to provide. The system is complemented with a list of the names of those experts who have followed a specific training of the European Union that could be mobilized if you need immediate action.

The European Union is still far from having an 'army' of Europe, but his foreign policy skills have opened doors to new concerns about its military and civilian capabilities. Community missions, as opposed to 'national', they decided unanimously by the Heads of State and subject to Community and international law, which specifically lists the cases in which they could use this 'force' European (Mainly in cases of peacekeeping , stabilization and development).

There is still a stretch for the Union together may be able to mobilize 60,000 men and women to act in a crisis situation, whether under the command of the UN or the EU itself. However that was one of the goals that were scored different States in 2003 after suffering in their own flesh the inability to act in the Balkans and the marginalization which is an uncoordinated strategy (who remembers the European crisis because of divergences in the Iraq War, or more recently Obama encampment during the English EU Presidency alluding to the weak profitability in coming to talk to 'Europe'?).

The Union general budget for 2011 amounts to 17% of what it spends only U.S. Defense. Despite these limitations, the common security policy continues to advance. Those who make it possible are very real people who work at risk under a joint and multinational command. It costs us our point of view with 'state' of external relations, but they are there. All of a country while all '.

PS: on this subject I began my collaboration on the project ' Sesióndecontrol ', which has a more recognized and motivated address in the field of digital citizenship and communication. I advise the project web and legal bases worked (follow him on twitter: sesiondecontrol). You can check my record ' beyond' our 'troops ', published on 02.01.1911, I also left a suggestive note on European citizens' initiative 'l a citizens' initiative will be electronic or otherwise. "

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general degradation of ecosystems is a fact most of the planet. For example, intensive land use by conventional agriculture, as well as depleting the resource, contaminated soil and aquifer media the use of pesticides and increase exponentially the natural concentration of nitrates in the ground. The rising temperatures, pollution, overpopulation, the change of periods of rainfall and the amount of these contributions, among others, the degradation of ecosystems, both terrestrial and aquatic-increasing complexity of the problem.

One of the most visible effects of ecosystem degradation is the proliferation of invasive species, plant or animal. In Europe have registered more than 10,000 alien species, about 1,400 in Spain. To get an idea of \u200b\u200bthis problem's Strategy European Union Invasive Species has been estimated at about 20,000 million per year the cost involved in the invasion of these species. When talking about this issue tend to think of alien species, ie outside the region where they are; often noted for its exotic and attract our attention. However, most of them are native species but have proliferated beyond their natural habitats. Jara nettle or are well-known cases.

growing invasion of a number of species in the environment causes serious problems in almost all trophic levels. Humans have changed since the beginning of time their environment, emphasizing this trend since the introduction of agriculture and livestock at the beginning of civilization and acute in the industrial era. Part of living things as you have adapted to changing circumstances caused by humans-in a very short period of time if we talk in terms of evolution. Another faction has succumbed and become extinct. species are called invasive, exotic or not, have used only a few circumstances that have been favorable. Many are generalist species tend to be less demanding with the various environmental parameters and, moreover, the means they find a habitat anthropic excellent for development.

This leads to a reduction in the number of species in the biosphere, both flora and fauna. Has considerably decreased biodiversity on Earth by the simple fact that a few species occupy and dominate the different habitats. Some authors explain that this has led to a homogenization, biotic homogenization on a global scale: there are fewer and species that thrive are increasingly ubiquitous in the absence of competition.

for man and nature, this loss of biotic diversity leads consequences difficult to analyze the size and complexity of the case. And besides, given the unpleasant impression that this homogenization given to all levels currently : in nature, in the political system, the economic, thought and even in the way of being of everyone.

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First of all happy new year! 2010 has been, following a trend that had its climax in the crisis of the European constitution, a period where the shadows and uncertainties have occupied a good part of the stage of community building.
not been given the 'step' history that the European project closer to the heart of citizens ("Maybe when let us choose the President of the Commission?). The Union is built, as it can, in most cases a trailer on the circumstances and facts. still largely dominated by state interests against the community. Bad time for 'idealism' , 'values' and called 'Europeanism' . The international and global financial dynamics have not helped. In the realm of emotions and attachment, Europe continues to decline. However

strides have been institutionally and legally, with some retrospective unimaginable. The Union began in 2010 the hard (and in my view essential) way to a diplomacy and defense corps own -first step to long-term survival in a globalized world that He gave signs that Europe's role awaits if he can not stand as a geopolitical actor weight-).
In the financial field, immersed in a social and economic crisis without precedent, was the interdependence between European countries and the mechanisms that bind us to each other - like the euro - what motivated and enabled ' save' those that required it, and otherwise would have most likely fallen into an abyss. Our 'weakness' as English, Italian, German or Greek, our willingness to share some of our sovereignty and jointly regulate those flows that know no borders, was what we fell partly prevented in protectionism, nationalism and immobility in times of crisis. That oft-repeated error, so school and yet was plausible for a moment.

During the year we have lost many 'battles', to name just two that I keep especially painful stagnation a diplomatic project and internationally as the Union for the Mediterranean and the terrible omens regarding future financial resources of the Union, and with them the sustainability of the entire project.

The coming year holds for challenges certainly live up to it. But unlike 50 years ago, when the European Union was not yet 'nothing', is now a project that has been consolidated and created de facto solidarity of not only symbolic weight, but an ability to transform the reality we know. In this sense, the failures and successes are coming from the Union largely in the hands of their own bodies (the two Councils the Commission and Parliament ).

So all in all I think I'll stick with the same conclusion I drew for the English Presidency . Perhaps ultimately the greatest merit of the EU in 2010 was merely survive it. I leave the

links to two more complete summaries of European news: you can read the More Europe and blog Oh Europe. A few days ago I posted
also two collections of newspaper photos of the year. To let you take two more: the selection made by TIME and the New York Times (via Eyes of International, one of the blogs that I have recommended recently).

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