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WelcomeCroeso
Cardiff EDC NewsFebruary 2010
helping you find out about the European Union and the countries of Europe
promoting debate about the EU and European issues
encouraging you to ask questions, give your opinions and make suggestions to the EU
Cardiff City HallTuesday 9 February 2010
10:00 – 14:30A free one day fair, exhibition, information sessions and workshops aimed at
14-19 year olds, featuring music, dance, careers, language tasters and useful information about studying and working abroad. Combating Social Exclusion
and Poverty will be the European theme for 2010. Pre-booking essential.
Forthcoming talks, lectures and seminars on European themes in Cardiff
All welcome
Education, Culture and Society Research Group
3 February 2010 12:00 – 13:00
Room 1.79 (Glamorgan Building)
Speaker – Professor Alistair Cole (EUROS)
Wales in Europe
3 February 2010 17:30
Law Building, Park Place, Cardiff – Room 0.22
Speaker – Professor William A. Schabas
International Criminal Law and the
European Court of Human Rights
European Governance, Identity & Public Policy Research Unit
10 February 2010 17:00 – 18:30EUROS Building, 65 Park Place, Cardiff – Room 2.18
RoundTable: After Lisbon: New Leadership in Europe?
European Council and the CommissionProfessor Stijn Smismans, CLAWS
The European ParliamentEluned Morgan, Honorary Distinguished Professor, EUROS
The Franco-German ‘Motor’Professor Alistair Cole and Professor Kenneth Dyson, EUROS
Wednesday 3 March 2010 at 17:00Cardiff Law School, Museum Avenue – Room 1.28
Speaker: Professor Carol Harlow (London School of Economics)
The EU and the UN: The post-Kadi developments
Language Courses available Spring 2010
Croatian - French – German – Greek – Irish – Italian – Polish – Portuguese – Russian – Spanish – Turkish
http://choices1.cf.ac.uk/choices/languages.php
In the News…
Essen (Germany), Istanbul (Turkey) and Pécs (Hungary) are the
European Capitals of Culture 2010
In the News…
Spain holds the EU Presidency for the period January–June 2010
Website: http://www.eu2010.es
In the News…
MEPS hold Hearings to assess the new European Commission
Brussels, 11-19 January 2010European Parliament votes on the new
European Commission, 9 February 2010
European Commission activities inFebruary 2010 …
2 February 2010: Social Situation Report 2009 and SpecialEurobarometer: Social Climate Survey
3 February 2010: Application of the Stability and Growth Pact
4 February 2010: Conference on New Skills for New Jobs
9 February 2010: Safer Internet Day - Think before you post!
11 February 2010: 112 day – the single European emergencytelephone number
24 February 2010: Commission gives favourable Opinion fornegotiations to begin for Iceland’s application to join the EU
Elections inFebruary 2010 in Europe
Ukraine
Presidential (Second Round)
7 February 2010
Greece
Presidential (Indirect)
(delayed until March 2010)
Website: http://www.2010againstpoverty.eu
112 is the common telephone number to ring in ALL EU Member States
to get through to the Emergency Services
http://ec.europa.eu/112
112 Day 11 February 2010
In the News…EU Roaming Regulation
Entered into force on 1 July 2009
Cuts roaming costs for SMS, calls and data downloads up to 60%
Which role shall sport play in Europe?
Article 165 of the Treaty of Lisbon gives the EU soft powers on sports policy
Looking for information on these subjects
or anything else connected with Europe?
Please ask EDC staff
or use
http://www.europeansources.info
April 2009 – March 2011
is now freely available to libraries, schools and public bodies in Wales
Please ask for details
http://www.europeansources.info
Welcome to the Youtube space of the European Union
http://uk.youtube.com/EUtube
Have your say…
Debate Europe websitehttp://europa.eu/debateeurope/index_en.htm
EU Bookshop Digital LibraryFrom October 2009
all EU publications can be downloaded free from the EU Bookshop website
Find out what is happening…
Give your opinions …
Welsh Members of the European Parliament 2009-2014
• Jill Evans
• Kay Swinburne
• Derek Vaughan
• John Bufton
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