Generation Europe Community

“As nationalism rises, will the European Union fall?”

gefteam — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:17:05 +0000

By Charles Kupchan, Washington Post, 29 August 2010 The European Union is dying — not a dramatic or sudden death, but one so slow and steady that we may look across the Atlantic one day soon and realize that the project of European integration that we’ve taken for granted over the past half-century is no [...]

Emilie Turunen on unpaid interns: ‘we risk losing our generation’

gefteam — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:11:12 +0000

Interview by Matthie Amaré, cafebabel, 27 August 2010 In her soon-to-be-adopted youth unemployment rapport, the 26-year-old Dane has surely rewritten the tune of an infernal chorus. At 26, who better than the youngest member of the current European parliament to discuss a disenchanted population? Read full article here. Share this on Facebook Tweet This! Post on [...]

Internships: institutional exploitation?

gefteam — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:08:53 +0000

By Tanya de Grunwald, The Guardian, 17 August 2010 Are any big companies willing to condemn publicly the practice of exploiting the vast army of young, unpaid workers we’ve come to call “interns”? Read the full article here. Share this on Facebook Tweet This! Post on Google Buzz Share this on LinkedIn Share this on [...]

Europa Diary: Call for Translators

gefteam — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:27:59 +0000

Generation Europe Foundation is looking for English-Swedish and English-Dutch/Flemish translators for the next edition of the Europa Diary. This is a 9-month project, running from October 2010 until June 2011. The application deadline is 3 September. Further details and application packs are available here. Share this on Facebook Tweet This! Post on Google Buzz Share [...]

Une “génération perdue” hante l’Europe

gefteam — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:22:38 +0000

By Presseurop, 17 August 2010 …le chômage chez les 15-24 ans a atteint le nombre le plus élevé depuis la Seconde guerre mondiale. D’après une étude de l’Office international du travail (OIT), 5 millions des jeunes Européens étaient sans emploi en 2009. Read the full article here. Share this on Facebook Tweet This! Post on [...]

Young adults struggle to stay motivated in tough job market

gefteam — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:44:42 +0000

By Ann Meyer, Chicago Tribune, 9 August 2010 “It’s hard with the job market just to keep my motivation up,” said Berman, expressing a sentiment shared by thousands of young adults whose hopes for landing dream jobs have been dashed by a slow economic recovery. Read full article here. Share this on Facebook Tweet This! [...]

Summer School: European Landscape Convention

gefteam — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:07:17 +0000

There are 20 places available for members of the Generation Europe Community, between the ages of 20 and 25, to attend a three-day summer school on the European Landscape Convention from 25 until 27 August 2010 in Milan, Italy. “The young and the European Landscape Convention: on the eve of the Xth anniversary of CEP” [...]

Seeing Past the BP Spill

gefteam — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 08:57:25 +0000

By Alex Steffen, Worldchanging, 16 June 2010 And oil spills are far from the worst environmental disasters we’ve unleashed and are in the process of unleashing through the routine operation of our economy as currently designed. Read full article here. Share this on Facebook Tweet This! Post on Google Buzz Share this on LinkedIn Share [...]

Spooky swap

gefteam — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:09:12 +0000

By Laura Rozen, Politico, 9 July 2010 With the spy swap orchestrated on the Vienna tarmac this morning looking like it was out of a Cold War spy flick central casting, it’s perhaps no surprise that the CIA and Russian foreign intelligence service at the heart of the rolled up network played lead roles in [...]

Poland heads for election run-off

gefteam — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:21:57 +0000

BBC News, 21 June 2010 Poland’s presidential election is heading for a second round, with no single candidate getting enough votes to win Sunday’s first round outright. Read full article here. Share this on Facebook Tweet This! Post on Google Buzz Share this on LinkedIn Share this on del.icio.us Digg this! Send this page to [...]