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Various planetary limits have been, or may soon be, exceeded. What can we do about it?
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Putin's Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022.
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STRATÉGIE IA DE L’UNION EUROPÉENNE : TRANSFORMER LES CONTRAINTES EN AVANTAGES COMPÉTITIFS Hedi Blili-Gouyou et Guy T’hooft I. INTRODUCTION – LE PARADOXE EUROPÉEN Le narratif dominant sur la stratégie numérique européenne s’est cristallisé autour d’un constat alarmiste: l’Europe perdrait irrémédiablement…
Résumé exécutif Message clé : l’avortement n’est pas une opinion, c’est un droit. L’ECLJ et ses alliés veulent restreindre les libertés des femmes au nom d’une morale religieuse. Pourtant, la science, le droit européen, et la majorité des citoyennes et…
Communication du 4 juin 2025 au Parlement Européen Je suis ici à la demande de l’Association européenne de la pensée libre [AEPL] en tant qu’expert pour l’aide au logement, et en tant que président de l’association Solidarité Logement. Solidarité Logement…
"Moving forward together: a bolder, simpler, faster Union" Each year the Commission adopts its work programme, which lists the new policies and legislative initiatives it will be proposing to the legislative and budgetary authority,...
- STATEMENT BY THE EUROPEAN FREEDOM OF THOUGHT ASSOCIATION - Prime Minister, The current context requires us to reflect on a new strategy for the defence and sovereignty of the EU, which would involve the creation of a...
– PRISE DE POSITION DE L’ASSOCIATION EUROPEENNE DE LA PENSEE LIBRE – L’AEPL a pris connaissance, avec intérêt, de la récente déclaration de la COMECE appelant à la création d’une fonction de coordinateur pour la prévention de la haine antichrétienne…
Communication on 10 December 2024 from our Past President to the European Parliament, who had invited 8 speakers from organisations taking part in the dialogue on Article 17 of the TFEU. Once again, it is regrettable that only 2 organisations were philosophical and not political.
We are relaying an open letter from gynaecologists to the Catholic hierarchy in Belgium. Jette, 24 October 2024, Open Letter to Monsignor Luc...
Quelle Europe pour le prochain quinquennat 2024-2029 ? Partie II La Commission européenne. C’est naturellement dans le cadre de ce programme stratégique, que se sont inscrites les orientations politiques pour la prochaine Commission européenne 2024–2029, dans le discours intitulé «…
Brussels, 8 October 2024 Open letter from AEPL to the Rector of the University of Lausanne Dear Mr Frédéric Herman, Dear Rector of UNIL, 1) Introduction The European Free Thought Association, AEPL (https://aepl.eu), was created in 2007 with the aim of...
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