There is one phenomenon that anyone more or less connected with the EU bubble (even loosely, based at local or national level) is quite familiar with: EU-funded projects. They have been around for the last decades and it seems like they are here to stay. There’s nothing wrong with that, one may say and indeed, [...]
An ambitious policy: “The EU’s rural development policy is all about meeting the challenges faced by our rural areas, and unlocking their potential.” Especially the ‘new’ EU member states hoped to benefit from these funding programmes after joining the EU. Here is Alina Mungiu Pippidi‘s ‘Romanian reality check’ taken from her forthcoming book “A tale [...]
Something lighter for a change. What do all these words have in common? AGORES, DAPHNE, EQUAL, HOPE, JEREMIE, JASPERS, JESSICA, RAPID, Marco Polo, PRADO, PRELEX, PROGRESS, SIMAP, TRANSIT, URBAN, Ok, the question was rather rhetorical: There are of course all acronyms for EU programmes, EU grants and some EU databases. In case you still don’t [...]



