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  • For 31 years the Right Livelihood Foundation is organising annual awards in the Swedish Parliament the day before the official Nobel Prize, the "Alternative Nobel Prize", for achievements in the field of sustainable development and civil society. This year the award was handed over on 6 December to Dr. Ruchama Marton.

    About real peace-makers

    For 31 years the Right Livelihood Foundation is organising annual awards in the Swedish Parliament the day before the official Nobel Prize, the "Alternative Nobel Prize", for achievements in the field of sustainable development and civil society. This year the award was handed over on 6 December to Dr. Ruchama Marton.

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  • There has been much talk about when or if the European Union will start speaking with one voice internationally and in foreign affairs. A lot of things instantly come to mind - energy policy, Human Rights, multilateral trade agreements, military activity - the list goes on.

    Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP)

    There has been much talk about when or if the European Union will start speaking with one voice internationally and in foreign affairs. A lot of things instantly come to mind - energy policy, Human Rights, multilateral trade agreements, military activity - the list goes on.

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  • The European Parliament is directly elected institution, which represents about 500 million citizens and their interests which are of course very differing. The EP is in close co-operation with the...

    About my activities

    The European Parliament is directly elected institution, which represents about 500 million citizens and their interests which are of course very differing. The EP is in close co-operation with the...

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  • The foundations for the development of the European Security and Defence Policy were established in the Maastricht Treaty, which entered into force in 1993, and according to which the ESDP is an integral element of the Union's common foreign and security policy (CFSP).

    Common security and defence policy (CSDP)

    The foundations for the development of the European Security and Defence Policy were established in the Maastricht Treaty, which entered into force in 1993, and according to which the ESDP is an integral element of the Union's common foreign and security policy (CFSP).

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  • As the European Security Strategy recognises that predicted global climate change will have increasing impact on stability and security in many regions around the world and more particularly in Asia and Africa, and in the context of the forthcoming new NATO strategic concept, the set up of an environmental security strategy is more than needed.

    Environmental security strategy

    As the European Security Strategy recognises that predicted global climate change will have increasing impact on stability and security in many regions around the world and more particularly in Asia and Africa, and in the context of the forthcoming new NATO strategic concept, the set up of an environmental security strategy is more than needed.

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  • The European Parliament decided on 12 December 2001 to set up an inter-parliamentary Delegation for Relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (D-NAT). The delegation is composed of 10 MEPs (Members...

    NATO delegation (D-NAT)

    The European Parliament decided on 12 December 2001 to set up an inter-parliamentary Delegation for Relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (D-NAT). The delegation is composed of 10 MEPs (Members...

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  • The main goals of this programme are to develop measures enabling the EU to get out of the economic and financial crisis and to establish a strong basis for <strong>sustainable growth</strong>.

    Working and legislative programme of the European Commission for 2010

    The main goals of this programme are to develop measures enabling the EU to get out of the economic and financial crisis and to establish a strong basis for sustainable growth.

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