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EDITORIAL 03 JURI 04 AGRI 06 DROI 08 EMPL 10 FEMM 12 ITRE 14 SEDE 16 LIBE 18
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EDITORIAL
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The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.
Dear delegates,
By giving you these topic articles, we want to stimulate critical thinking and encourage you to form your own opinion. The Media Team Members have put a lot of effort into producing thought provoking and informative articles, stating a clear opinion on the topics you will be working on during the session. Since this is almost certainly your first experience at the European Youth Parliament (EYP), we can assure you that this will be an exhausting, but memorable experience. For most of you it will be the first time taking a deeper look into European politics and problems we face in our today’s society. “On the way to global security and sustainable development” is not only this sessions theme, but a present theme in our today’s society.
But this event is not only about politics and current issues. It offers you the possibility to get to know individuals from all over the continent, believing in the European dream and spreading modern values. There have been lots of people involved in making this event happen, so we sincerely hope that you make most out of the opportunity. Always desire to learn something useful. Most gratefully, Your Editorial Team
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JURI
Please, spy on me well
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Tel Aviv. It is 7 in the morning while two gentlemen meet in the prearranged point. One may see no emotions on their faces. Since the time the younger one started his training he has been doing well. He learned all new skills quickly. As well as this one – do not grab any attention. With no ‘hi’ word they started walking along the street.
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Yet enormous is the respect we have for spies, we hate being spied. – I prepared a few new tasks for today. Hope you slept well, because it is going to be a long day for you. – the older one said. – I tried. So what am I going to do?
Andrzej Daniluk (PL)
They passed a few blocks.
– You see that balcony? – the older one asked. – Yes, why?
– You have 15 minutes to appear – Everything in its own time. Let on it. Alone or with anyone from that flat, I do not care. Get there us reach the next street. only from the inside of the flat. Time start.
Hebdo’ office. The day later, a man related to brothers killed a MOSSAD, CIA, MI6, BND, SVR RF police officer and on 9th he took – these and many more secret hostages in a shop, then killed 4 service agencies in the world of them. The safety of people livhave been made for improving ing in the heart of Europe turned the safety both of each citizen out to be no more a claim but a and the whole nation. Some of question. them are more effective, some have more work and job of some Undoubtedly, refugee crisis was is harder than of the rest. Nev- one of the main factors of the ertheless, their aim is common Europe’s spirit state nowadays. – national security. The story Despite the fact that the leaders above speaks for its own. The of most powerful Member States variety of tasks each recruit gets find the path of open European before becoming a spy is hardly boarders as a right one, increasdefinable. Spies are smart, their ing number of citizens oppose to moves are swift and they are all these voices. They are terrified polyglots. However, these skills and fully justified for being so. are never a security guarantee. On the New Years Eve a group of 1000 men – due to witnesses Yet enormous is the respect we with an Arab or African look – have for spies, we hate being gathered in Cologne and threw spied. We believe in our inde- firecrackers to the celebrating pendence and claim rights to our crowd as well as committed privacy. We vote against mass sexual assault upon women and surveillance and mistrust na- cleaned them out. As of today, tional services. We want them the police is unable to identify to protect us, but we block most and hence, punish, most of agof legal ways to help them do it. gressors. Is it possible for such Naturally, everything has its lim- episodes to happen by chance? its but let us not be naive – intelligence agencies will find out However, when EU focuses on its everything they want to know, inner security by adopting the just with the difference of an il- European Agenda on Security legal way. If they can do so well by the European Commission, with citizens, why do they fail so terrorist attacks are a problem much with terrorists? spread all over the world. In the past 10 years we have been a wit2015 was a year when we were ness of happenings like bombing witnesses of many tragic inci- government district in Oslo and dents and attacks. The biggest killing 69 young people on the isand most vicious one happened land of Utoya in 2011 by Anders on 13th of November in Paris. Breivik, killing several people 130 people died in series of at- in Toulouse by radical islamist tacks by terrorists who were a Mohamed Merah in March 2012 part of ISIS. It was nothing else or bombings at Boston marabut a well organised mission that thon by two Chechen brothers must have been prepared for a in 2013 when 3 people died and long time before. What is more, 200 were hurt. the capital of France was hit one more time just a few months ear- All aforementioned incidents are lier. On 7th of January two broth- arguments which blame intelers killed 12 people in ‘Charlie ligence agencies for their gross
work and failure. While they try to work on nation security they forget about the cooperation with others. Despite the fact their abilities are high, they are not enough. Effects are explicit – dead people, terrified people and hollow security. EU citizens are people who wish to live in wealth and peace. What we achieved so far are Parisians hidden in their homes not be killed by terrorists armed with rifles.
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AGRI
Globalisation or desperation
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The demand for nutrition will always be the first need to be satisfied. Despite new technologies coming in our lives every day, people will never stop consuming, growing and making profit from food. Thus in 2014 the EU maintained its position as a world`s number one exporter of agricultural products representing more than 7% of all EU’s exports. Such a remarkable
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Could we make cougars and hedgehogs run in the same path or some of them will definitely lose? success would not be possible without large-scale enterprises continuing to grow in size and expanding their influence worldwide. But at the same time the vital role of small family farms operating in rural areas should not be underestimated. Thanks to them countryside remain protected from unemployment, attracting people who are searching for a quiet place to live in.
Olia Doroshenko (UA)
Moreover, large-scale businesses focus mainly on production volume and often do not take enough actions about organic components of their output and ecologically-friendly ways of production. At the same time, there are almost 11 million small farms across the EU where people are passing their experience in cropping, dairying and breeding down to the next generations
in a quest to maintain the high quality of their products. As a bad luck would have it, the challenge of global competitiveness on the food market forces many of them to step down from the daily fight for the market share (according to the statistics, the number of farmers has more than halved since the 1960s). So what should we undertake in this case and who is responsible for changes? Could we make cougars and hedgehogs run in the same path or some of them will definitely lose?
Talking about globalisation and its influence on European farming industry we insist on you remembering one more thing. Although many African children are still suffering from famine, developed countries are not stopping overproducing, which results in the gradual price falling. For example, the crop output in the EU increased in volume by 9% in 2014 comparing to the year 2013, but at the same time in the monetary amount the same output dropped by 10%. Above mentioned issues seem to be more than enough to think about solving the problem on international level. Fortunately, the EU had a lot of time to think about it and take their share of responsibility. It resulted in introduction of CAP (Common Agricultural Policy), revised in 2013 with a number of changes regarding help to European farmers. This document has a vast number of both supporters and opponents, but at the same time lingers on as a paper of a crucial importance for the future of European agricultural sector.
In recent years, farmers appeared to face and other obstacles, which enhance internal and external market competition. Firstly, call to memory the protests that happened in France in August 2015. People argued that incoming products from other European countries had undercut French food prices due to free market conditions set in the EU. As far as the rules of free trade agreement encourage the redistribution of volumes produced, the countries which are doing in specific industries a bit better than others appear to be losing their competitive advan- Why is it regarded as so controtages. versial? On the one hand, it provides farmers with direct payThere was also another thing ments aiming to increase their influenced people`s decision competitiveness by growing ento take to the streets to protest vironmentally-friendly cereals, their anger. The vast damage fruits vegetables and breeding on agricultural sector in the EU healthy animals. On the other has been caused by the Russian hand, higher ecological stanembargo imposed in 2014 in dards set by CAP could make response to the EU sanctions production more expensive and against Moscow’s aggression in can lead to the loss of producUkraine. Due to the restrictions tivity. Sounds rather challenging, European export of agricultural doesn’t it? products to Russia decreased by 23.5%. It has definitely resulted Another way for the EU to play in product surplus and has seri- its leading role in managing the ously affected agricultural prod- problematic aspects of agriculuct prices. tural sector is the hunt for new
markets with the goal to attract more countries to join the EU free trade area, offering them membership advantages. Thus, for example, tough negotiations between the EU and the USA regarding the possibility of establishing of the EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) are being held since June 2013.
In the far end, it is necessary to mention is that since the beginnings of humanity, we have not experienced a perfect balance in any industry. Setting up an economic stability is not an easy task. This is not mathematics with its precise formula - there is a man factor, years of discussions and vast sacrifices. It takes Europe great efforts to please large and small businesses, international partners and unborn descendants. Farmers are just the one link of a large mechanism which creates our world economy, but it is up to each of us not to stop thinking about improving it.
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DROI
Finding a new home
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Imagine that your home is a camp which you share with several thousand people; children and old people, all living in inhuman conditions. More than 16 million people are currently in need of assistance inside and outside Syria. That is double the population of my home country, Switzerland!
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Syrian families must find places to shelter on their own — places of last resort that others would never consider calling home. Susanna Schmied (CH)
The crisis in Middle East started almost five years ago. To illustrate you which huge impact this on the living standards of many families had, I will tell you a short story:
forced to call home.
At first glance, Douris in northern Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley is a seemingly normal rural village. Poultry farms and cowsheds dot the landscape. But hidden Abid, who fled from Syria to Leb- from obvious view is a growing anon more than a year ago, sits problem — Syrian refugees who with his eight children and his have fewer and fewer safe placwife in a cowshed they are now es to live. A look inside the poul-
try farms and the barns reveals a sad truth — refugee families are now living where chickens and cows lived just a year ago. In many cases, they are paying over $100 per month just to have a leaking roof over their heads and cow manure under their feet. Abids family is just one of thousands of Syrian refugee families who have resorted to living in unusual accommodations. Past several rows of former chicken coops (now inhabited by other refugees), the Al Azab family has turned a cowshed into their temporary home. “My family name [Al Azab] means ‘scavenger’,” says the father Abid. “We are suffering here and just trying to survive. It is a very hard life.” He and his wife and eight children share a single room that is about 10 feet by 12 feet in size. In the corner you can still see the trough where the cows used to feed — a strong reminder of their situation. Since there are no official refugee camps in Lebanon, Syrian families must find places to shelter on their own — places of last resort that others would never consider calling home. They end up in these barely habitable
structures partly because they cannot afford to pay rent for proper living accommodations, and partly to avoid triggering negative reactions from local communities, which are severely strained by the refugee crisis.
refugee program director at Human Rights Watch, said. “Financial pledges are crucial, but an effective response plan that also reforms bad policies is needed to resolve Syrians’ plight.”
Take those facts, figures, the story and quotation as suggestions and ideas how to develop meaningful solutions, improving the human right situation inand outside the EU. All the gaps need to be filled; all the helpless need our help. There have not been enough short-term and Actions to take by the Europe- long-lasting measures not just an Union and its member states to ensure security and health incould be divided in four broad side the EU but especially in refareas: to reduce the need for ugee camps outside the EU! dangerous journeys; to address the crisis at Europe’s borders; to fix the EU’s broken asylum system; and to ensure that the EU cooperates with other countries while improving refugee protection and respect for human rights, while the last one would being the most important one for me. No running water, no electricity, no heating, no sanitary installations, no medical care, no education, not enough food and so on, the list is endless. A situation we cannot accept: actions are needed desperately!
“As long as battles rage in Syria, refugees won’t be able to return, no matter how hard life is in host countries or how perilous the journey to Europe,” Bill Frelick,
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Education: the key to a bright future?
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According to Eurostat, in 2014 unemployment rate in the age group of 15-25 was 22%. The worst situation can be found in Spain and Greece, where the unemployment rate is above 50%. On the other side of the graph appears Austria and Germany. How is this possible that the disparity is so significant? Probably there is not only a single factor affect-
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Anyone who has even once read some job ads knows that most jobs require a master’s degree as well as a lot of experience and practical skills. ing the current situation, but it is a complex problem. Many reasons for this can be identified, such as changing needs of the labour market, economic crisis or the access to higher education at different levels of quality. It is widely known that you can choose from variety of educational institutions that provide a degree so your choice is really
Alicja Turakiewicz (PL)
important in that matter.
We were all told as a child, that we have to learn in primary school to get in to good high school, then to a prestigious, highly ranked University to finally get well-paid and satisfying jobs. Isn’t it true? Every teenager is sooner or later faced with the choice of its path of ed-
ucation, which is to help them in their future career. In most cases parents or grandparents
provide advice on these issues. Sometimes is worth it to continue the family tradition and join the family business. What if your parents cannot offer you help in your carrier path? Well, you would probably still have to listen to their advice and opinions based on trend which professions have high earnings. Of course, you could try to choose their way, but is it worth it to take difficult studies, which may not be as interesting as you thought, just because of the prospect of earnings? Everyone have to answer this question before one of the most important choices in life. Our parents’ generation aspired to the best education at the highest level, but now we can see the reversed trend in regards to employers in certain professions. Have you seen David Fincher’s “The Social Network” movie? At some point, the character of Peter Thiel appears the co-founder of PayPal and one of the first investors in Facebook. Thiel believes that we live in an „educational bubble”: “A true bubble is when something is overvalued and intensely believed,” he says. “Education may be the only thing people still believe in in the United States. To question education is really dangerous. It is the absolute taboo. It’s like telling the world there is no Santa Claus.” He decided to prove his thesis by an experiment: he chose 20 students who got paid for quitting college and instead starting their own business. Another interesting example of change in approach to education is the British EY (earlier known as Ernst & Young). They officially stopped
employing workers only on the basis of graduated college. Further, they claim that there is no relationship between success in college and professional work.
After all, anyone who has even once read some job ads knows that still most jobs require a master’s degree as well as a lot of experience and practical skills. For fresh graduates these requirements sometimes seem impossible to achieve. That is why young people often have to accept jobs which pay less and for which they are overqualified. It can even be worth it to sometimes submit a CV even though you do not meet all the required qualifications. So remember: Your future is in your hands. You can have 10 pages of CV but still don’t find a sat-
isfying job. If you are planning to get a higher education, be an active student. Try extracurricular classes, find students scientific association that would interest you, do something that stands out among the others. Always be open to learn new things, not necessarily in college but make sure to gain practical knowledge and experience whenever you get the opportunity, because hard work always pays off.
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FEMM
Domestic violence against women
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Focus on awareness, encouragement to report, speak out and take care of the victims is needed.
It is no news that women have been oppressed in our world for a long time, in regards to stereotypes and gender roles but also through physical and mental violence. This has been going on in real life, and especially through social media. What we see and experience in our everyday lives and how we perceive it, without doubt, contributes to forming
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our outlook on reality which, finally, helps setting norms in a society. No norm in our society explicitly implies that it is acceptable to use domestic violence against women, however, some suggest that one outcome of this oppression in our everyday society is domestic violence against women. This might be true; nevertheless, the ultimate,
Love Herén (SE)
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ideal solution to the problem might not exclusively be to challenge the norm of women’s role in society but also to focus on more short term solutions. The study carried out by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) revealed that 33% of women in the EU have experienced domestic vio-
lence after the age of 15, while 39% of women in the EU know of other women in the EU that experience or have experienced domestic violence. Methods to reduce this are suggested by the EU, including spreading awareness through campaigns, using programmes, policies and directives efficiently, encouraging member states to create specific national action plans and use victim and right-centred approach towards women in Member States. There is no doubt that the solutions in themselves are important and will be helpful in the process towards the reduction of domestic violence. However, most of these are long-term and will take time to implement, as many are about challenging and changing norms and minds of individuals, we should also highlight and recognize shortterm solutions.
In regards to campaigning, however, Sweden, with a well-established feminist culture, framework and political party that has one mandate in the European Parliament and gained over 3% of the votes in the last election (2014) are, according to the FRA in the 20-29% zone regarding domestic violence against women. This reveals that characterizing a culture with feminism and creating awareness as well as try to enforce women’s power might not be the ultimate, at least short-term solution to domestic violence. Neither has there been any significant decrease in violence against women or increase in reporting of that particular crime in Sweden.
work should be encouraged, however, it is, according to the above, relevant to emphasise the importance of analysing the context in which the framework will be a part. The encouragement of this in the member states could be through subsidising, awareness of the results from the report, campaigns and the EU pushing. Lastly, focus should be put on the financial, practical and mental support for women who have experienced domestic violence since this might encourage women who are more dependent to take a first step away from their attacker as well as helping women to speak out.
There are many steps towards a society free from domestic viThough, what made the legisla- olence and oppression against tive breakthrough regarding this women, but we are moving in the issue possible in Spain was not right direction and have come only the political consensus but very far, already. To succeed with also the women organisations this project, we need to take acFocus on awareness, encourage- exertion of social and political tion, sometimes cautiously, foment to report, speak out and pressure. Furthermore, an anal- cusing on a long- and short term take care of the victims is needed ysis by Bumiller in 2008 notes scale, include all member states, and will most likely help in the that some processes made in and in turn, all individuals. process of encouraging change. social services or the criminal Based on a report on the Span- justice systems, in fact, can have ish legal framework on violence the opposite effect: disempower in 2015, we can establish that women and victimise them furthis is not an efficient solution ther. A clear, legislative frameto have a substantial reduction in crime against women, neither to encourage formal complaints nor make the coverage after this solid. According to the FRA, 61% of women in participating in the study thought that campaigns were very useful for their purpose and 31% said they were fairly useful. Furthermore, 50% stated that they had seen or heard about a campaign in the last 12 months. Spreading campaigns more widely would be a good focus to make citizens and member states aware and also in the process of making member states act.
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ITRE
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Drones: new trend? Day by day drones become more popular all over Europe, but what are the security precautions?
Are drones becoming the new no licence or a document is retrend? quired for piloting an RPA, it is only logical to say that flying a RPAS (Remotely Piloted Aircraft drone is a possible threat. Users Systems) or shortly drones are are often not familiar with the perfect tool for photography, consequences of their actions. recording footage ranging from extreme sports to farming! They “Drone operations must always are easy to use and afford how- respect the fundamental rights ever this easiness occur a hazard of European citizens. Authorities of crushes. Bearing in mind that must be in a position to protect
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Ataberk Hoşgör (TR)
privacy. Police and the justice system must be in a position to deal with the security aspects.” The European Commission organised a conference in March of 2015 in order to create a strategy on how to deal with RPAS. The quote above is taken from a speech delivered by the Commissioner Violeta Bulc’s after the
Riga Declaration. The Riga declaration consists of 5 points:
1. Drones need to be treated as new types of aircraft with proportionate rules based on the risk of each operation.
2. EU rules for the safe provision of drone services need to be developed now. 3. Technologies and standards need to be developed for the full integration of drones in the European airspace. 4. Public acceptance is key to the growth of drone services. 5. The operator of a drone is responsible for its use. This shows us that the Commission is already on the right track.
Another institution, EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency), published their formal Technical Opinion on drones on the 18th December of 2015. The opinion includes 27 concrete proposals for a regulatory framework for low risk operations of all unmanned aircraft irrespective of their mass. The proposals
are centric operations, focusing on how the drones will be used, rather than their physical characteristics. It establishes 3 categories of operation: ‘Open’, ‘Specific’ and ‘Certified’ with different safety requirements for each, proportionate to the risk. The EASA’s Technical Opinion mentions the use of new rules in combination with safety promotion material to achieve a proportionate, safe environment. It has been said that in 2016 & 2017 new rules are going to be developed or existing ones are going to be amended. But until that time, what is going to happen? There are lots of different chaos scenarios about drones. For example: If a drone hits the engine of another aircraft, it will be completely impossible to find the drone’s owner, and therefore the one responsible for the crime. It is fairly easy to scratch off a drone’s serial number. Is it going to be illegal to scratch the serial numbers off? If it’s not, how will the drones be identified?
In a normal day, now we have the possibility of reading a new about a drone. All over the world there is news about deviants using drones to intrude privacy of citizens. But this is not as tragic as the chance of a possible drone crash. It should not be a matter of luck that keeps an airplane and a drone apart. What is going to keep them apart then? Maybe strict laws? Could there be an official institution watching all the drones near airports or software deactivating drones in an emergency situation? What path should the European countries follow? On the way to global security and sustainable development patience is essential to see the track of European Union on RPAS. Legislation is easy to get done - implementation not so much. Time will show us how suitable the resolutions are.
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SEDE
Neutrality – the bottleneck on the way to a common foreign policy?
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Weapon exports into crisis areas, growing conflicts at Europe’s borders and terrorist attacks in major European cities: More and more global issues concern the military and security sector of all nations across our continent. Nevertheless, cooperation in these areas is still unsubstantial or often non-existent.
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A defence alliance and common EU army that would fight for every Member State is impossible if we want every countries in the European Union to participate. In a recent speech Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Commission, addressed this issue by expressing the need to overcome all struggle that is standing in the way of a common European Union (EU) army. One of these struggles is the military neutrality of some Member States and other countries in Europe.
Michael Ernst (AT)
A country that has declared itself neutral usually defines this in its constitution. What that exactly means for the country regarding its position on foreign state affairs and membership in international or supra-national organisations has to be looked upon on a case-to-case basis.
In general, differentiating between military neutrality and a state being non-belligerent is the first step to an understanding of this concept. A neutral country would refrain from participating in armed conflicts in any form. Acting non-belligerent means simply not to fight in case of a military conflict. This does leave a country with the option to support another country or party at war through resources or letting armies cross its territories. A perfect example for this would be the United States of America in World War 2 before the attack on Pearl Harbour: They had only sent resources to the allied powers up to this point without formally entering the war. Keeping this in mind, we can now look at various self-proclaimed neutral countries across Europe to investigate to which extent this neutrality is in fact existent. Sweden
The common phrase “I am Sweden on this issue”, expressing one’s indifference on a certain topic, is already a huge hint for the neutrality of Sweden. Let’s look at what had led to this: After NATO was introduced and Norway and Denmark lost interest in a Scandinavian defence alliance that had been discussed up to that point, the Swedish government decided its country should go down the route of neutrality. Although Sweden officially retains its neutrality up to this date, it is often in question because of its EU membership and contribution to various NATO missions.
trality. Being the first nation to officially go this way, Switzerland declared its neutrality in 1815 through the Treaty of Paris. It has since decided against joining any political alliance like the European Union and only recently became part of the United Nations in 2002.
The only major international organisations Switzerland joined is the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), the Council of Europe as well as the organisation for security and cooperation in Europe (OSCE). These all represent Switzerland’s foreign police, which is to promote Swiss economic interest abroad, secure world peace and support the respect for human rights, democracy as well as the rule of law. It also is part of the Schengen agreement. Participation in these economically beneficial establishments without conferring power to higher bodies like the EU also has its downsides: Swiss citizens are not represented in the European Parliament and thus have little to no influence on what happens with the Schengen agreement.
Since its introduction more than 60 years ago, the idea of neutrality in Austria has changed drastically. While it is still very important to Austrian citizens, it did not stop the Central European country from entering the European Union and working with NATO and the United Nations in global missions. How is this all significant for the EU’s foreign policy?
The answer is simple: A defence alliance and common EU army that would fight for every Member State is impossible if we want every countries in the European Union to participate. The only viable option is to apply the concept of Europe à la carte: Only countries willing to should participate in this next step to a closer union. On the upside, this could mean a more efficient EU, but on the downside it could also lead to neutral Member States changing their stance on their longstanding traditions.
Austria
The way Austria gained its neutrality is quite different to the two previous examples. While they chose to integrate this concept into their constitution, Austria was so to say forced to do so, in order to become a independent country again.
After World War II, the allied powers occupied Austria for ten years and would have continued Switzerland to do so if Austria had not complied with certain criteria. One Similar to Sweden, Switzerland of the biggest conditions for the is the country to mention when new state treaty was to become talking about the concept of neu- a neutral state.
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LIBE
Globalisation, refugee crisis and Schengen Area
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We live in a globalised era where the free movement of people has a vital role and creates stability between states. States are cooperating and creating great ability for free movement. People will never stop moving to different countries, because the EU has the policy of free movement of persons, its immigration and asylum law, even though they have
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It is necessary to say that each state decision is important and will have great influence on not only European Union and European countries but also to other countries. enormous issues in their own countries. The Schengen zone is an open system, which enables EU citizens to move without any restrictions. The connection between the globalisation and free movements creates the face of a new world, where there is a free market, based on export-import and free
Nino Nikabadze (GE)
zones to move without any restriction. The advantage of free movement is outnumbering the disadvantages of it. But now the issue of free movement within the EU and asylum from non-EU countries has become one of the most significant problems in EU law. Recent events show the EU that there is
a huge danger of losing control of states’ borders. The worldwide crisis and the effects of them demonstrate that Schengen Area is not as protected as the European Commission thought it would be. Today EU is dealing with some urgent problems. The first issue is about recent events, which consist of migration from non-European countries to Schengen zone. Because of that, the EU is negotiating to come up with the new regulation and immigration policy.
As the Member States want to create new forms of regulation to protect their position, they need to come up with some ideas and work as fast as possible. Germany is the one of the first countries to negate the Dublin Regulation. According to it, asylum requests should be processed in the country of a migrant’s first entry, which allows them to move easily in a Schengen zone, stay and spread all over the Europe.
Schengen zone. In 2014-2015, the estimated number of them has risen to be six times larger than in 2013. The main problem is that states are afraid that some of the immigrants can be terrorists, as a result of the last attacks in France and Belgium. Because of the lack of border control, states are unable to provide security of the Schengen zone and protect their citizens. There are some questions why European countries do not have strong security control at their borders and how they can protect the united, European Union. The one solution is to provide security in their borders and make available checkpoints. According to the statistics, the main asylum routes are: the western Mediterranean route, central Mediterranean, eastern Mediterranean, western Balkan and eastern borders route.
Because of the world crises, such as Syrian crisis, have a big impact on EU; it should create new norms which protect its citizens and Schengen zone. The future of a free movement is depending on new policies and today’s decisions. In the end, it is necessary to say that each state decision is important and will have great influence on not only European Union and European countries but also to other countries, such as Syria, Greece etc., because of globalisation and cooperation. Today European states are face to big challenges, which should be implemented.
Raising awareness, control states borders and new deal in immigration policy will have a great influence on European Because of this, Member States countries. They will have no fear need to push for a change. Offi- of disappearing Schengen zone. cial records say that twenty-eight European countries processed 264,000 asylum applications in 2014, an increase of 24 % compared to 2013. Moreover, during the last year, this number has risen even more. The rampaging immigration crisis in Europe will reduce political and economic support for the Schengen Agreement which eradicates border controls among the Schengen Member States. In recent time, another problem on the rise is illegal immigration. States cannot control nor provide the solution to this issue. According to the EU, there is a big possibility for illegal immigrants to move freely around
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Brought to you by Andrzej Daniluk Olia Doroshenko Michael Ernst Love Herén Ataberk Hoşgör Maciej Kuczyński Nino Nikabadze Susanna Schmied Alicja Turakiewicz
SZCZECIN2016 REGIONAL SESSION OF EYP POLAND