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Urvoy, Michel
3 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Danger for European integration
The plans of Italy and France to reform the Schengen Agreement threaten European integration, writes the daily Ouest France: "This episode is indicative of the cooperation between Europe's various foreign policies, of which there are as many as there are member states. Under the extreme pressure fed by the fears of its constituents, each government is reacting in line with its historic, geographic and economic proximity to the refugees' countries of origin, as well as to the domestic political challenges facing it. ... For roughly eighteen months these contradictions have paralysed the actions of Catherine Ashton, the head of a non-existent European diplomacy. The lack of a common, dynamic perspective leads everyone to fight for themselves and supports the vision of Fortress Europe."
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More from the press review on the subject » EU Policy, » Migration, » France, » Italy, » Europe
Why so many didn't vote
The low turnout of only 46.5 percent in the French regional elections has come as a surprise to many. The regional daily Ouest France explains why so few people bothered to vote: "The French stayed away from the regional elecions first of all because the regions fail to interest voters. People have a hard time identifying with these young political formations. With limited and hazily-defined areas of competence, they can never be at the centre of lively local politics. ... Secondly, many voters used the elections to punish the presidential majority, because they feel that after more than half the legislature period results have been slow in coming. ... With the debate over national identity and the attempt to open [to the Left] the government has lost support on the right without gaining on the left. ... Thirdly, the French want another style of leadership: more humble, closer to the people, with more participation and less show."
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More from the press review on the subject » Domestic Policy, » Elections, » France
France must help the overseas departments
The regional newspaper Ouest France comments on a decision by the French government to provide financial support to the French overseas departments: "Seventy-four days after the first blockades against the price of petrol, one month after the start of the general strike and several hours after the bloody riots, Nicolas Sarkozy has suddenly become aware of the suffering in the overseas departments. ... The government has promised to address critical matters and provide funds to solve them, as well as to present a law for the overseas departments that will no longer only nourish a 'subsistence economy' with subsidies and increasingly large tax exemptions. The degrading aid to the poorest and the excessively high salaries of civil servants ... present a real challenge for Yves Yégo, Secretary of State for Overseas ... and for employers who live very well from the captive market made up of welfare recipients."
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More from the press review on the subject » Domestic Policy, » Social movements, » France
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