A project for Europe. Spain's Presidency of the Council of the European Union

In view of the challenge that it represents for Spain to assume the Presidency of the Council of the European Union during the half-yearly period that begins on the 1 January 2010, the Círculo de Economía and CIDOB – two Barcelona institutions specialising in scrutiny and debate – have drafted a document of reflections and proposals.

The view of the EU that is presented in the document – a strong, open Union, capable of providing solutions and defending the rights of its citizens in times of crisis, and at the same time involving itself in the resolution of the major global challenges – has been created in order to serve as possible inspiration for the Spanish government’s actions during the first half of 2010, as well as thinking to the future and helping to formulate a strategy for Spain in Europe in the years to come.

ISBN: 978-84-92511-16-7

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CIDOB and Circulo de Economia

Date of publication: 10/2009

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Publication structure

Prólogo (pdf 43kB)

Introducción (pdf 270kB)

Primera parte: Una Unión Europea fuerte, útil y abierta

Capítulo 1. La “Europa amplia”: Apuesta por una unión fuerte (pdf 174kB)

Capítulo 2. La Europa útil: Recuperación económica e impulso de la agenda social europea (pdf 142kB)

Capítulo 3. La construcción de una política europea de inmigración (pdf 142kB)

Capítulo 4. La agenda energética: Entre el deseo y la realidad (pdf 134kB)

Segunda Parte: La Unión Europea como actor global

Capítulo 5. Hacia una nueva arquitectura europea de seguridad (pdf 178kB)

Capítulo 6. El Mediterráneo y Oriente Medio: Una prioridad de riesgo (pdf 175kB)

Capítulo 7. América Latina y Europa: Socios globales (pdf 280kB)

Agradecimientos (pdf 50kB)