Results of the 2014 European elections

Read also the Statement of President Barroso on the outcome of the 2014 European Parliament elections

EU cu cine votez? European elections 22-25 May 2014 (for dummies)

This time is different? Your vote counts!!! How come?

because based on our votes it will be decided the president of the European Commission!

Under the slogan "Act. React.Impact" you can find all the details on the official website: http://www.elections2014.eu

If you are in doubt (eg. eu cu cine votez?) there is an online tool that will help you to decide: MyVote2014. It's an ingeniuos calculator that will help you to find the party that best represent you by proposing 15 questions (that were already debated in the European Parliament in the last 4 years) and by matching your answers to the political positions of the MEPs and of the european political parties. 

Try this tool, it's great!

This is what you need to know:

• 32 Romanian MEPs need to be elected in 2014
• we need to vote on Sunday 25 May 2014, anywhere in Europe! 
• we vote the national party of our choice
• the national distribution of votes per party will determine the number of parliamentary from each Romanian party to become european MEP
• at european level, the votes of each party are aggregated based on the political family the parties belong and the party or the alliance that has majority proposes the new President of the European Commission!!!
• Principalii candidati la sefia Comisiei Europene: Jean-Claude Juncker (gruparea de centru-dreapta), Martin Schulz (socialistii), Guy Verhofstadt (liberalii) si Jose Bove (verzii)
• who are the Romanian candidates and the parties
• Who are the most active MEP (see the activity report)
• Where you can vote in Bruxelles
• the Romanian electoral law

deci, hai la vot, neamule'

Unconditional Basic Income (UBI) or how to wipe-out poverty in Europe?

This is a new European Citizens' Initiative that asking the Commission, to encourage cooperation between the Member States (according to Art 156 TFEU) aiming to explore the Unconditional Basic Income (UBI) as a tool to improve their respective social security systems.

The Unconditional Basic Income (UBI) does not replace the welfare state but does complete and transform the same from a compensatory into an emancipatory welfare state. The emancipatory Unconditional Basic Income is defined by the following four criteria: universal, individual, unconditional, high enough to ensure an existence in dignity and participation in society. 

In the long run the objective is to offer to each person in the EU the unconditional right as an individual, to having his/her material needs met to ensure a life of dignity as stated by the EU treaties, and to empower participation in society supported by the introduction of the UBI. 

In the short term, initiatives such as “pilot‐studies“ (Art 156 TFEU) and examination of different models of UBI (EP resolution 2010/2039(INI) §44) should be promoted by the EU.

The European Online Film Festival

1st edition of Streams: 1-31 December 2012

The festival is accessible simultaneously in seven countries and comprises a carefully curated selection of fourteen recent films that haven’t yet premiered outside of their national territories. Choose your country’s platform and discover an incredible mix of exclusive feature films and documentaries from across Europe.

En Belgique plusieurs films roumaines sont disponible online a emprunter et visioner: 4 mois, 3 semaines et 2 jours; East of Bucharest; L'Autobiographie de Nicolae Ceausescu; California Dreaming; Comment j'ai fêté la fin du monde; Contes de l'âge d'or; Félicia, avant tout; If I want to whistle, I whistle; Mardi, après Noël; Transylvania, etc

start voting for Water and sanitation are a human right!

The initiative Right4Water is the first one for which online signature can be now collected!!!

This success demonstrates not only that the citizens' initiative campaign works but also that the online tools provided by the European Commission as Open Source can be used to collect the required 1 million online signature. The EC press release explains how important is this first online collection of signatures for an european citizens' initiative.

The Right4Water slogan is:

WATER AND SANITATION ARE A HUMAN RIGHT! WATER IS A PUBLIC GOOD, NOT A COMMODITY.

More details on their website: http://www.right2water.eu/ 

You can sign and support this campaign by filling the online form. I've already done it. You?