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15. European Youth Capital – the Example of Cluj, the Treasure City,...
(on the photo: Kolozsvár with the Matthias Corvinus Monument made by János Fadrusz Photo © Julie Kertész) “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”...
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29. Gondolataim a hálapénz-rendszerről a magyar egészségügyben
“Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it’s faced.” ~James Baldwin Comment: this blog entry focuses on the “gratitude money-phenomenon” in Hungary and since this...
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34. The Cyprus Presidency meets the European Bloggers: 10 key-messages of the...
“A year from now you will wish you had started today.” ~Karen Lamb The European Bloggers were provided before the usual Summer holiday with an opportunity to have a face-to-face meeting with the Cyprus...
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38. Dictated Media Freedom? No Open Press Conference on the 15th EU-China Summit
“I DON’T MAKE JOKES. I JUST WATCH THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND REPORT THE FACTS.” – Will Rogers “Freedom of Media is for us … I mean, it is a sacred principle. It is a problem of values. Let’s have no doubts...
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42. The power of me: 8 key messages from a European Blogger to the Blog...
(Owner of the photo © alamodestuff) “Great opportunities are not seen with your eyes. They are seen with your mind.” ~Robert Kiyosaki Being a European blogger I would like to contribute to the Blog...
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46. The Water Shortage as a Danger is not the Privilege of the Third World...
(Source of the photo: www.right2water.eu/) Is Water a Human Right in the EU? Is Water Shortage a Matter of Concern in the EU? Can We Sweep this problem under the Carpet(as usual)? Yes, yes and no....
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49. Only a Massive Increase of the Budget of the ERASMUS Programme Could be a...
It would be so easy to cut the budget of the ERASMUS Programme to make immediate, short term savings in period of economic crisis. It is true that there is a massive push on national political leaders...
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57. Horsemeat Scandal and the Weaknesses of the Single Market: Does the...
(on the photo Zoltán Massay-Kosubek in Luxembourg as a lawyer-linguist at the European Court of Justice in 2007 © Zoltán Massay-Kosubek) Why is the Single Market a disaster for consumer protection?...
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59. Social Investment Package: Rhetoric or Real Action?
Last week, the European Commission has published a long waited package of targeted tools called Social Investment Package (SIP) . According to the rhetoric: “Social investment means enhancing people’s...
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64. My very first year in the EU blogosphere: happy first birthday, EU...
Welcome to the EU blogoshphere! This time last year, I made a substantive decision, which completely changed my professional career, my mindset and even more: on 14 April 2012 I've created my very...
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70. Ten Reasons to Demonstrate: Criminalisation of Hungarian Homeless is not...
In 2010, a Hungarian Law was amended to allow municipalities to ban homeless people from public spaces. Although this law was ruled unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court, the Consitution has...
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71. Coppenhagen Dilemma and Human Rights: the EU Crossed the Rubicon
The European Union crossed the Rubicon of Fundamental Rights. The outbreak of the financial crisis turned into economic then political, institutional and social crisis. Despite evidence on the table,...
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72. Stronger European Tobacco Control is a Must for Solving the E-cigarette...
Electronic cigarettes will be regulated by the recently negotiated Tobacco Products Directive (TPD). E-cigarettes (nicotine inhalators) are both helpful to quit smoking and source of new dangers: long...
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73. Yes, We Can – Stop the Tobacco Epidemic in Europe
Sad, but true: Europe lost its leadership in the world, as regards tobacco control. Despite the not strong enough, weakened Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), Member States still have the opportunity to...
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74. Will the ‘Water is a Human Right!’ campaign Shape the EU?
We, EU citizens, definitively made history when we have collected first in the EU history more than 1 million signatures to ensure that water will be provided on a human rights basis to everyone. But...
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76. Roma Summit without Roma involvement?
Good news is that the 3rd European Romma Summit has gathered high level political attention from both the EU Leaders (Commission President Barroso, Commissioners Reding, Andor and Vassiliou) and from...
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77. Why Schulz could be the new Commission president?
Not always the biggest party gives the political lead. Securing political support is the Golden Key of political leadership. The same applies to the EU. I argue that Schulz and not Juncker holds better...
View ArticleBlog (Re)Launch: EU ZMK’s Diary
Worms, 25 December 2015. After one and half year break I decided to re-launch my EU blog with a different approach. I will continue to share my thoughts about public health relevant European...
View ArticleECJ: No judgement on Alcohol Minimum Unit Pricing
Worms, 26. December, 2015. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has delivered recently its strange ‘yes and no’ decision on the Scottish Public Health Policy called Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) of...
View ArticleThe European Solidarity Corps and Health
Genval, December 10th, 2016. – By launching the European Solidarity Corps – an initiative aiming at tackling youth unemployment and reviving the Europan solidarity spirit – the Commission did something...
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