Author: Laurent Brihay

Marching together for Respect & Unity The European Jewish Community Centre, the ‘Executif des Musulmans de Belgique’, and the Chapel for Europe – neighbours in the European district organised a Press Conference on May 7th followed by a silent march. background In the short first few months of this year, we have seen rising levels of blind hateful violence in different parts of the world...
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On the 7th of May, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) launched at the Press Club the State of World Population in 2019
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Event Report: 29 April: Outcomes of the EU-Japan Summit On 29 April 2019, the European Policy Centre and the EU-Asia Centre organised a briefing on the outcome of the 25 April EU-Japan Summit in Brussels. Ambassador Kodama opened by stating, “we’ve never had it so good between the EU and Japan.” This was illustrated by the substantive joint statement agreed during the summit. After the provisi...
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Carles Puigdemont announces candidacy in European Parliament Elections  by Jacobytes Brussels-Express Still living in exile in Belgium, Carles Puigdemont, the independent Catalan politician chose the Brussels Press Club as the venue to announce on Wednesday 10 April his candidature for election to the European Parliament in the 23 May elections. Flanked by four colleagues from the party “Jun...
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Gideon Levy in Brussels: “Too late for two-state solution of Israeli-Palestinian conflict” (The Brussels Times) Israeli journalist Gideon Levy visited Brussels this week and talked about the two main options for a solution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The two-state solution, with a Palestinian state alongside Israel, is supported by EU and is considered as the only fair solution to both s...
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UNCHR Pres Conference with the High Commissioner Filippo Grandi on the 30 January 2019. Refugees and migrants attempting to reach Europe via the Mediterranean Sea lost their lives at an alarming rate in 2018, as cuts in search and rescue operations reinforced its position as the world’s deadliest sea crossing. The latest ‘Desperate Journeys’ report, released today by UNHCR, the UN Refugee A...
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Le défi migratoire s’annonce comme un thème incontournable de la campagne des élections européennes et de la prochaine législature. Avec des flux d’arrivées aux frontières de l’Union européenne aujourd’hui en net recul par rapport au pic de 2015, la crise migratoire apparaît contenue plutôt que réglée en profondeur. Elle met au grand jour des divisions et tensions entre États de l’Union, qu’at...
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On the 23rd January, after his meeting with President Jean-Claude Juncker, the former President of the European Commission Romano Prodi shared at the Press Club Brussels Europe his thoughts about social infrastructure investment based on the report launched last year with the Commission, the European association of promotional and public banks and the European Investment Bank.The way ahead is the ...
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On the 5th of December 6 December 2018, the EU ASia-Center and the European Policy Centre organized a joint event : Rebooting EU-Japan Relations. Opening a panel discussion on Prospects for EU-Japan Relations on 5 December, Fraser Cameron, Director of the EU-Asia Centre, said that the two sides had under-achieved in recent years. Given the changed global circumstances, it was important that t...
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On the 15 November 2018, Notre Europe, Institut Jacques Delors organized a  Press conference : EU and US sanctions: which sovereignty ? with the following panelists Marie-Hélène Bérard, investment banker Pascal Lamy, President emeritus of the Jacques Delors Institute, former general-director of the WTO Farid Fatah, Ph.D. candidate in Law The day after the plenary session of the Europea...
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