Where is Europe headed, and what about the Meuse-Rhine Euregio? That question was the centre of attention during the Europe Calling! Citizens’ Summit on Saturday 6 May in Maastricht’s Provincial Government Buildings. Citizens, students and public officials from the border region shared ideas, discussed position statements, debated, and reached at least one conclusion at the…
Is there anyone more qualified to tell us why we should nurture and preserve the blessings of the Maastricht Treaty than Dr Theodor Waigel? Probably not.
No one can have failed to notice that this year the Maastricht Treaty is celebrating its 25th anniversary. To mark this occasion, a competition is being held. Europe Calling! will be giving away 5 prize packages.
Born in The Hague, Houben was considered one of the best Maastricht mayors. He held that position during three periods in office from 1985 to 2002. The European Summit of 1991 was an absolute high point for Philip Houben.
“I think that in recent times, we have strayed slightly from the key issues regarding Europe”, says European Commissioner Frans Timmermans. The first vice-president of the European Commission regrets the current atmosphere in Europe, which is too often characterised by ‘everyone for himself’. That is largely because the debate is no longer objective”, according to the Maastricht born Timmermans.
Friday 14th of April approximately 75 young people from Limburg had a meeting in the Provincial Government Buildings to debate the future of a secure Europe. This has been prompted by the 50th anniversary this year of the NATO headquarters in Brunssum. The young people, aged from 15 to 18, debated about NATO, security and…
The French economist and political scientist Pascal Lamy (born in Levallois-Perret on 8 April 1947) is regarded as one of the most influential of current French thinkers. Almost every French person knows him from television appearances. He is regularly consulted by important media when it comes to European issues.
Watch the video report. Exactly twenty-five years after the Maastricht Treaty, the Limburg capital invited prominent Europeans to return to the birthplace of the modern European Union and the euro.
Ahead of the 60th anniversary of the Rome Treaty and in the context of growing disaffection toward the European project, EU’s cities and regions have pledged to shoulder their share to achieve greater involvement of the citizens in shaping a new path for the Union. Following a debate on Europe’s future with a delegation of…
European Committee of the Regions visits Maastricht On 7 February, the 25th anniversary of the Maastricht Treaty, a conference of the European Committee of the Regions was held in the Provincial Government Buildings. Under the title of ‘Reflections on Europe, 25 years after the Treaty’, the current state of cooperation and the outlook for the…