About Europe's World	Launch issue messages
Europe's top policy-makers read Europe's World	Europe's World makes headlines

About Europe's World
The independent policy journal Europe’s World was launched on 4 October 2005 by some 50 leading European think tanks. Published three times yearly, it is the only pan-European publication that offers policymakers and opinion-formers across Europe a platform for presenting ideas and forging consensus on key issues. It also reflects the diversity of national policy debates in EU states, with particular attention being paid to newcomer and candidate countries. 34,000 senior personalities throughout Europe and beyond receive the print version of Europe's World and over half a million others receive the electronic version. After two year, more than 100,000 of those actually read Europe's World. Our readers are drawn from politics, government, business, the media, universities and NGOs.
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Launch Issue Messages
	“I believe that Europe’s World will play a valuable and important role” Josep Borrell
The years since the first elections to the European Parliament in June 1979 have seen the EU’s democratic “heart” grow in stature. As the only directly elected body amongst the EU institutions, the European Parliament passes the majority of European laws in partnership with the Council of Ministers, which represents national governments. These laws have a direct impact on the lives of Europe’s citizens, so it is essential that the 732 members of the Parliament should be as fully-informed as possible when taking decisions that help determine the well-being of society. Yet recent opinion polls, and also the results of a number of national referenda on the EU constitutional treaty, have shown there is a need for better and more regular debate on the challenges facing the European Union. I believe that Europe’s World will play a valuable and an important role in tackling these issues. I wish it every success in its aim of promoting high-quality debate between Europe’s different stakeholders, in business, in civil society, in government and amongst the elected political representatives of Europe’s voters. Josep Borrell Fontelles - President of the European Parliament
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	“The pages of Europe’s World are open to all shades of opinion” José Manuel Barroso
Brussels is not Europe, and the discussions that take place there between EU specialists - be they diplomats, eurocrats, business people, NGO leaders or even elected politicians - do not constitute a European debate. Creating such a debate, in which the people of Europe can speak and listen to one another, is perhaps the greatest challenge still to face us after almost half a century of political and economic integration. I welcome and warmly applaud the way that Europe’s World is responding to that challenge. The aim of this new journal is to become a pan-European platform for the exchange of ideas and insights. It is an independent project in which the Brusselsbased think tank Friends of Europe has linked up with some 40 counterparts in the EU and elsewhere in Europe to create a network for policy analysis and discussion. The pages of Europe’s World, I’m assured by its editors, are open to all shades of opinion on where Europe’s future should lie. I wish the new journal well and hope that it succeeds in its ambition of furthering understanding, identifying key issues and widening consensus on the most effective policy solutions. José Manuel Barroso- President of the European Commission
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	“Europe’s World meets a serious need in the EU” Javier Solana
I am delighted that Friends of Europe has taken the initiative of launching a new policy journal for Europe. Europe’s World meets a serious need in the EU by creating a common platform for new policy thinking and debate. Now more than ever, we must transcend national prisms, challenge conventional wisdom and build common ground. While we Europeans certainly debate a lot, most of our discussions take place within national circles. They are also too often the preserve of technical experts or a handful of Brussels insiders. We lack a common European public space - an intellectual agora - and we do so at a time when the case for Europe is being contested and needs re-stating. Fifty years after the start of our great European journey, there is much we can be proud of. But there is even more work still to be done. Europe is in search of a new consensus: on the EU’s purpose and direction; on the structures, reforms and budget it needs; and on how we can re-gain people’s trust and confidence. As a convinced European and an eternal optimist, I believe that not only can we forge this new consensus but that we have no choice. To do so, however, we need a pan- European debate. Europe’s World can play a central role in this strategic debate on the EU’s future; by bringing together Europe’s most creative minds, by providing fresh thinking on the key challenges facing the EU, and by helping to forge an ambitious agenda for a pro-active Europe that will assert itself on the global stage. Javier Solana- Secretary-General of the Council of the EU and High Representative for the Common Foreign & Security Policy.
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Europe's World makes headlines
Europe’s World has established itself as an influential leader in the EU policy debate, setting new trends in media focus and coverage. Articles appearing in Europe’s World are re-published in such newspapers as the International Herald Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, Der Standard, The Sunday Telegraph, The Guardian, La Libre Belgique, The Village, De Tijd, Knack, The Scotsman, The Korea Herald, The Moscow Times, Warsaw Business Journal,The Shanghai Daily, The Japan Times, The Korea Herald, Monitor, Politis, NRC Handelsblad, Kristeligt Dagblad, Postimees, Die Welt, Kerdos, Kauppalehti, The St. Petersburg Times, Rzeczpospolita, Delo, L'Agefi, Valor, Expreso, Jordan Times, Al Ghad, Al Raya, Koha Ditore, Today’s Zaman, Pravda, Les Echos, Dilema Veche, Montenegro Economist…
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Europe's Top policy-makers read Europe's World
The eye-catchingly colourful covers of Europe’s World are a familiar sight at Brussels’ most important and high-profile events. The journal also features prominently inside the European Parliament on the occasion of plenary sessions, and at many conferences and debates organised with Europe’s World as media partner.
Pascal Lamy, Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) receives a copy of the  Autumn 2007 issue of Europe's World at the Friends of Europe's President's Dinner on  4 October 2007.
Etienne Davignon, President of Friends of Europe and a Member of the Europe’s World Editorial  Board, and Neelie Kroes European Commissioner for Competition receive a copy of the Autumn  2007 issue of Europe's World at the Friends of Europe's President's Dinner on 4 October 2007.
François Bayrou, President of France’s UDF centrist party and candidate in the French presidential elections, at the Policy Spotlight , organised by Friends of Europe on February 13, 2007.
Javier Solana, EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, at the launch of the Autumn 2006 issue.
Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Member of the European Commission in charge of External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy, at the Protecting Europe: Policies for enhancing security in the EU conference, organised by the Security & Defence Agenda on May 30, 2006.
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, NATO Secretary-General at the NATO & ESDP: Forging New Links conference organised by the Security & Defence Agenda on June 8, 2007.
Etienne Davignon, President of Friends of Europe and a Member of Europe’s World Editorial Board, Margot Wallström, EU Commissioner for Institutional Relations and Communication Strategy, Karel De Gucht, Belgian Foreign Minister at the launch dinner in October 2005.
Michèle Alliot-Marie and Javier Solana, at the  Closing Ranks - The drive for greater European Security and Defence Capability conference on November 21, 2005. The event was co organised by the Security and Defence Agenda, the Fondation Robert Schuman, and the Hanns Seidel Stiftung.
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