Réunions et manifestations d’Alain Lamassoure – 2009


Cette rubrique relate les réunions et manifestations les plus importantes, qui se sont déroulées dans la région Sud-Ouest, auxquelles Alain Lamassoure a participé depuis septembre 2005.


– le 17 octobre, réunion des cadres de l’UMP des Pyrénées-Atlantiques et apéritif-débat avec les adhérents de la 5ème et de la 6ème circonscription, à Biarritz


– le 16 octobre, inauguration de l’Artère de Guyenne (tronçon de l’artère gazière reliant le Sud-Ouest au reste de la France), au Palais des congrès de Bordeaux


– le 9 octobre, inauguration d’Evento 2009 (le rendez-vous artistique et urbain de Bordeaux) par Alain Juppé, à Bordeaux


– le 2 octobre, soirée débat animée par le Professeur Pierre Bidart, de l’Université de Bordeaux 2, sur le thème « l’Europe : une conviction, un projet, un programme », à la salle municipale Plaza-Xoko de Baigorry


– le 19 septembre, intervention lors du 20ème anniversaire du Comité de jumelage de Terrasson-Lavilledieu avec les villes de Theux en Belgique et Biersdat en Allemagne, à Terrason-Lavilledieu (24)


– le 17 juillet, réunion avec les militants UMP, à Anglet. Lire la suite…

Europe 2004-2009: the five-year parliamentary term marked by a series of crises


On the eve of the 2009 European election campaign, let us take a moment to review the parliamentary term that is now drawing to a close. The events that have taken place during that parliamentary term are enough to make your head spin!


In 2004, the challenge facing the European elections was clear: the European Union had five years to try to catch up. It was behind in terms of its economy, mired in slow growth in comparison with the spectacular performance of emerging market economies and the continued strength of the US economy. It was behind in terms of its organisation, with the EU’s major enlargement to include the countries of Central and Eastern Europe ultimately taking place before the institutions had been reformed, something which should have been a prerequisite for enlargement: the political Europe of 25 was still operating according to the rules of the modest little Common Market of the Six from 50 years ago! It was also behind in terms of its diplomacy, too often marred by disagreements or simply absent when it came to major international issues. For the peoples of Europe, this series of failures to make any real progress became a source of growing concern at a time when the increasing pace of globalisation was heightening the contrast between a world that was undergoing a process of change and a continent that was struggling to ensure that its mechanisms were in full working order so that it could face the challenges of the 21st century. Lire la suite…

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