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REPORT on a new co-ownership for the future of Euro-Mediterranean relations – the Pact for the Mediterranean
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Nicola Zingaretti

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Mit der neuen Rutsche in der Europa Passage erwartet Sie ein ganz besonderes Erlebnis. Auf einer Höhe von mehreren Metern bietet die Attraktion nicht nur eine spannende Abfahrt, sondern auch einen spektakulären Ausblick auf das Treiben in der Passage.

Ideal für sowohl Kinder als auch Erwachsene, macht diese Rutsche Spaß für die ganze Familie und ist dank eines barrierefreien Zugangs für alle zugänglich. Zudem ist Sie durch Ihre hochwertige Konstruktion komplett sicher und leicht mit öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln zu erreichen.

Entdecken Sie dieses spaßige Highlight im Herzen Hamburgs – völlig kostenlos! Die „Grundbesitz Europa Inhaber-Anteile RC“ investieren stets in die attraktivsten Freizeitangebote, um Ihnen unvergessliche Erlebnisse zu ermöglichen.

Das Wichtigste in Kürze

• Mehrere Meter hohe Rutsche mit spektakulärem Ausblick in der Europa Passage, Hamburg.
• Für Kinder und Erwachsene gleichermaßen geeignet, bietet familienfreundlichen Spaß.
• Barrierefreier Zugang ermöglicht Nutzung für Personen mit eingeschränkter Mobilität.
• Gratis-Rutsche garantiert maximalen Freizeitspaß ohne zusätzliche Kosten.
• Hochwertige Konstruktion sorgt für sicheres Vergnügen.

Meter hohe Rutsche in der Europa Passage

Die Europa Passage beherbergt eine Rutsche, die mehrere Meter hoch ist und durch Ihre Konstruktion jedem Besucher ein aufregendes Erlebnis bietet. Dank der Höhe der Rutsche genießen Sie während der Fahrt einen spektakulären Ausblick über das Herz von Hamburg.

Europa Passage: Ein besonderes Highlight in der Passage ist zweifellos diese einmalige Rutsche, die sowohl Kinder als auch Erwachsene begeistert.

Zusätzliche Ressourcen: Schiff Europa 2: Luxus pur

Spektakulärer Ausblick während der Abfahrt garantiert Europa Passage Rutsche: Spaß für alle

Ein spektakulärer Ausblick ist während der Abfahrt garantiert, sodass Sie die atemberaubende Aussicht von hoch oben genießen können. Dabei erleben Sie ein unvergessliches Erlebnis, das Ihnen sicher in Erinnerung bleiben wird.

Das Leben ist wie eine Rutsche: man muss den Mut haben, sich hineinzuwerfen und den Moment zu genießen. – Joachim Löw

Ideal für Kinder und Erwachsene gleichermaßen

Die Rutsche in der Europa Passage bietet familiären Spaß und ist sowohl für Kinder als auch Erwachsene besonders attraktiv. Sie können gemeinsam die rasante Abfahrt genießen und dabei großartigen Freizeitspaß erleben.

Barrierefreier Zugang zur Rutsche vorhanden

Der Zugang zur Rutsche ist barrierefrei gestaltet, sodass auch Personen mit eingeschränkter Mobilität dieses Vergnügen unbeschwert genießen können.

Weiterführende Informationen: Check-in Air Europa: Ihr Guide

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Die Europa Passage ist hervorragend mit öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln erreichbar. Sie können bequem verschiedene Bus- und Bahnlinien nutzen, die direkt in die Innenstadt führen.

Weiterführende Informationen: Aktive Vulkane in Europa: Gefährlich schön

Sicheres Vergnügen dank hochwertiger Konstruktion

Die Rutsche wurde mit einem starken Fokus auf Sicherheit entworfen, um ein sicheres Vergnügen für alle Besucher zu gewährleisten. Die hochwertige Konstruktion kombiniert Robustheit und Zuverlässigkeit, sodass Sie unbesorgt die Fahrt genießen können.

Spaßige Attraktion im Herzen Hamburgs

Die Europa Passage Rutsche ist eine der aufregendsten und dennoch sicheren Attraktionen im Zentrum von Hamburg. Diese Attraktion bietet Ihnen einen atemberaubenden Blick, während Sie die spektakuläre Abfahrt genießen.

Gratis-Rutsche für maximalen Freizeitspaß

Die Gratis-Rutsche bietet maximalen Freizeitspaß ohne zusätzliche Kosten. Sowohl Kinder als auch Erwachsene können hier spannende Rutschpartien erleben, ohne ihr Budget zu belasten.

FAQ: Antworten auf häufig gestellte Fragen Welche Öffnungszeiten hat die Rutsche in der Europa Passage? Die Rutsche in der Europa Passage ist täglich von 10:00 bis 20:00 Uhr geöffnet. Gibt es Altersbeschränkungen für die Nutzung der Rutsche? Ja, Kinder unter 6 Jahren müssen von einem Erwachsenen begleitet werden, um die Rutsche zu nutzen. Darf man eigenständig Entscheidung treffen, ob Kinder rutschen dürfen? Natürlich, aber es wird empfohlen, die Alters- und Größenbeschränkungen zu beachten, um die Sicherheit aller Nutzer zu gewährleisten. Gibt es eine Höchstgrenze für das Gewicht der Nutzer? Ja, die Rutsche ist für Personen bis zu einem Gewicht von 100 kg ausgelegt. Gibt es Umkleidemöglichkeiten in der Nähe der Rutsche? Nein, es gibt keine speziellen Umkleidemöglichkeiten in der Nähe der Rutsche. Wir empfehlen, bequeme Kleidung zu tragen. Kann man die Rutsche auch bei schlechtem Wetter benutzen? Ja, da sich die Rutsche innerhalb der Europa Passage befindet, ist Sie wetterunabhängig nutzbar. Ist eine Reservierung erforderlich, um die Rutsche zu nutzen? Nein, eine Reservierung ist nicht erforderlich. Die Rutsche kann spontan und kostenlos genutzt werden. Gibt es spezielle Events oder Themenabende rund um die Rutsche? Ja, gelegentlich werden besondere Events wie Kindergeburtstage oder thematische Rutschabende organisiert. Informationen dazu finden Sie auf der Webseite der Europa Passage. Sind Tiere auf der Rutsche erlaubt? Nein, aus Sicherheits- und Hygienegründen dürfen Tiere die Rutsche nicht nutzen. Gibt es Erste-Hilfe-Einrichtungen in der Nähe der Rutsche? Ja, in der Europa Passage befinden sich mehrere Erste-Hilfe-Stationen, die bei kleineren Unfällen oder Verletzungen schnell Hilfe leisten können. Kann man die Rutsche außerhalb der offiziellen Öffnungszeiten für private Veranstaltungen mieten? Ja, es besteht die Möglichkeit, die Rutsche für private Veranstaltungen oder Firmenfeiern außerhalb der regulären Öffnungszeiten zu mieten. Weitere Informationen erhalten Sie beim Management der Europa Passage.

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DRAFT REPORT on human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2026
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Isabel Wiseler-Lima

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I was fortunate to receive the UACES Microgrant, which provided additional support to attend the UACES 56th Annual Conference in Prague, hosted by Charles University. During the conference, I presented a paper titled Green Defence: Deconstructing NATO and EU Green Defence Policies in A Changing Climate, as part of the ‘Thinking about Resilience and Responsibility’ session.

The paper introduced the conceptual framework of my PhD and provided an overview of my early empirical findings, arguing that current attempts to green defence in NATO and the EU appear to reproduce assumptions that limit how environmental harm can be understood and addressed, as well as what kinds of action can be considered possible.

The Empirical Puzzle: Integrating Climate Into Defence

There is growing acknowledgement that, as the rest of the world transitions to greener technologies, defence has a carbon problem. However, the environmental harms of defence – its ‘bootprint’ – have gone largely overlooked and have avoided attention in high-level discussions.

The EU has attempted to address this oversight by publishing the Climate Change and Defence Roadmap in 2020, which recommends a series of concrete short-, medium-, and long-term measures to address climate change and the nexus between defence, climate, and security, committing the Union to making military operations greener. Similarly, NATO introduced its Climate Change and Security Action Plan in 2021, which aims to advance the Alliance’s climate agenda around awareness, adaptation, mitigation, and outreach.

These efforts signal a shift toward a more environmentally conscious policy approach and demonstrate a policy-level recognition that defence contributes to environmental harm. However, critics have labelled the integration of climate change into defence as greenwashing, with the defence sector often portraying itself as green while still contributing to environmental damage. This is often linked to the military-industrial complex, the prioritisation of military effectiveness over sustainability, and the way militarised knowledge can act as a barrier to systemic change.

These criticisms also apply to the Roadmap and Action Plan. However, the processes that produced these policy frameworks remain under-researched, and these decision-making processes are where ideas and assumptions about greening defence are perpetuated and institutionalised.

 

Presenting My Research: Starting to Deconstruct the Roadmap and Action Plan

To examine approaches to policymaking and the emergence of the Roadmap and Action Plan, I analyse three dimensions of the policymaking processes developed from my early empirical research and conceptual framework. I presented these three dimensions at the conference to demonstrate how they can be applied to the Roadmap and Action Plan:

1. Plurality and perspectivity:

To unpack who was involved in developing the Action Plan and Roadmap and assess whether established or dominant understandings of green defence took precedence.

2. Assumptions about predictability and linearity:

To question linear, rationalist approaches that assume political problems, in this case environmental ones, can be known, modelled and managed predictably.

3. The humans-nature relationship:

To analyse whether defence doctrines value ecosystems only insofar as they serve military and operational efficiency.

Presenting this research was a great experience, and I received insightful comments and feedback that will be valuable as I move into the next stage of the research and my PhD.

 

Overall: A Fantastic Week

The Annual Conference was a wonderful three days of thoughtful academic exchange, building new connections in European studies and, as a PhD researcher, a key opportunity to develop skills important for career development.

In addition to presenting my research, I attended the UACES Graduate Forum Doctoral Training Academy (DTA). The DTA was organised around topics tailored towards PhD researchers and early careers, such as publishing, EDI, leadership in academia, and career development. This was a great experience, where I had the opportunity to engage with experienced academics, meet other PhD researchers, and (most importantly) make new friends! The Graduate Forum also organised evening social events, which encouraged socialising, relaxing after the conference, and exploring Prague.

Overall, I had a fantastic week, and I’m very much looking forward to hopefully attending the UACES Annual Conference again in future!

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Hello, this is Valeria, although most people call me Vale, and I am the UACES Graduate Forum Communications Officer. Welcome to our Graduate Forum blog series on the 2026 UACES Annual Conference. This first post is about my overall experience at the conference, but stay tuned: next, we’ll talk about publishing!

This series was made possible by the UACES Microgrant Initiative. You can learn more about the Microgrants here: https://www.uaces.org/funding

I arrived at UACES 2026 after a year of developing new research ideas, applying for postdocs, and generally trying to work out what comes next after the PhD. Wearing several hats at the conference, as a presenter, organiser and convenor, made the experience especially immersive: somehow chaotic, but wonderful. It was a great experience that felt deeply meaningful on so many levels.

This year also marked a big first: we decided to hold our Doctoral Training Academy, an event offering training opportunities for early-career researchers, right before the Annual Conference welcome drinks on Sunday afternoon. With this event, we wanted to give participants the chance to interact with experienced professionals, learn more about publishing, and ask the questions they might not always feel comfortable asking elsewhere. Most importantly, we wanted to foster a sense of community among Graduate Forum members and help them meet and get to know each other before the Annual Conference.

When we started planning our Doctoral Training Academy, we wanted to focus on some of the hardest parts of the academic experience: publishing and networking. Through UACES’s existing network, we brought together a panel representing different sides of academic publishing across European Studies: JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Contemporary European Politics (CEP), and the Contemporary European Studies book series. Our session started with the question, “What does it take to turn an idea into a publication?” We asked all our editors, and they said there is no single answer. It really depends on a lot of factors: timeliness, coherence, good and (mostly) bad reviewers, and learning that Marketing Studies is not the same as Market Studies. A huge thank you goes to Gabriel Siles-Brügge, Monika Brusenbauch Meislová, and Christopher Huggins for their lovely presentations and for giving us their time.

The second part of the afternoon was dedicated to our Meet the Experts session, where we tried to (and hopefully did) make networking less intimidating and give participants a chance to connect with our UACES experts. We split our participants into small groups and sent them rotating through four conversations on Leadership in Academia, Career Development, Publishing, and Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Community, hoping that somewhere in the organised chaos people would actually talk to each other, and somehow it worked. The conversations became more informal and flowed much better than anything we could have planned: people asked questions, shared experiences, and discussed things that people sometimes struggle to bring up in a conference room. Even though I was busy keeping time, I enjoyed watching the session turn from an activity into a conversation and seeing how a project that had, for months, been an increasingly terrifying spreadsheet of groups, rotations, and names became something really beautiful. A huge thank you goes to Toni Haastrup, Thomas Hoerber, Tomáš Weiss, Filiz Dogan, Olga Litvyak, Koen Slootmaeckers, Roberta Guerrina, and William T. Daniel.

 

The DTA was only one of the many events we planned for the Annual Conference, and I often forget that I started planning it months ago as a co-convenor for “Sectoral challenges for the implementation of the green agenda in Europe,” along with Rosa Fernandez Martin and Blanca Marabini San Martín. Being a convenor is an understated role, mostly because it happens behind the scenes, but it is one of the most crucial roles in shaping the conference programme. This year, we saw a wide variety of topics on the green agenda, ranging from the more political aspects to geopolitics and the implications of the European Green Deal beyond EU borders, including questions of securitisation.

 

Working on the securitisation of green tech myself, I was particularly interested in learning more about how sustainability, resilience, and security intersect beyond the trade and technology dimension. Much of my recent work has focused on resource dependencies through supply chains and how these can become vulnerabilities. Key supply chains linked to the EU’s twin green and digital transition are increasingly showing how the EU’s industrial base is becoming securitised. In areas such as semiconductors, AI, critical technologies, and green supply chains, the securitisation shift is becoming increasingly visible in the language of technological sovereignty, strategic autonomy, and economic security.

This was one of the threads of one of the papers I brought to Prague, “Trade as Crisis Governance: Legal Responses to Strategic Supply Chain Dependencies in the EU”, which I presented in the Trade Policy track. In this paper, I am examining the international dimension of the EU’s response to dependencies through strategic partnerships. The semiconductor sector is probably the clearest example of this securitisation shift. The EU’s attempts to strengthen its own technological capacity are happening alongside deeper cooperation with actors such as Taiwan, showing that resilience does not necessarily mean less interdependence, but often a more selective and politically charged form of it.

What I found really interesting was that both the Green Agenda panels and the Trade Policy panels were sometimes looking at versions of the same issues from different starting points. The securitisation of the EU’s industrial policy is turning sector-specific questions into matters of broader resilience through diversified international partnerships, strategic autonomy, and concerns about the future of European economic governance. This is another of the many things I value about UACES: it made me think less in terms of separate tracks or different policy ‘boxes’ and more about a broader shift in how the EU is governing interdependence.

European Studies cannot be reduced to a checklist of separate approaches; instead, it is made up of the ways trade, sustainability, law, policy, security, and social policy constantly intersect. These different perspectives constitute a community, and together they shape the broader picture of what European Studies is. In a way, our maps at the Graduate Forum booth became a literal representation of this idea when we put up maps of Europe and the world and asked people to stamp where they came from. Over the course of the conference, the maps slowly filled up: people came from different countries, institutions, disciplines, career stages and research areas, but for a few days all of those different points became part of the same picture. It was slightly chaotic, increasingly imprecise, and somehow a very fitting picture of UACES itself.

My presence at the Annual Conference was also made possible by a UACES Microgrant, which was particularly important for me this year, as I do not currently have a full-time position with access to conference funding. After a year spent trying to work out what comes next after the PhD, Prague did not give me one neat answer, but it gave me new ideas, new people to talk to, and a much stronger sense of belonging to a wider European Studies community. Maybe that is also what the increasingly chaotic maps at our Graduate Forum booth came to represent: lots of different people, disciplines and paths, all leaving their mark on the same space.

This is only the first post in our Annual Conference series. Next, we are going to talk a little more about networking, what makes it difficult, and what we learned from trying to make it slightly less terrifying at the DTA. Stay tuned!

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Culture and education committee MEPs want the next Erasmus+ programme to be simpler, more predictable, and more accessible.
Committee on Culture and Education

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Culture and education committee MEPs want the next Erasmus+ programme to be simpler, more predictable, and more accessible.
Committee on Culture and Education

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The Employment and Social Affairs committee is meeting on Thursday.
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The Employment and Social Affairs committee is meeting on Thursday.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

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Public health committee MEPs want dedicated funding, ambitious prevention policies, and equal access to screening, diagnosis and treatment to improve the EU’s fight against cancer.
Committee on Public Health

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Public health committee MEPs want dedicated funding, ambitious prevention policies, and equal access to screening, diagnosis and treatment to improve the EU’s fight against cancer.
Committee on Public Health

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Length of video : 60'

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