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Gian Paolo Accardo

Gian Paolo Accardo (b. 1969) is an Italo-Dutch journalist. He worked as an editor at Internazionale, Courrier international and as a correspondent for Italy's ApCom press agency before becoming assistant editor in chief of presseurop.eu.

Updated: 20 April 2012

By Gian Paolo Accardo

Editorial: Another trillion euros

It was the poor relation on the agenda for the May 22 European Council meeting, and not without reason: whereas tax evasion and avoidance, which […]

24 May 2013
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Interview: Antonio Tajani: ‘Make industry a central priority for recovery’

Antonio Tajani is European Commissioner for Industry, a sector that has been hit hard by the crisis, and one which several member states are hoping will play a central role in their recovery. On the sidelines of the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy, he told us about the EU’s […]

20 May 2013
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Editorial: Reasons for hope

Is there still a reason to celebrate Europe Day and the anniversary of the Schuman Declaration, which led to the founding of the European Union? […]

9 May 2013
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Editorial: The Great Evasion

One trillion euros. According to the European Commission, this is what tax evasion costs the EU every year: about half the GDP of Italy, or […]

5 April 2013
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Editorial: Grim anniversary

March 15 will mark the second anniversary of the uprising against the start Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria. Over the last two years, what began […]

15 March 2013
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Editorial: Food for thought

"Tell me what you eat and I'll tell you what you are." How many Europeans today could answer the question posed in the 19th Century […]

19 February 2013
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Editorial: Budget and democracy

At the end of a marathon negotiating session that was more akin to haggling in a bazaar than plush drawing-room diplomacy, the government leaders of […]

11 February 2013
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Editorial: Back on track

It was the last bastion to hold out against liberalisation, but by 2019, it will finally be brought into line. The free market has been introduced […]

1 February 2013
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Editorial: It’s our war too

What was bound to happen has happened. Now that the Malian conflict has spread to Algeria, the French military operation launched last week to block […]

18 January 2013
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Editorial: Bad climate

When it comes to the environment, the latest paradox is that Qatar, world champion in carbon footprint per capita, should be the organiser of the […]

7 December 2012
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Editorial: Need for transparency

The resignation of the Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy, John Dalli, accused of not having denounced the attempted solicitation of a bribe on his […]

9 November 2012
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Editorial: The temptation of Google

Ah, Google! Without it, the Internet would probably have a quite different face. And Presseurop, which uses its online apps, would be a lot harder […]

19 October 2012
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Editorial: EU must be worthy of prize

So the European Union has won the Nobel Peace Prize. It’s a surprise, but it is also a strong message, the kind that the Nobel […]

12 October 2012
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Editorial: Reach for the cloud

Never mind the crisis, if the Commissioner for Digital Agenda is to be believed, Europeans will soon be on a cloud. On Thursday 27 September, […]

28 September 2012
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Editorial: The shale gas mirage

Every year, towards the end of the summer, the same question is routinely raised in several European countries: the cost of gas for heating and […]

21 September 2012
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Editorial: Euro holiday draws to a close

Are the markets all powerful? Up until a few weeks ago, we were told that they were. Back then it looked as if […]

24 August 2012
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Editorial: Marriage for all

Do you live in Belgium, Denmark, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain or Sweden? Don't worry about it then. In these countries, same-sex couples can […]

17 August 2012
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Editorial: Europe and the Olympics

A surprising medal table, circulated on the Internet in recent days, showed a single podium count for all of the EU countries at the […]

10 August 2012
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Editorial: Adieu Acta

Slowly but surely ACTA is being pushed towards the waste paper basket. On 21 June, the European parliament’s International Trade Committee recommended […]

22 June 2012
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Editorial: Don’t betray Ireland’s trust

Ireland has said “Yes” to the fiscal compact. Signed last February by 25 of the 27 EU countries, it is supposed to build confidence in […]

1 June 2012
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Editorial: Grexit — let’s stop scaring ourselves

Again this week the Europeans – and not just Europeans – played at putting the fear into themselves by evoking the hypothesis of a Grexit […]

25 May 2012
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Editorial: Boycott Kiev’s regime

Should there be a boycott of the Euro 2012 football championship matches scheduled to be held in Ukraine, which is co-organising the competition […]

11 May 2012
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Editorial: The Norwegian model

In recent days, in Room 250 of the Oslo courthouse, democracy and the rule of law are being tested. The trial of Anders Behring […]

20 April 2012
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Editorial: Let’s talk about you

When Presseurop was launched, one objective was to create a space for debate about Europe. To do this we sought to publish articles that would […]

30 March 2012
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Editorial: A boomerang made in EU

You can’t accuse the EU of not holding back when it comes to getting the word out about its activities and initiatives. This week, trying […]

9 March 2012
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Editorial: Europeans weave their Web

Times are tough for intellectual property as we have known it up till now. After years of heated wrangling on the internet and in the […]

17 February 2012
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Editorial: Go for it, Angela

“My vision is one of political union”: the remark made by Angela Merkel in an interview granted to the Europa supplement produced by six […]

27 January 2012
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Editorial: Ménage à trois

Changes are afoot in Europe. If the initial signs are anything to go by, the “Merkozy” duo, which took de facto control of […]

13 January 2012
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Editorial: Elect the Commission

In recent days, we have often read that the problem of timing – with governments, and in particular Berlin, taking way too long […]

16 December 2011
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Editorial: “Merkozy” is not alone

In recent days a breeze of relief has been blowing across Europe. It may not yet be a wind of change, but it […]

25 November 2011
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Editorial: Breaking the circle

Exit Berlusconi. The last government leader among the PIIGS – a charming acronym invented by the Anglophone media for European countries […]

11 November 2011
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Editorial: With TINA at the helm

Ever since the debt crisis began to threaten the stability of the single currency, the “Merkozy” duo has taken over the bridge of the good […]

4 November 2011
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Editorial: An encouragement and a challenge

"People don't read newspapers any more." "They're not curious about what goes on around them." "Nobody's interested in Europe." Many such clichés get […]

7 October 2011
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Editorial: The euro is a high-speed train

Since the Greek crisis has taken on an air of tragedy and a default by Athens no longer seems impossible, the chorus of voices calling […]

16 September 2011
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Editorial: In defence of Eurocrats

Oh what will Brussels stick its nose into next? Having regulated the curves of cucumber, the crookedness of carrots and the listing of what must […]

2 September 2011
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Editorial: Libya: an opportunity not to be missed

Once again you may be thinking: where is Ms Ashton? It is not the first time that we have wondered what the head […]

26 August 2011
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Editorial: One way out: a federal government

All the commentators on the crisis in the Eurozone agree on one point: the lack of incisive European economic and political leadership continues to play […]

19 August 2011
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Editorial: Sovereignty: time to decide

The sovereign debt crisis buffeting the eurozone will have at least one merit: that of making clear even to the most recalcitrant the fact that […]

12 August 2011
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Editorial: Support Ankara against Assad

Less than one hour’s flight time from the EU, over the last four months, a tyrant has been waging war on his people. […]

17 June 2011
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Editorial: Strike two

Having already struck in Ireland, the debt crisis has now devoured a second government. Like the Irish, who unloaded Brian Cowen in February, the Portuguese opted […]

7 June 2011
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Editorial: Hanging on

Forced to resign as chief of the International Monetary Fund following his arrest in New York on charges of attempted rape, Dominique Strauss-Kahn leaves his […]

20 May 2011
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Interview: Antonio Tajani: “Citizens of Europe need responses that the member states cannot give on their own.”

Antonio Tajani is Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship. Presseurop met up with him at the International Festival of Journalism in Perugia (Italy) last April. PE: The EU has been very discreet during the uprisings in north Africa, even absent. Was it worth going to the […]

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Editorial: Fragile symbol

After the great fear over the survival of the euro just a year ago, another major achievement of European integration is now under threat: the free […]

29 April 2011
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Editorial: Tiptoeing away from nuclear power

In Europe, nuclear power is like immigrants: everyone needs them, but nobody wants them in their back yard. And in both cases the consequences hang […]

18 March 2011
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Editorial: Coping with Gaddafi’s return

There is no denying that the "Arab spring" has not turned out well for European leaders. Having missed the boat on the Jasmin […]

14 March 2011
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Editorial: Learning from Tunisia

Social discontent among a large population of young people and the increasing prevalence of the internet played a key role in the Jasmine […]

21 January 2011
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Editorial: Hungarian headache

Even before Fidesz’s landslide victory in the Hungarian general elections last April, the European press was quick to criticise the populist approach of its leader […]

7 January 2011
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Editorial: The dictatorship of transparency?

This week was marked by the managed release of US diplomatic cables disclosed by WikiLeaks in a number of major European newspapers – […]

3 December 2010
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Editorial: Long live net neutrality

One of the keys to the success of the Internet is the “neutral” nature of the web. When it was first launched, the “founding fathers” […]

12 November 2010
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Editorial: Power to the people

Among other things, the Lisbon Treaty will grant greater powers to the European Parliament. This week, the assembly flexed its new muscle on a particularly […]

22 October 2010
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