The European Parliament and the Council of Ministers decided this week on the program formerly known as 'Erasmus for all' worth €16 billion. "It was an Arabic bazar", says chief negotiator Doris Pack.
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| Launching Facebook and Obama |
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Chris Hughes co-founded Facebook in a dorm when he was 21. Three years later he helped the first black man into the Oval Office by revolutionizing political campaigning. What does he think is the future of Big Data and privacy? "You don't have power when you don’t have the right technology."
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| No career, no classes |
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Young people are hit hard by the economic downturn. A growing group of young Europeans is neither working nor studying. This depresses the EU GDP with 150 billion euros each year. "This could pose a serious threat to social cohesion and increase the risk of political instability."
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| Feed the nine billion |
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How to feed 9 billion people in 2050? Wageningen University found that new cultivars and pesticides will not do the trick, whereas the stakes are rising. "High food prices create conflicts around the globe like the Arab Spring."
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| The forgotten half of microfinance |
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Savings remain neglected in the debate on microfinance in Europe, although savings empower people and make them less vulnerable for dramatic life events. "If they can do it in the slums of Mumbai, then we can do it here in Europe!"
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| Africa increasingly popular |
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African academic talent progressively chooses for education on the African continent, Campus France concludes in a research on student mobility in Africa. South-Africa and Morocco serve as academic hubs for the entire continent, but the French conclude proudly: "La France reste le premier pays".
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