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European Council     31/12/2018  Euro celebrates its 20th birthday The euro, Europe's common currency, turns 20 on 1 January 2019. Exactly 20 years ago, on 1 January 1999, 11 EU countries launched a common currency, the euro, and introduced a shared monetary policy under the European Central Bank. The historic moment was a milestone on a journey driven by the ambition of ensuring stability and prosperity in Europe. Today, still young, the euro is already the currency of 340 million Europeans in 19 Member States. It has brought tangible benefits to European households, businesses and governments alike: stable prices, lower transaction costs, protected savings, more transparent and competitive markets, and increased trade. Some 60 countries around the world link their currencies to the euro in one way or another, and we can and are doing more to let the euro play its full role on the international scene. Other EU Member States are expected to join the euro area once the criteria are met. To mark this anniversary, the five Presidents of the EU institutions and bodies most directly responsible for the euro, the European Commission, the European Parliament, the European Council, the European Central Bank and the Eurogroup, commented on the 20 years of the single currency and on its future.    Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, said: "The creation of the euro 20 years ago — alongside the liberation of Central and Eastern Europe and the reunification of Germany— was a pivotal moment in European history. Our common currency has since matured into a powerful expression of the European Union as a political and economic force in the world. Despite crises, the euro has shown itself resilient, and the eight members which joined the original 11 have enjoyed its benefits. As the world keeps changing, we will keep upgrading and strengthening our Economic and Monetary Union." Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, said: "As one of the only signatories of the Maastricht Treaty still politically active today, I remember the hard-fought and momentous negotiations on the launch of the Economic and Monetary Union. More than anything, I recall a deep conviction that we were opening a new chapter in our joint history. A chapter that would shape Europe’s role in the world and the future of all its people. 20 years on, I am convinced that this was the most important signature I ever made. The euro has become a symbol of unity, sovereignty and stability. It has delivered prosperity and protection to our citizens and we must ensure that it continues to do so. This is why we are working hard to complete our Economic and Monetary Union and boost the euro's international role further." Antonio Tajani, President of the European Parliament, said: "The euro is more popular today than ever: three out of four citizens believe it is good for our economy. In order for Europeans to benefit fully from the jobs, growth and solidarity that the single currency should bring, we must complete our Economic and Monetary union through genuine financial, fiscal and political Union. This will also allow Europe to better shield its citizens from potential future crises." Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank, said: "The euro was a logical and necessary consequence of the single market. It makes it easier to travel, trade and transact within the euro area and beyond. After 20 years, there is now a generation who knows no other domestic currency. During that time, the ECB has delivered on its main task of maintaining price stability. But we also contribute to the well-being of euro area citizens by developing safe, innovative banknotes, promoting secure payment systems, supervising banks to ensure they are resilient and overseeing financial stability in the euro area." Mário Centeno, President of the Eurogroup, said: "The single currency has been one of the biggest European success stories: there can be no doubt about its importance and impact over the first two decades of its history. But its future is still being written, and that puts a historic responsibility on us. The euro and the close economic cooperation that it entails has evolved over time, overcoming challenges in its way. It has come a long way since the start, and it has seen important changes in the wake of the crisis to help us leave the hardship behind. But this work is not yet finished, it requires continuous reform efforts in good times as in bad times. There can be no doubts of our political will to strengthen the Economic and Monetary Union. We need to be prepared for what the future may hold – we owe that to our citizens."  Background The launch of the euro marked the culmination of a long journey that had begun long before. The global monetary turmoil of the 1970s and 1980s had exposed individual European countries and called for European solutions. Moreover, with the establishment of a single market, it would be easier to work and trade if Europeans would start to use a single currency. After decades of early discussions on how an Economic and Monetary Union could be achieved, in 1988 the Delors Committee was set up. Under the chairmanship of then Commission President Jacques Delors, it examined specific, gradual steps towards such a single currency. The agreement that political leaders subsequently signed in 1992 in Maastricht brought the single currency to life, building on the report of the Delors Committee and the ensuing negotiations. As such, the signing of the Maastricht Treaty became a symbolic moment in the move towards the euro. In 1994, the European Monetary Institute (EMI) started its preparatory work in Frankfurt for the European Central Bank (ECB) to assume its responsibility for monetary policy in the euro area. As a result, on 1 June 1998, the ECB became operational. On 1 January 1999, the euro was launched, becoming the official currency of 11 Member States, with monetary policy responsibilities given to the European Central Bank and the Eurosystem. After three years of appearing on people’s bank statements alongside national currencies, euro banknotes and coins arrived in 12 countries, which thereby participated in the largest currency changeover in history. The original members were Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Spain and Portugal. Greece joined in 2001. Since then, a further seven Member States have introduced the euro (Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Slovakia and Slovenia). The second most used currency in the world The euro has come a long way from the first discussions in the late 1960s to being the currency of 340 million Europeans and used by a further 175 million worldwide. It is the second most important international currency, with around 60 countries in the world using it or linking their own currency to the euro. It is a safe store of value for international central banks, used for issuing debt worldwide and widely accepted for international payments. Ten years after the financial crisis shook the world, the architecture of Europe's Economic and Monetary Union has been significantly reinforced but more work remains to be done. Building on the vision set out in the Five Presidents’ Report of June 2015 and the Reflection Papers on the Deepening of the Economic and Monetary Union and the Future of EU Finances of spring 2017, the European Commission set out a roadmap for deepening the Economic and Monetary Union. In December, EU Leaders also agreed to work towards strengthening the international role of the euro as part of this journey. A single currency for the benefit of all Europeans Public support for the euro has been consistently high in the EU, especially in the countries already using the euro. A majority of 74% of respondents across the euro area said that they thought the euro was good for the EU; this is the same as the record high score set last year and confirms that popular support for the euro is at its highest since surveys began in 2002. A majority of 64% of respondents across the euro area also said that they thought the euro was good for their own country. 36% of Europeans identify the euro as one of the main symbols of the European Union, the second highest behind ‘freedom’ as a symbol. It has brought visible and very practical benefits to European households, businesses and governments alike: stable prices, lower transaction costs, more transparent and competitive markets, and increased trade. It makes travelling and living abroad easier, and savings protected. Conseil de l'Union européenne     28/12/2018  Déclaration de la haute représentante, au nom de l'Union européenne, sur les relations avec la République Démocratique du Congo à la veille des élections Hier, le gouvernement de la République Démocratique du Congo a sommé l’ambassadeur représentant l’Union européenne de quitter le pays. Rien ne saurait justifier cet acte arbitraire. Quant à la réciprocité invoquée suite aux sanctions individuelles adoptées à l’encontre de certains citoyens congolais, l’UE tient à rappeler que ces mesures sont liées aux violations des droits de l’homme et aux obstacles créés à une sortie pacifique de la crise en RDC. Elles ont été adoptées le 12 décembre 2016 et le 29 mai 2017 à l’unanimité des 28 Etats membres de l’UE, et seront examinées à nouveau compte tenu des élections en RDC, en les adaptant éventuellement en conséquence. L’UE est un partenaire de premier plan de la RDC et de sa population, en y maintenant une coopération importante. A la veille d’élections cruciales pour le pays, elle estime que cette décision est totalement contre-productive, nuisant aux intérêts de la population. Comme la Haute Représentante Federica Mogherini l’avait déclaré au nom de l'UE le 22 novembre, la tenue d'élections inclusives, transparentes, crédibles et pacifiques sera importante pour l’engagement futur de l’Union européenne en RDC. L’UE partage entièrement la préoccupation manifestée par les leaders de la région réunis en urgence à Brazzaville ce 26 décembre, et leur appel à l’apaisement et la retenue en vue de la tenue des scrutins dans la sérénité.

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Η  Accademia Collegio De’Nobili της Φλωρεντίας αναγόρευσε Επίτιμο Μέλος της στην “Τάξη των Ιπποτών” τον Ευάγγελο Ανδρέου καθώς πλησιάζει η συμπλήρωση 40 χρόνων του Ευρωπαϊκού Κέντρου Τέχνης (EUARCE), στην ίδρυση του οποίου πρωτοστάτησε το 1979 ο τιμηθείς ποιητής, αισθητικός της τέχνης και συγγραφέας.

Η είδηση δημοσιεύεται στο τεύχος Δεκεμβρίου 2018, που μόλις κυκλοφόρησε, του επίσημου περιοδικού της Ακαδημίας “L’ ERACLIANO”.  

Η Ακαδημία ιδρύθηκε στις 15 Μαΐου 1689 από μιά ομάδα φλωρεντινών ιπποτών και το πρώτο καταστατικό της εγκρίθηκε στις 6 Μαρτίου 1696 από τον Μεγάλο Δούκα της Τοσκάνης Cosimo III των Μεδίκων ενώ το1702 αναλαμβάνει τη διεύθυνσή της ο διαπρεπής ιστορικός, γραμματολόγος και παιδαγωγός-φιλόσοφος Giovan Battista Casotti, ο οποίος το 1713 έγραψε το βιβλίο “Il vero onore - Festa teatrale dall’ Accademia Di’ Nobili di’ Firence” όπου παρατίθται πλήθος στοιχείων – ονοματολογικών και άλλων -  της ιστορικής Ακαδημίας.

Στεγάσθηκε στο Palazzo Strozzi, στο κέντρο της Φλωρεντίας και δραστηριοποιήθηκε εξ αρχής με οργανωμένες επιδόσεις στο «δημόσιο καλό» και στη συστηματοποίηση της παιδείας των νέων στους τομείς της ηθικής φιλοσοφίας και της επιστήμης (ιστορία, λογοτεχνία, γεωγραφία, νομοθεσία, ελληνική γλώσσα, κ.λ.π.), μετονομαζόμενη κατά καιρούς σε «Istituto Accademia dei Nobili», «Collegio de’ Nobili», «Accademia dei Nobili di San Giovanni Gualberto» και «Accademia del Casino dei Nobili».

Το 1761 κυρώθηκε στη Φλωρεντία το νέο καταστατικό της Ακαδημίας από τον  Μεγάλο Δούκα Francesco Stefano di Lorena  και στα 1768 επιβεβαιώθηκε η κύρωσή του από το Μεγάλο Δούκα της Τοσκάνης Pietro Leopoldo

Με την αναδιοργάνωση των χωρών, ύστερα από τη Γαλλική Επανάσταση, ο Μεγάλος Δούκας Ferdinando III  εγκρίνει στις 20 Οκτωβρίου 1795 το νέο καταστατικό της Accademia Collegio de 'Nobilι, με την προσχώρηση σ΄αυτήν των Ακαδημιών Affinati και Vaganti.

Η φήμη της Ακαδημίας στο 18^ο αιώνα ξαπλώθηκε σε διάφορες ευρωπαϊκές πόλεις, στο Παρίσι, στο Λονδίνο, στη Βιέννη αλλά και στην Αγία Πετρούπολη και έδωσε το ερέθισμα ίδρυσης παρόμοιων Ακαδημιών στην Πάρμα τον Ιούλιο του 1784 με διάταγμα του Δούκα Ferdinando Ι, στη Ρώμη απ’ όπου ανδείχθηκαν οι μετέπειτα Πάπες Clemente XIII, Leone XII, Leone XIII και Benedict XV,  στο Βασίλειο της Σαρδηνίας και του Πιεμόντε, στο Βασίλειο των Δύο Σικελών, στο Παλέρμο, στη Μπολόνια, στη Βιτσέντζα, στη Βερόνα, κ.α.

Με τη νεώτερη επανασύστασή της η Accademia Collegio de’Nobili της Φλωρεντίας επανιδρύει το καταστατικό της, ακολουθεί τον εκσυγχρονισμό, αφήνοντας όμως τα ιστορικά της χαρακτηριστικά αμετάβλητα, και ανοίγει τις πόρτες του ιδρύματος σε κάθε πολίτη ανεξαρτήτως παλαιών τίτλων και διακρίσεων αναπτύσσοντας το έργο της στον τομέα των σύγχρονων γραμμάτων, της ποίησης, της μουσικής, της ιστορικής έρευνας και της κοινωνικής ζωής.

Το 1986, ύστερα από πρωτοβουλία του προέδρου της, Καθηγητή-ιστορικού συγγραφέα Marcello Falletti di Villafalletto, εκδίδει το πολιτιστικό περιοδικό “L’ Eracliano” με πρωτότυπα θέματα ιστορικής τεκμηρίωσης και βιβλιοκριτικής και για δεκα-οκτώ χρόνια διοργανώνει τους διεθνείς διαγωνισμούς ποίησης «Danilo Masini» σε συνεργασία με το Δήμο Montevarchi του Arezzo.

Στα Honoris Causa αείμνηστα Μέλη της, ο Adolfo Oxilia.

Το λογοτεχνικό έργο του ποιητή Ευάγγελου Ανδρέου, αναγόμενο στην ιστορική και εικαστική δοκιμιογραφία, έχει κατ’ επανάληψη δημοσιευθεί σε ιταλικά ΜΜΕ και πολιτιστικά προγράμματα με τα οποία συνεργάσθηκε (Festival dei Due Mondi - Spoleto 1981, Accademia Ferdinandea-Catania, Rivista La Sponda, RAI, κ.ά.) ενώ η ιστορική πραγματεία του για τον κορυφαίο ζωγράφο του 18^ου αιώνα Γεώργιο Μάρκου τον Αργείο εκδόθηκε και κυκλοφόρησε μεταφρασμένο, στην Ιταλία.

Στα 1979 πρωτοστάτησε στην πρωτοβουλία σημαντικών ανθρώπων των Γραμμάτων και της Τέχνης – Στρατής Δούκας, Πάνος Βαλσαμάκης, Τάσος Χατζής, Δημήτρης Σταμέλος, Μάνος Χαριτάτος, Γιώργος Μούγιος, Λουκία Τάκη Μάρθα, κ.ά. –  για την ίδυση του Ευρωπαϊκού Κέντρου Τέχνης (EUARCE) της Αθήνας όπου συμμετέσχε και διηύθυνε προγράμματα ελληνοϊταλικής συνεργασίας (“L' icastica octoichos di Amalias legata con la poesia lirica di Yiannis Coutsocheras” - Atene 1997, Casa Editrice Alba – Galleria d’Arte Moderna Alba – Fiera di Padova  1997, Conference of “Association Internationale de la Critique Littéraire (AICL)” 2004, κ.ά.). Τιμήθηκε από ιταλικούς πολιτιστικούς φορείς στο Βερτσέλλι και στην Κατάνη.

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