White paper

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The Council of Europe's White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue: an analysis using the ethic of care

Abstract: This article examines what an ethic of care could offer to discussions about Europe's increasing cultural diversity by analyzing the important White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue published by the Council of Europe in 2008. The authors consider the White Paper from the perspective of the political ethic of care and thus examine its adequacy in dealing with issues of care. Their point of departure is that policy texts display normative ways of speaking about certain issues - in this case, issues of diversity, multiculturalism and citizenship in Europe. They first contextualize the discussions for promoting intercultural dialogue in the Council of Europe and analyze the normative framework of the White Paper. Then, they use the care perspective as a lens to comment on notions of diversity, multiculturalism and citizenship. Finally, they discuss how the notion of care as a citizenship issue could contribute towards further development of discussions on citizenship education and intercultural dialogue in Europe.

A New Dawn for Faith‐Based Education? Opportunities for Religious Organisations in the UK's New School System

Abstract: The ‘new school system’ described in the Schools White Paper (DfE, 2010) presents religious organisations with two interesting opportunities. The first is an opportunity to play a significantly enhanced role in the management of faith-based schools. The second is an opportunity to rethink quite radically the content of their curricula. In this article I advance a proposal for the consideration of religious organisations: that they take up the opportunity to develop innovative, religiously distinctive curricula whilst eschewing the activity of confessional religious education. I show how non-confessional, faith-based curricula are possible and offer some suggestions about what they might include.

Competence, european community law and nationals of non-member states

Abstract: THE Commission's White Paper of 1985 entitled "Completing the Internal Market"' announced that practical steps would be taken to realise the ambition expressed at the Fontainebleau European Council: "the abolition of all police and customs formalities for people crossing intraCommunity borders". The White Paper was quite explicit on the point that these proposals would apply to nationals of non-member States. In the words of that document: "the abolition of checks at internal frontiers will make it much easier for nationals of non-Community countries to move from one Member State to another". As a first step the Commission undertook to make proposals, in 1988 at the latest, to achieve the co-ordination of the rules on residence, entry and access to employment applicable to nationals of non-Community countries. It contemplated that problems might arise over the question of the change of residence of non-Community citizens between the member States and it undertook to address those problems. Measures would be proposed, also in 1988 at the latest, on the right of asylum and the position of refugees. The White Paper envisaged a common visa policy for adoption by 1990 and a common extradition policy for adoption by 1991. It is notorious that progress on these issues has been slow. The Commission complained of the lack of progress in its report to the Rhodes European Council. In a separate communication to the Council and the Parliament2 the Commission again drew attention to this unsatisfactory state of affairs, and in particular to the existence of a number of fora competent in this area of activity, which often failed to co-ordinate their activities. Under the Spanish presidency some progress was made towards the establishment of common rules governing the attribution of responsibility for examining an asylum request but the approval of a text on these subjects has been frustrated by differences of opinion on the question of competence. Do these matters fall within the scope of the Treaty of Rome at all? Are they, rather, suitable for determination by the 12 States or by some of the 12 States, acting collectively? If the

Protecting the Interests of Civil Society in Community Decision-Making - The Limits of Article 230 EC

Abstract: In the Commission's White Paper on European Governance1 and the subsequent Laeken2 Declaration, the participation of civil society in the Community method of decision-making was viewed as the primary way of engaging directly with EU citizens. The White Paper accepts that participatory democracy is created from the bottom up by ‘groups of people dedicated to the disinterested search for the public interest in society’.3 This statement recognises that participation goes beyond the pre-legislative lobbying process. It suggests that the representation and protection of citizens' interests requires ex post judicial protection in circumstances where the legislative measure breaches fundamental rights or if its application infringes principles of procedural propriety. The only vehicle for such judicial protection at the Community level is paragraph 4 of Article 230 EC, which already provides recourse to individuals who are ‘directly and individually concerned’ by an act of the institutions. Direct actions under Article 230 EC are preferable to the indirect protection available in national courts when a preliminary reference can be made under Article 234 EC. This is because national courts cannot declare a Community measure as being invalid or provide a remedy against the Commission. Despite these deficiencies with domestic enforcement actions, the Court's judgments have been consistently of the view that the granting of locus standi under Article 230 EC should be narrowly construed and most significantly does not extend to judicial review actions by representative groups. This is in stark contrast to the practice within the domestic courts of Member States where proxy actions have, in recent years, been encouraged.