The two presidents of the Greens/EFA regret the absence of proactivity at the European Parliament and the re-nationalisation of debate to the detriment of Community action. They accuse the European Commission of abandoning its right of initiative, wanting a mea culpa from the Commission. Monica Frassoni has been an MEP since 1999 and will be standing again next year as a candidate for the Greens in Italy. Daniel Cohn-Bendit has been an MEP since 1994 and will be standing for the Europe-Ecologie party at the top of the Ile-de-France list in France.

Daniel Cohn-Bendit fears an Irish 'No' in the referendum about the "Lisbon Treaty". Irelands rejection of the new European constitution would have a massive impact on other European countries which have not ratified the treaty yet. But an Irish 'No' would also force Europe to rethink its democratic concept...

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Before the Max Kade Lecture at Boston University Caleb Daniloff spoke with Daniel Cohn-Bendit about the legacy of 68, the evolution of his own political ideas and the power of street protesting nowadays.

The brutality shown by China's ruler towards Tibet has cast a shadow over the upcoming Olympic games. In an interview with a German newspaper, Daniel Cohn- Bendit who is head of the Green Party in the European Parliament, called for a boycott of the games, which he hopes will put the Chinese Government in Beijing under pressure.

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Forty years after the event, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, the emblematic leader of the May-Revolution and Luc Ferry, former minister and the author of "La pensée 68", the first philosophical pamphlet against the events of ‘68, debate the heritage of this period. A heritage which the French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, would like liquidated.

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