On July 1st, France will succeed Slovenia for one of the last rotating presidencies of the EU. For this occasion, Paris will not do things by halves with 200 million Euro budget and a very busy schedule.

In the little European world, let’s bet history will remember this beginning of 2008; but why? you will ask … Since for the fist time, a new member country from the 2004 eastern enlargement will preside over the EU. I name Slovenia, a small country of 2 million inhabitants, stuck between Italy, Austria and the Balkans.

Which urban policy for which society?

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, also focuses its attention on the earth’s environmental problems. During a conference in Paris, entitled "Making peace with the earth", the urgency of the situation was emphasized by its participants.