We are living in cities which are becoming more culturally and linguistically diverse through migration. In 2015 CAMOC, in its special 10th year anniversary, decided to focus on migration and its representation in city museums, first by dedicating its annual conference on the theme and now by partnering with the Open Museum, Glasgow to organise a special interactive workshop on 26/27 November 2015. I hope that PASCAL subscribers may be interested in attending.

You are invited to a PASCAL Learning Cities Networks Inclusion Workshop, "Seniors as Lifelong Learners: barriers, strategies, outcomes", at RMIT on 30 November, 2015. The venue is Seminar Rooms 1 & 2, Storey Hall, RMIT City Campus, Building 16, Level 7, 336-348 Swanston Street, Melbourne.

In 2015, France will be hosting and presiding the 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21/CMP11), otherwise known as “Paris 2015” from November 30th to December 11th. COP21 will be a crucial conference, as it needs to achieve a new international agreement on the climate, applicable to all countries, with the aim of keeping global warming below 2°C.

Crises have occurred regularly in the history of European political integration. The crisis that the European Union (EU) has been traversing since 2010 is, however, its deepest, most intractable and most protracted. The uniquely high level and scope of political integration that has developed in Europe over the last 60 years is primarily attributable to the strong support that successive German governments have given to his process. Whether, how and to what extent the EU survives the current crisis is therefore likely to depend heavily on the orientation of German European policy.