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Category: European Integration & Institutional Affairs
“No trade-offs means no deal”, Brendan Donnelly (The Federal Trust, United Kingdom)
Director Brendan Donnelly argues that if there is a “no deal” Brexit it will have its roots in the referendum […]
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“Revising Citizenship within the European Union: is a Genuine Link Requirement the Way Forward?”, Martijn Van Den Brink (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
This paper shows that supporters and critics often fail to recognise that they have been talking with different conceptions of […]
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“The Parliamentary Dimension in EU Governance”, Edward Best and Nora Vissers (EIPA, Maastricht)
The parliamentary dimension in EU governance still needs attention, and is sure to be addressed in the Conference on the […]
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“Single Interconnects and Congestion Management Challenges – The Legal Framework?”, Julius Rumpf and Leigh Hancher (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
Explores the impact of an important ruling from the ECJ in Baltic Cable AB v Energimarknadsinspektionen on 11 March. Discusses […]
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“Anxiety in the West. How to Restore the Ideal of Western Democracy?”, Rob Riemen (CIDOB, Barcelona)
It is crucial to call things by their name, as that everyone realizes what we are facing. The restoration of […]
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“Europe after the Coronavirus: A “Return of the State”?”, Hans Kundnani (IAI, Italy)
Against the background of the coronavirus pandemic, there has been much discussion of a “return of the state” across two […]
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“Moving Forward or Turning Back? Slovak Parties and the Future of the EU”, Jan Kovář (IIR, Czech Republic)
This article explores which metaphors relevant political parties in Slovakia use when they speak about the EU’s “finalité politique” by […]
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“EU strategic autonomy: A reality check for Europe’s global agenda”, Niklas Helwig (FIIA, Finland)
This Working Paper analyzes the current debate on EU strategic autonomy among European policymakers and think-tankers and evaluates it against […]
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“EU Private International Law in Internet-Related Disputes: The Polish Case Law Approach”, Mateusz Grochowski and Katarzyna Południak-Gier (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
The paper examines the way Polish courts apply EU private international law rules in the disputes concerning online context. The […]
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“Border Control and Invisible Threats. Does the Closures of Borders in Europe Stop COVID-19?”, Asya Metodieva (IIR, Czech Republic)
This policy paper evaluates the implementation of travel restrictions in Europe due to COVID-19 to provide an understanding of the […]
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“More important than ever – EU agencies in times of crisis”, Michael Kaeding (EIPA, Maastricht)
The latest European Court of Auditors (ECA) Special Report on EU agencies is worth a thorough read. This audit is […]
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“Policy Changes to Strengthen the Protection of Media Freedom and Media Pluralism in the EU”, Pier Luigi Parcu and Maria Alessandra Rossi (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
Summarizes the range of policy proposals advanced to address the crisis of traditional media outlets and the unaccountability of platforms. […]
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“The Perplexities of the Petruhhin Judgment”, Petra Jeney (EIPA, Maastricht)
It is not often that an Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) calls on […]
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“Models of Law and Regulation for Artificial Intelligence”, Nicolas Petit and Jerome De Cooman (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
This paper discusses models of law and regulation of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”). The discussion focuses on four models: the black […]
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“Going transnational? Candidates’ transnational linkages on Twitter during the 2019 European Parliament elections”, Caterina Froio, Sebastian Stier and Wolf J. Schünemann (Sciences Po, France)
How transnational are European Parliament (EP) campaigns? Building on research on the European public sphere and the politicisation of the […]
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“Schengen under Pressure: Differentiation or Disintegration?”, Marie De Somer, Funda Tekin and Vittoria Meissner (IAI, Italy)
The Schengen area represents a textbook example of differentiation in the European Union. Not all EU member states are part […]
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“Differentiation from Below: Sub-national Authority Networks as a Form of Differentiated Cooperation”, Pier Domenico Tortola and Stefan Couperus (IAI, Italy)
Transnational networks of local authorities are an established and growing phenomenon in Europe, where they perform a number of (soft) […]
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“Independence of the ECB and the ECJ during the Sovereign Debt Crisis: From Active Leadership to Rubber‐Stamping?”, Marijus Bernatavičius (IIRPS, Lithuania)
During the sovereign debt crisis the ECB and ECJ were constrained by two main factors: pressures from the Crisis Management […]
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“YouTubing Europe: Transnational Communication and Identity Formation in a European Network”, Dennis Lichtenstein (ÖGFE, Austria)
Plans for promoting European identity on social media start from crisis diagnoses, rightly stating that the European Union suffers from […]
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“On the Concept of Sovereignty”, Claude Nigoul (CIFE)
Sovereignty is back. A concept proscribed by democratic ideology itself, it has been rehabilitated, since it would become the attribute […]
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“The deepening Finnish-Swedish security and defence relationship: From operative cooperation to ‘strategic interoperability’?”, Matti Pesu and Tuomas Iso-Markku (FIIA, Finland)
Finnish-Swedish defence cooperation has taken significant steps. Currently, the two countries engage in operative planning, which constitutes a significant part […]
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“How Does Identity Relate to Attitudes Towards Differentiation?”, Jan Kovář and Petr Kratochvíl (IIR, Czech Republic)
A new policy paper of our researchers Jan Kovář and Petr Kratochvíl just came out! It was written with a […]
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“EUCO diaries: will the tension in the Eastern Mediterranean lead to a watershed?”, Ilke Toygür (Elcano, Spain)
EU leaders have met in Brussels to discuss many important items on external relations, including the recent tensions with Turkey […]
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“Enduring consensus: why the EU legislative process stays the same”, Stéphanie Novak, Olivier Rozenberg and Selma Bendjaballah (Sciences Po, France)
The multiple crises that the EU has faced over the last decade could lead observers to expect an increase in […]
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“The European Defence fund and Norway”, Karsten Friis (NUPI, Norway)
The establishment of the European Defence Fund (EDF) represents an important step towards a more coherent European security architecture. It […]
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“Brexit and External Differentiation in Foreign, Security and Defence Policy”, Ian Bond (IAI, Italy)
This policy brief examines the EU’s foreign, security and defence policy relations with third countries, and their relevance to the […]
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“Replacing the Westphalian system: Essay on the Identification of the EU as a democratic Union of democratic States”, Jaap Hoeksma (The Federal Trust, United Kingdom)
Jaap Hoeksma argues that the EU is no longer an incomprehensible hybrid between a state and an international organisation. Instead, […]
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“Protecting the Rule of Law in the EU”, Natasha Wunsch (Sciences Po, France)
Natasha Wunsch, Assistant Professor of European Integration/Political Science at Sciences Po Paris, has contributed to IEP Berlin’s #BerlinPerspectives series. The […]
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“Ursula Von der Leyen’s First State of the Union”, Brigid Laffan (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
On 16th of September 2020, Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen gave her first State of the Union (SoU) address, a practice […]
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“The three archetype European historic development models and their impact in East-Central Europe”, Miklós Szanyi (IWE CERS)
This paper deals mainly with the historic origins of the special rent-based East-Central European development model. The Atlantic competition-based model […]
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“The politicisation of permanent crisis in Europe”, Colin Hay, Benedetta Voltolini and Michal Natorski (Sciences Po, France)
Taking stock of the numerous crises that have confronted Europe in the last decade, this special issue investigates the relationship […]
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“A ‘Europe des Nations’: far right imaginative geographies and the politicization of cultural crisis on Twitter in Western Europe”, Caterina Froio and Bharath Ganesh (Sciences Po, France)
Contestation over European integration has been widely studied in the rhetoric of parties, leaders, and movements on the far right […]
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“Half-full or half-empty? Framing of UK–EU relations during the Brexit referendum campaign”, Tatiana Coutto (Sciences Po, France)
This article analyses the political construction and politicisation of UK–EU relations by British parliamentarians in Westminster and in the European […]
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“The European Council and Europe’s Magic Lantern”, Nicoletta Pirozzi (IAI, Italy)
The July European Council resulted in a good deal, arguably the best possible under the circumstances. It took four days […]
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“Trilemma Tradeoffs in International Relations: Brexit and the Irish Border Question”, Olivier Lewis (College of Europe, Bruges)
During the NEXTEUK Project International Online Conference “Brexit and European integration: Political, policy and legitimacy challenges” – organised by the Centre for European […]
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“A Differentiated “Dual Track” European Union as a Remedy in Times of Cri-sis? Debating Habermas, Arendt, and the Theoretical Foundations of Graduated European In-tegration”, Lars Rensmann (IAI, Italy)
This EU IDEA paper engages with ideational origins and normative political theories of European differentiated integration. Specifically, it examines a […]
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“The Conference on the Future of Europe is an opportunity – also for the European Committee of the Regions”, Mark Speich (IEP, Germany)
North Rhine-Westphalia’s State Secretary for European Affairs, Mark Speich (CDU), sees the conference as an opportunity to reduce the over-constitutionalisation […]
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“How Does Differentiated Integration Work in the EU Financial Sector? Spot-light on Banking Union”, Sebastian Mack (IAI, Italy)
Five years after the entry into force of the Banking Union, this Policy Paper assesses its effectiveness as a form […]
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“Differentiated Cooperation in European Foreign Policy: The Challenge of Coherence”, Giovanni Grevi et al. (IAI, Italy)
This paper addresses the central question of the interplay between mostly informal differentiated cooperation formats in European foreign policy, and […]
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“Der (europäische) Föderalist: Addressing the right problems with the right instruments at the right time: Reflections on the Conference on the Future of Europe”, John Erik Fossum (IEP, Germany)
Political scientist John Erik Fossum analyses three key questions that need to be answered in the preparation of the conference: […]
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“Julian Plottka, Enhancing the Democratic Legitimacy of the European Union”, Manuel Müller (IEP, Germany)
We are happy to announce the publication of three policy papers by our Senior Researchers Manuel Müller und Julian Plottka […]
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“How Many Europes? Fragmentation in the European Space since the Great Re-cession”, Marco Zoppi (IAI, Italy)
Since the Great Recession started in the late 2000s, the European Union (EU) has experienced an acute crisis that has […]
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“How Does Identity Relate to Attitudes To-wards Differentiation? The Cases of France, Germany, Czech Republic and Turkey”, Senem Aydın-Düzgit, Jan Kovář and Petr Kratochvíl (IAI, Italy)
This paper explores the ways in which national identities shape attitudes towards differentiated integration in two old member states, one […]
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“Der (europäische) Föderalist: If there were European elections next Sunday”, Manuel Müller (IEP, Germany)
In the eight-weekly European election seat projection on the blog “Der (europäische) Föderalist”, the corona effect, from which national governments […]
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“Der (europäische) Föderalist: The Polarisation Dilemma”, Manuel Müller (IEP, Germany)
On the blog “Der (europäische) Föderalist”, our Senior Researcher Manuel Müller compares the lead candidates’ campaigns in the last two […]
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“Differentiation in ASEAN, ECOWAS and MERCOSUR: A comparative analysis”, Anna Ayuso, Bart Gaens and Bernardo Venturi, Giovanni Grevi and Marco Zeiss (CIDOB, Barcelona)
This policy paper explores how diverse modes of differentiation occur in regions beyond Europe. From the perspective of comparative regionalism, the paper […]
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“Delegated act or implementing act: clearly delineated?”, Sabina Lange (EIPA, Maastricht)
Almost a decade after the Lisbon Treaty introduced the division, the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission agreed on […]
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“The EU agenda and the right of initiative”, Edward Best (EIPA, Maastricht)
The Conference on the Future of Europe was to be launched on 9 May 2020 to debate the EU’s priorities, […]
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“The Future EU–UK Partnership: A Historical Institutionalist Perspective”, Sieglinde Gstöhl and David Phinnemore (College of Europe, Bruges)
This article takes a comparative perspective to identify the likely parameters of the future partnership between the United Kingdom (UK) […]
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“Differentiated cooperation in European foreign policy: The challenge of coherence”, Pol Morillas, Eduard Soler i Lecha, Giovanni Grevi and Marco Zeiss (CIDOB, Spain)
This paper addresses the central question of the interplay between mostly informal differentiated cooperation formats in European foreign policy, and the foreign […]
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“Methodological Pluralism in European Political Science”, Virginie Guiraudon (Sciences Po, France)
This chapter reflects on the diversity of approaches in political science and its associated challenges, comparing them with the risks […]
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“The European asylum system: A necessary case of differentiation”, Emmanuel Comte (CIDOB, Spain)
The European asylum system is based on the 1990 Dublin Convention and its revisions and developments in EU law. It […]
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“Differentiated Integration in the EMU: Impact on Policy Ef-fectiveness and Political Unity”, Marta Pilati and Francesco De Angelis (IAI, Italy)
This paper describes and assesses the functioning of differentiated integration arrangements in the field of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). […]
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“Uni-formity and Differentiation in the Fundamentals of EU Membership”, Ivan Damjanovski, Christophe Hillion and Denis Preshova (IEP, Germany)
Measures to contain the corona pandemic are exacerbating existing trends in some EU member states: For years Poland and Hungary […]
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“Has a Red Line Been Crossed in Serbia? Enlargement as Yet Another Crucial Test for the German EU Presidency”, Matteo Bonomi (IAI, Italy)
While minimum democratic standards were upheld during the vote, Serbian democracy has taken a hard hit as a result of the partially boycotted […]
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The (European) Federalist: “If there were European elections next Sunday (June 2020)” (IEP, Germany)
What will the “new normal” look like after Corona? Where will there be a return to the previous state, what […]
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The (European) Federalist: “Pan-European lists – but how?” (IEP, Germany)
The public debate on pan-European (or, in Brussels jargon, “transnational”) European election lists has become a little quieter over the […]
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“Life beyond multilateralism? COVID-19, European strategic autonomy and Spanish foreign policy”, Félix Arteaga and Luis Simón (Elcano, Spain)
EU and Spanish foreign policy were undergoing a transition from multilateralism to strategic autonomy to adapt to an increasingly competitive […]
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“In a mad Brexit world, “no deal” makes some kind of sense”, Brendan Donnelly (The Federal Trust, United Kingdom)
The Conservative government has been surprisingly successful in avoiding public discussion of the disappearance on 30th June of its option to […]
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“A Conference of Citizens and Parliaments: From the Conference on the Future of Europe to the Future for Europe’s Conferences”, Axel Schäfer (IEP, Germany)
Preparations for the Conference on the Future of Europe are ongoing. What are our expectations and wishes for it? Three […]
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“Making the European Capital Brussels tangible for the Next Generation”, Peter Kurri and Paul Schmidt (ÖGFE, Austria)
The Austrian federal government has set itself the goal of enabling all 15 to 20-year-olds to travel to Brussels to […]
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“Expectations, competences and power: understanding the dynamics of EU institutions in tackling the COVID-19 crisis and setting the tone for the Conference on the Future of Europe”, Ilke Toygür (Elcano, Spain)
The coronavirus has been an unprecedented challenge for the world. The EU, an incomplete integration project with a very high […]
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“Is the European Union finally moving to an economic – not just a monetary – Union?”, John Palmer (The Federal Trust, United Kingdom)
There is not much of a market just now for optimism about our economic, social, political or environmental future. In […]
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“Youth, Science, Eurosceptics: Only with broad participation will the conference on the future of Europe become a success”, Gustav Spät (IEP, Germany)
Preparations for the Conference on the Future of Europe are ongoing. What are our expectations and wishes for it? Three […]
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“The German Presidency is a time of hope for the EU”, David Gow (The Federal Trust, United Kingdom)
David Gow argues in his latest blog that the EU now has a chance to put behind it the years of […]
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“No reason to hurry: A well-prepared and inclusive conference on the future of Europe should begin on 9 May 2021”, Julian Plottka (IEP, Germany)
Preparations for the Conference on the Future of Europe are ongoing. What are our expectations and wishes for it? Three […]
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“Hungary and the Rule of Law – What is the best way to restore compliance with the EU core values?”, Magda Stumvoll (CIFE)
Tendencies towards undermining European core values in EU member states – represented on the example of Hungary in this paper […]
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“Challenges of Deepening EU Free Trade Agreements with Southern Mediterranean Countries”, Tamás Szigetvári (IWE CERS, Hungary)
Over the past decade the European Union concluded dozens of free trade agreements. These agreements are aimed at more than […]
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“Brexit and External Differentiation in Single Market Access, EU IDEA Papers, Policy Brief 1”, Andreas Eisl and Eulalia Rubio (IAI, Italy)
This policy brief develops two possible scenarios (closer vs. looser cooperation) of a future EU–UK economic relationship. After analysing how […]
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“Uniformity and Differentiation in the Fundamentals of EU Membership: The EU Rule of Law Acquis in the Pre- and Post-accession Contexts, EU IDEA Papers”, Ivan Damjanovski, Christophe Hillion and Denis Preshova (IAI, Italy)
The paper discusses the nexus between the EU pre-accession conditionality and membership obligations to guarantee respect for the rule of […]
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“When the Franco–German “Couple” Starts Making Sense Again”, Claire Darmé (IAI, Italy)
The recent Franco-German proposal for a 500 billion euro EU Recovery Fund for the COVID-19 emergency has fed unceasing and divisive debates about […]
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“The popular mobilisation units as a relief agency: can the Coronavirus pandemic accelerate institutional transformation?”, Tamer Badawi (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
The coronavirus pandemic is helping the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) in Iraq to function as an auxiliary relief agency besides […]
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“UK-EU Summit: Fishy”, John Stevens (The Federal Trust, United Kingdom)
The British government has been making a significant effort to present the video conference between the Prime Minister and the […]
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“European Defence in the Post-COVID World, IAI Commentaries”, Stefano Cont (IAI, Italy)
As recognised by Clausewitz’s famous works on war, the “defence dimension” of each organized community – whether a state, a […]
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“Who should be in charge of cyberspace? The European Union, member states and the constitution of structural power”, Moritz Weiss (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
This paper seeks to explore the underlying power dynamics between supranational and national actors within the European Union. It argues […]
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“The Brexit process and its impact on EU policies and institutions”, Miklós Somai (IWE CERS, Hungary)
Since the EU membership referendum of 23 June 2016, the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU has generated considerable interest […]
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“Finnish-Swedish defence cooperation: What history suggests about future scenarios, FIIA Briefing Paper”, Charly Salonius and Henri Vanhanen (FIIA, Finland)
Defence cooperation between Finland and Sweden has a history that far predates the most recent ‘reignition’ of 2014, and is […]
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“EU-UK Relations After the High Level Conference, IAI Commentaries”, Ferdinando Nelli Feroci (IAI, Italy)
The respective positions of the two parties continue to remain quite distant. The four rounds of negotiations conducted so far, […]
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“The European Parliament: One year after the European elections”, Johanna Edthofer and Paul Schmidt (ÖGFE, Austria)
After a long time of negotiations and political tug-of-war, the United Kingdom left the EU on 31 January 2020. Since […]
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“Corona pandemic and the German EU Council Presidency”, Funda Tekin and Jana Schubert (IEP, Germany)
In their article “Deutschlands Corona-Präsidentschaft. Weichenstellungen für die Zukunft Europas“ (German only), Funda Tekin and Jana Schubert give an outlook […]
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“Transnational lists can save the Spitzenkandidaten system”, Manuel Müller (IEP, Germany)
In a guest article for the blog “Der (europäische) Föderalist” Charles Goerens, vice-chairman of the European Parliament’s Committee on Constitutional […]
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“A COVID-19 Moment for Technological Sovereignty in Europe?”, Jean-Pierre Darnis (IAI, Italy)
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered important debates about technological and industrial sovereignty in Europe. The lack of essential equipment such […]
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New issue of “La Regionisto” – The Regions of Europe Society’s journal (College of Europe, Natolin)
The Regions of Europe Society, founded by a group of students of the College of Europe in Natolin, is really […]
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“Solidarity and coronavirus: the end of naïve Europeanism?”, Héctor Sánchez Margalef (CIDOB, Spain)
The solidarity (or lack thereof) prompted by the coronavirus crisis might have an unexpected consequence: the end of naïve Europeanism […]
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“Citizenship: Contrasting Dynamics at the Interface of Integration and Constitutionalism”, Jo Shaw (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
This working paper explores the complex tapestry of citizenship in the European Union context, and examines how discourses of citizenship […]
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“European Defence and PESCO: Don’t Waste the Chance”, Sven Biscop (IAI, Italy)
Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) is a major initiative in differentiated integration within the EU in the field of defence. This […]
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“Work in London, Love in Paris: Middle Class Mobility over the Channel Tunnel”, Christine Barwick and Patrick Le Gales (Sciences Po, France)
Our paper contributes to the analysis of the transformation of middle classes in Europe by linking the issue of spatialization […]
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“What previous crises tell us about the likely impact of COVID19 on the EU”, Marianne Riddervold, Jarle Trondal and Aksemi Newsome (NUPI, Norway)
The Covid-19 crisis and its wide-ranging consequences illustrate the importance of understanding how the EU responds to crises. Drawing on […]
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“COVID-19, Border Closures, and International Law”, Bríd Ní Ghráinne (IIR, Czech Republic)
IIR Senior Researcher Bríd Ní Ghráinne published a new reflection about the coronavirus. In her work, she focuses on the […]
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“Disinformation and power: the intermediaries crisis”, edited by Daniel Innerarity and Carme Colomina (CIDOB, Spain)
The digital acceleration has transformed the media, narratives, information consumption, and the configuration of public opinion. The rise of social […]
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“From a Europe of Bits and Pieces to a Union of Variegated Differentiation”, Deirdre Curtin (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
Thirty years after the Europe of bits and pieces of the Maastricht Treaty, the EU legal system has evolved beyond […]
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“Political elites and citizens view EU cooperation with scepticism”, Jan Kovář (IIR, Czech Republic)
The European Policy Institutes Network has published a report on the various responses to the Covid-19 crisis and how EU […]
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“European Identity and the Test of COVID-19”, Irene Caratelli (IAI, Italy)
What does it mean to be European? Identity is not a natural element, biologically determined and fixed in time, but […]
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“Lessons from a global crisis: coronavirus, the international order and the future of the EU”, Pol Morillas (CIDOB, Spain)
The coronavirus crisis will confront us with certain lessons. Questions will be asked about our democracies, the authoritarian regimes of […]
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“Extending Loans and Providing Equity: The EIB and National Development Banks Must Act Now”, Matthias Thiemann and Peter Volberding (Sciences Po, France)
“The European Union is at a pivotal moment. The debate over how solidarity should be organised to respond jointly to […]
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“A gender bias in the European Journal of Political Research?”, Emiliano Grossman (Sciences Po, France)
Publications have become the single most important factor of career evaluation in the social sciences, as well as in most […]
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“A Fumbling or an Enabling European Union: Envisioning Multilateralism in a Post-Corona World”, Atila Eralp and Fuat Keyman (IPC, Turkey)
2019/20 Mercator-IPC Senior Fellow Atila Eralp and Director Fuat Keyman’s policy brief “A Fumbling or an Enabling European Union: Envisioning […]
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“Improving Food Choices Through Nutrition Labelling: Towards a Common ‘Nutri-Score’ Scheme Across the EU – CEPOB 3.20”, Vincent Delhomme (College of Europe, Bruges)
The European Union is committed to the global fight against obesity and overweight, in which nutrition labelling plays an important […]
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“Weaponising the Exit Agreement: the ongoing Irish dimension of Brexit”, Andrew Blick (The Federal Trust, United Kingdom)
Dr Andrew Blick analyses the complex issues caused for the island of Ireland by Brexit; and warns the British government […]
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