How did Chinese 5G providers, such as Huawei, become a security concern in the USA and Europe? Were the security […]
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Category: European Integration & Institutional Affairs
“A modern guide to the digitalization of infrastructure”, Juan J. Montero-Pascual, Matthias Finger (RSCAS-EUI, Italy)
This book examines how digitalisation affects infrastructures in telecommunications, transport, and energy. Introducing some clarity in the thinking and develop […]
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“Rule of Law and Justice: Case Serbia”, Djordje Popović (ÖGfE, Austria)
Serbia is a country with enormous challenges in the area of rule of law. The postponing of reforms in this […]
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“Using referendums in decision-making on the European Union: what is in it for Lithuania?”, Raivydas Rakauskas (IIRPS, Lithuania)
This commentary is a part of Jean Monnet Chair project “Teaching, researching and debating contemporary European issues” (TRENDS). The author of this […]
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“What can the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union do for the Western Balkans?”, Faris Kočan, Marko Lovec (ÖGFE, Austria)
Within the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union several priorities are relevant from the perspective of the […]
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“Security Communities in Crisis: Crisis Constitution, Struggles and Temporality”, Øyvind Svendsen (NUPI, Norway)
How do we approach a security community in crisis? This article theorises crisis dynamics in and on security communities. How […]
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“Differentiated Integration as a Conscious Policy Choice: The Way Forward”, Vittoria Meissner, Funda Tekin (IEP, Germany)
How can differentiation be used more strategically in the future? In their policy paper of the Horizon 2020 project EU IDEA, Vittoria […]
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“Countering the Rule of Law Backsliding in the Western Balkans”, Katrin Böttger, Dominic Maugeais (OEGFE, Austria)
Seventeen years after the big round of EU enlargement and with the Conference on the Future of Europe up and […]
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“Decolonising Knowledge: A Euro-Mediterranean Perspective”, Lorenzo Kamel (IAI, Italy)
How can we decolonise Euro-Mediterranean relations? From a historical perspective, one of the most persuasive, indirect answers to this question […]
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“Why the EU’s Spitzenkandidaten procedure should be revived before the next European Parliament elections”, Paul Schmidt (OEGFE, Austria)
Does the Spitzenkandidaten procedure have a future in European Parliament elections? Paul Schmidt argues that despite failing to live up […]
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“Shades of contestation and politicisation of CFSP”, Katja Biedenkopf, Oriol Costa and Magdalena Góra (IES, Poland)
Contestation and politicisation are two concepts of increasing relevance to European foreign and security policy (CFSP) scholars and practitioners alike. […]
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“Differentiated Integration and Europe’s Global Role: A Conceptual Framework”, Pernille Rieker (NUPI, Norway)
In a time of global challenges, rising geopolitical tensions and a weakening of the traditional trans-Atlantic security community, we can […]
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“Differentiated Defence Integration Under French Leadership”, Pernille Rieker (NUPI, Norway)
Studies dealing with EU security and defence policy tend to focus exclusively on what is formally included in the Union’s […]
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“Crisis and Politicisation: The Framing and Re-framing of Europe’s Permanent Crisis”, Benedetta Voltolini, Michal Natorski and Colin Hay (Sciences Po CEE, France)
This book elucidates the link between the politics of a now seemingly permanent crisis in Europe and the politicisation of […]
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“The Politics of Competence in Global Health: The European Commission’s Global Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic”, Øyvind Svendsen (NUPI, Norway)
What was the European Commission’s (EC) global response to the COVID-19 pandemic and how did it use the crisis to […]
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“EU Differentiation in Border, Asylum and Police Coopera-tion: Drivers, Effectiveness and Crisis”, Emmanuel Comte and Sandra Lavenex (IAI, Italy)
The leading policy objective in EU differentiation underlying border, asylum and police cooperation has been to achieve the abolition of […]
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“The Artificial Intelligence Act Proposal and its Implications for Member States”, Martina Anzini (EIPA, Maastricht)
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a family of technologies that can optimise existing processes or enable brand-new activities, for example by […]
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“De Europa”, Gabrielle Bernoville, Dafni Argyraki, Federica Woelk, Teun Janssen, Alexandru Demianenco, Robert Smith (College of Europe, Natolin)
The European and Global Studies Journal “De Europa”, published by the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society at the University of Turin, […]
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“The Next Generation EU: Opportunity and risk”, Josep M Lloveras Soler (CIDOB, Barcelona)
Next Generation EU (NGEU) – the COVID-19 recovery package at the centre of the new EU policy response – has […]
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“Public Opinion on an Ever More Differentiated EU”, Anna Katharina Stahl (IAI, Italy)
European integration has been accompanied by differentiation and debates on it are not new. Differentiated integration has received wide scholarly […]
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“A great philosopher of the 20th century and visionary of European Federalism”, Claude Nigoul and Alexandre Marc (CIFE)
Alexandre Marc, the founder of CIFE, died 20 years ago, at the end of a long life that marked his […]
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“Democratic Transition, Europeanization, and Other Metamorphoses of Central Eastern Europe: An EU Member State-Building Perspective”, Andriy Tyushka (College of Europe, Natolin)
Dr Andriy TYUSHKA, Senior Research Fellow in the European Neighbourhood Policy Chair at the College of Europe in Natolin, has just published a chapter […]
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“From one plan for the future of Europe to another: the story of the last ten years”, Laurent Baechler (CIFE)
The European recovery plans designed in response to the crisis are exempt from the budgetary constraints imposed during the management […]
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“In Search of EU Strategic Autonomy: What Role for the Western Balkans”, Matteo Bonomi (IAI, Italy)
There is a danger today that the window of opportunity for proceeding towards the political and territorial unification of Europe, […]
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“The EU Conditionality Regulation: Variations on Procrastination”, Petra Jeney (EIPA, Maastricht)
In its resolution of 10 June 2021 the European Parliament made it clear that it is starting preparations to take […]
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“Assessment of Public Support for Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic Integration and Policy Recommendations” (Razumkov Centre, Ukraine)
This report presents the results of a nationwide sociological survey and expert assessments of public opinion on a wide range […]
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“Differentiation and the European Union’s Foreign and Security Policy”, Marco Siddi, Tyyne Karjalainen and Juha Jokela (IAI, Italy)
Differentiation is a frequent modus operandi in European foreign, security and defence policy. EU treaties have introduced legal frameworks for […]
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“The European Parliament and the Right of Initiative: Change Practice, Not Powers”, Edward Best (EIPA, Maastricht)
Should the European Parliament have more power to propose EU laws? As the Conference on the Future of Europe was […]
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“The Slovenian EU Presidency: time to move forwards”, Ilke Toygür, Funda Tekin and Nicoletta Pirozzi (Elcano, Spain)
On 1 July 2021 Slovenia took over the Presidency of the Council of the EU from Portugal. COVID-19 is one […]
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“Romanian Journal of European Affairs, vol. 21, no. 1, June 2021” (EIR, Romania)
The June edition of the Romanian Journal of European Affairs proposes to its readers topics such as: the reform of […]
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“Belgium: clearly pro-CoFoE, but unclear on the details”, Benjamin Bodson and Francesca Colli (Egmont, Belgium)
Prime Minister Alexander De Croo tweeted on 9 May 2021 that music festivals might resume at the end of the […]
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“Ukraine-EU: Path to Political Association” (Razumkov Centre, Ukraine)
The analytical paper composed of four chapters in which outlines concisely major stages of the development of the partnership of […]
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“Improving the EU Policymaking Process: The Dos and the Don’ts”, Felice Simonelli and Nadina Iacob (IAI, Italy)
On 29 April, the European Commission published a new Communication on better regulation aiming to improve the EU policymaking process. […]
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“Quo vadis media pluralism in Europe? A contextualization from an Austrian perspective”, Florian Woschnagg (ÖGFE, Austria)
Although media policy is a fundamental issue for European democracies, the European Union has only limited competence in this field, […]
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“Health Crises and the Growth of EU Agencies: The Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic”, Christoph Klika (EIPA, Maastricht)
Health crises have often triggered the creation of EU agencies. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), for […]
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“How Effective is Differentiation in the EU Economic Policy Field?”, Andreas Eisl and Eulalia Rubio (IAI, Italy)
So far, most research on differentiated integration has focused either on its causes or on its broader consequences for the […]
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“Enforcing EU chemicals policy: the multi-level pursuit of zero tolerance”, Christoph Klika (EIPA, Maastricht)
In October 2020, the European Commission published a ‘Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability’. The Communication is subtitled ‘Towards a Toxic-Free Environment’, […]
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“Reforming the Institutions of Eurozone Governance”, Anna-Lena Högenauer, David Howarth, Moritz Rehm (CERE)
The Eurozone has faced repeated crises and has experienced profound transformations in the past years. This thematic issue seeks to […]
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“The unborn EU Diplomatic Academy”, Josep Maria Lloveras (CIDOB, Barcelona)
Top level education and training have acquired geopolitical importance for they are key to transmitting values and forging identities. It […]
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“The Constraints on the EU Foreign and Security Policy”, Riccardo Alcaro (IAI, Italy)
The development of a cohesive foreign and security policy has always been a tall order for the European Union. The […]
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“What will the EU look like post-pandemic? Ten challenges for a Europe in search of recovery”, Pol Morillas, Eduard Soler i Lecha et al. (CIDOB, Barcelona)
Crises have driven progress throughout the history of the European construction, and the past decade has brought no shortage of […]
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“Competitive Dialogue – A tool with many uses”, Michael Burnett (EIPA, Maastricht)
Competitive Dialogue was initially conceived by the European Commission as a tool for awarding infrastructure contracts and complex service contracts […]
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“A Progressive Manifesto for a European Democracy”, Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation (IEP, Germany)
As a contribution to the Conference on the Future of Europe, the “Progressive Manifesto for a European Democracy” will be presented […]
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“Competitive Dialogue – How to make best use of the dialogue phase”, Michael Burnett (EIPA, Maastricht)
In Directive 2014/24/EU– the latest EU Public Procurement Directive – Competitive Dialogue was made easier to justify than in the […]
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“Culture and Policy-Making: Pluralism, Performativity, and Semiotic Capital”, Marco Cremaschi et al. (Sciences Po CEE, France)
This book advances the understanding and modelling of sense-making and cultural processes as being crucial to the scientific study of […]
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“New Models in Theory-Practice Exchange: The Case of EU Support for Resilience in the Neighborhood”, Riccardo Alcaro and Daniela Huber (IAI, Italy)
In a world of increasingly complex challenges, greater engagement between scholars and practitioners presents both sides with a significant opportunity […]
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“If Le Pen wins”, Andrés Ortega (Elcano, Spain)
Far from being a fanciful notion, there is a serious possibility that Marine Le Pen could win the presidential election in France […]
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“Member States and EU agreements: Is it really national parliaments that are standing in the way of EU strategic autonomy?”, Wolfgang Koeth (EIPA, Maastricht)
In voicing their ambition for a ‘stronger Europe in the world’ the European Commission has indicated to strive for ‘Open […]
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“Ten challenges for a Europe in search of recovery”, Pol Morillas (CIDOB, Barcelona)
Crises have driven progress throughout the history of the European construction, and the past decade has brought no shortage of […]
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“Foresight in the EU: are we building citizen trust?”, Raquel Jorge-Ricart (Elcano, Spain)
May 2021 has arrived loaded with news in the European Union’s endeavor to respond to the great tectonic plates which […]
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“Berlin’s choice: how Spain triggered a rethink in German European policy”, Roderick Parkes and Julian Rappold (Elcano, Spain)
German policymakers are worried about the upcoming election in France, that is: Emmanuel Macron is facing a battle for re-election […]
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“Strategic autonomy and the transformation of the EU: New agendas for security, diplomacy, trade and technology”, Niklas Helwig, Elina Sinkkonen and Ville Sinkkonen (FIIA, Finland)
The EU is caught up in a debate over whether to increase its autonomy with regard to the wider world. […]
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“Can the Conference on the Future of Europe prevent another #SofaGate?”, Ilke Toygür (Elcano, Spain)
There are two main interlinked conundrums when defining the reasons underlying the lack of coherent policymaking in view of an […]
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“The Conference on the Future of Europe has its wings clipped”, Héctor Sánchez Margalef (CIDOB, Barcelona)
The European Union has not found the way to bridge the gap between the desire to encourage greater citizen participation […]
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“A European giant little known in the UK”, Jaap Hoeksma (The Federal Trust, United Kingdom)
Jaap Hoeksma argues that the discrepancy between the Brexiteer’s portrayal of the EU as the ultimate dictatorship and the EU’s […]
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“Western Balkans’ Plight is Wake-up Call for Europe”, Vedran Džihić and Paul Schmidt (ÖGFE, Austria)
The coronavirus pandemic has deepened the vulnerabilities of the Western Balkan countries and exposed the weakness of their state institutions, […]
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“The EU’s comprehensive response to out of area crises: Plugging the capability-expectations gap”, Pernille Rieker and Steven Blockmans (NUPI, Norway)
Since adopting a “comprehensive approach” to crisis management in 2013, the EU has spent considerable time and energy on streamlining […]
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“Restoring the Rule of Law within the EU: in Judges we Trust”, Jessica Almqvist (Elcano, Spain)
How to respond to the rule of law challenges faced as a result of access to power of Right-wing populist […]
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“Back in Fashion? The resurgence of bilateral diplomacy in Europe”, Alexander Mattelaer (Egmont, Belgium)
Article in “Poland and Germany in the European Union. The Multidimensional Dynamics of Bilateral Relations” (Routledge). This book explores the […]
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“The European Council’s Financial Mega Deal: An unprecedented challenge for the political and academic world”, Wolfgang Wessels and Lea Hopp (CETEUS, Cologne)
In its July 2020 meeting, the European Council agreed on a financial mega deal, creating the Next Generation EU (NGEU) […]
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“Norway – optimising EU non-membership to maximise mutual European added value”, Pernille Rieker (NUPI, Norway)
Several countries outside the European Union have cooperation agreements with the EU that integrate them more or less into European […]
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“The future of the EU’s lead-candidate procedure”, Paul Schmidt and Johanna Edthofer (Elcano, Spain)
This analysis proposes the following policy recommendations: The EU Parliament would be well advised to resuscitate and reform the EU’s […]
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“Swiss-EU Relations With a Focus on the Current Situation”, Michael Ambühl and Lara Lenz (NUPI, Norway)
Regardless of the upcoming bilateral developments, Switzerland, at the heart of Europe, traditionally has a positive relationship with the EU. […]
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“A European giant little known in the UK”, Brendan Donnelly (The Federal Trust, United Kingdom)
The Director of the Trust reviews a new book by his predecessor entitled “Hitler’s Cosmopolitan Bastard”. This book is a […]
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“The future of the EU’s Spitzenkandidaten procedure”, Johanna Edthofer and Paul Schmidt (ÖGFE, Austria)
The EU`s Spitzenkandidaten procedure was successfully introduced at the European elections in 2014. The European parties reached an agreement that […]
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“The politics of differentiated integration: what do governments want? Country report – Latvia”, Kārlis Bukovskis, Aleksandra Palkova and Ieva Vārna (LIIA, Latvia)
The research investigates the salience and position of the Latvian government and the parliament on the differentiated integration (DI) of […]
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“Van Wittel/Vanvitelli Roundtable Policy Report”, Eleonora Poli, Monika Sie Dhian Ho and Brigitte Dekker (IAI, Italy)
On 14 December 2020, the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) and the Clingendael Institute, in cooperation with the Italian Ministry of […]
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“The Gender Gap in the EU’s Public Employment and Leadership”, Clara Cotroneo, Olivia Brown and Iwona Karwot in collaboration with Lukas Adomavicius and Elena Velasco (EIPA, Maastricht)
This Study has been commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request […]
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“Opposition Parties in the European Parliament: The Cases of Syriza, Po-demos and the Five Star Movement”, Eugenio Salvati (IAI, Italy)
The different crises which have affected the European Union (EU) since 2008, have triggered a major politicisation of European integration. […]
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“We finally have our Conference on the Future of Europe!: Now, What do we do with it?”, Ilke Toygür (Elcano, Spain)
After months of toing and froing on the leadership issue, the Joint Declaration on the Conference was finally signed on […]
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“The European Parliament Flexes its Muscles on the EU–UK Trade Deal”, Guillaume Van der Loo and Merlijn Chamon (Egmont, Belgium)
The European Parliament has postponed its decision to ratify the Trade and Cooperation Agreement in reaction to the UK’s newest […]
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“The EU One Year after the COVID-19 Outbreak: An Italian-German Perspective”, Nicoletta Pirozzi, Luca Argenta and Paweł Tokarski (IAI, Italy)
The spreading of the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic and social consequences have radically changed the reality of the 27 […]
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“Key aspects of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement”, Enrique Feás and Álvaro Anchelo (Elcano, Spain)
Following the political withdrawal of the UK from the EU in February 2020, the two parties reached an eleventh-hour trade […]
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“Crises as the Destiny of the European Union”, Kārlis Bukovskis and Andris Sprūds (LIIA, Latvia)
The book “Crises as the Destiny of the European Union” analyzes the development of the European Union and Latvia-EU relations […]
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“Opposition Parties in the European Parliament: The Cases of Syriza, Po-demos and the Five Star Movement”, Eugenio Salvati (IAI, Italy)
The different crises which have affected the European Union (EU) since 2008, have triggered a major politicisation of European integration. […]
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“Samir Amin and Eastern Europe”, Annamária Artner (IWE CERS, Hungary)
This debate discusses four aspects of Samir Amin’s thoughts regarding Eastern Europe: Amin’s overall evaluation of the Soviet bloc; the […]
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“Political Science in Central and Eastern Europe: Integration with Limited Convergence in Czechia”, Jakub Eberle (IIR, Czech Republic)
Has Czech political science succeeded in integrating itself into the European field? A scientific article co-authored by Jakub Eberle argues […]
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“Recognition of States and Colonialism in the Twenty-First Century, Emile Badarin (College of Europe, Natolin)
Dr Emile Badarin, Research Fellow at the European Neighbourhood Policy Chair, recently published an article titled “Recognition of states and […]
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“European Strategic Autonomy: What It Is, Why We Need It, How to Achieve It”, Nathalie Tocci (IAI, Italy)
European strategic autonomy has established itself as a concept and will remain a dominant framework guiding the EU’s aspirations to […]
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“Europe A to Z: the Handbook of European Integration”, Werner Weidenfeld, Wolfgang Wessels and Funda Tekin (IEP, Germany)
15th edition of “Europa von A bis Z” as print edition and eBook. With its more than 100 contributions, in […]
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“A Smarter Funding System for European Parties”, Louis Drounau (ÖGFE, Austria)
Political parties are core stakeholders of modern representative democracies and fill a number of important functions in the political system. […]
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“The politics of differentiated integration: what do governments want? Country report – Lithuania”, Inga Vinogradnaitė and Ramūnas Vilpišauskas (IIRPS, Lithuania)
The report discusses the attitude of the Lithuanian policy-makers (parliament, president, government) towards differentiated integration during the period from Lithuania’s […]
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“A Critical Review of 2020: Time to revisit our value system, norms and priorities”, Andreas Theophanous (CEIA, Cyprus)
The COVID-19 pandemic, which is not over yet, has created a devastating impact on the socioeconomic and health infrastructures of […]
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“Europol and Differentiated Integration”, Camino Mortera-Martínez (IAI, Italy)
Europol has become a hub for differentiated integration. Initially a small anti-drugs unit, the EU’s police agency is now a […]
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“Finding the roots of neo-traditionalist populism in Poland: ‘Cultural displacement’ and European integration”, Francesco Melito (IES, Poland)
This article investigates the roots of populism in Poland in its current traditionalist-conservative fashion. In contrast with the liberal hegemony […]
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“Making Progress, Fighting Rollback: Pan-European youth participation in times of Covid-19”, Funda Tekin, Jana Schubert and Johannes Kohls (IEP, Germany)
“It’s time to square the circle!” was a plea by Clarissa Roth, participant in the second project cycle of #EngagEUrCouncil, […]
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“‘I want to be European, but I find it hard to be’: Identity between emotions and rights”, Camille Dobler (IES, Poland)
This brief presents research results on the resilience of European identity to a decade of socio-economic and political crises. It […]
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“Everyday Brexit”, Federico Steinberg and Chiara Manley (Elcano, Spain)
The reality of the consequences on everyday life of a no-deal Brexit (or even a very limited deal) are becoming […]
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“The Security and Defence Aspect of Brexit: Altering the Third Country Balance?”, Øyvind Svendsen (NUPI, Norway)
What room is there for inclusion of third countries in EU security and defence initiatives and how does Brexit alter […]
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“The Portuguese Presidency: Striking the Balance between unfinished Business and Leaving its own Mark”, Nicoletta Pirozzi, Funda Tekin and Ilke Toygür (Elcano, Spain)
On 1 January 2021 Germany handed over the Presidency of the Council of the EU to Portugal. The Portuguese Government will lead […]
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“2020 as a Stress Test for the EU: Challenges in times of the Covid-19 Pandemic”, Juha Jokela Funda Tekin Niklas Helwi and Vittoria Meissner (IEP, Germany)
Together with the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA), IEP has published a discussion paper based on an intensive three-day […]
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The consequences of Brexit for Spain”, William Chislett (Elcano, Spain)
Spain has good reason to be relieved that the UK and EU struck a post-Brexit free-trade deal, given the importance […]
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“After a Decade of EU Pragmatism, It Is Time to Talk About Democracy Again”, Julian Plottka and Manuel Müller (IEP, Germany)
During the crisis-ridden last decade, a new intergovernmentalism has established itself in the EU, presented as pragmatic and solution-oriented. But […]
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“Ukraine’s sectoral integration into the EU: Preconditions, Prospects, Challenges”, Mykhailo Pashkov (Razumkov Centre)
ukrIn this Analytical Report, which consists of four sections, talks about the nature and specific aspects of government’s eurointegration policy, […]
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“Enhancing the EU’s Democratic Legitimacy”, Julian Plottka and Manuel Müller (IEP, Germany)
In a new study by the IEP, Manuel Müller and Julian Plottka, commissioned by the EU Office of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, […]
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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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“Empowering participation: Youth as agenda setter in the project #EngagEUrCouncil”, Funda Tekin, Jana Schubert and Johannes Kohls (IEP, Germany)
Representativeness, inclusion, and sustainability are just a few of the challenges that youth participation projects face. Funda Tekin, Jana Schubert […]
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“Unexplored resources for EU Arctic policy: Energy, oceans and space (op-ed)”, Elana Wilson Rowe, Rasmus Gjedsø Bertelsen, Maria Kobzeva and Andreas Raspotnik (NUPI, Norway)
The EUs current Arctic policy from 2016 focuses on climate and environmental protection, sustainable development and international cooperation. The EU […]
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Bringing Europe to the Western Balkans: the Europeanisation of Croatia and Serbia Compared, Mark Heemskerk (College of Europe, Bruges)
This paper uses Europeanisation theory to explain why, through the enlargement policy of the European Union (EU), Croatia converged more […]
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“Making progress, fighting Germany’s EU Council Presidency must secure gender equality and achievements and reach new milestones”, Gabriele Abels (IEP, Germany)
In the new issue of #BerlinPerspectives, Prof. Dr. Gabriele Abels, Jean Monnet Professor for Comparative Politics & European Integration, Eberhard […]
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