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Crises have driven progress throughout the history of the European construction, and the past decade has brought no shortage of […]
Read moreMay 2021 has arrived loaded with news in the European Union’s endeavor to respond to the great tectonic plates which […]
Read moreGerman policymakers are worried about the upcoming election in France, that is: Emmanuel Macron is facing a battle for re-election […]
Read moreThe EU is caught up in a debate over whether to increase its autonomy with regard to the wider world. […]
Read moreThere are two main interlinked conundrums when defining the reasons underlying the lack of coherent policymaking in view of an […]
Read moreThe European Union has not found the way to bridge the gap between the desire to encourage greater citizen participation […]
Read moreJaap Hoeksma argues that the discrepancy between the Brexiteer’s portrayal of the EU as the ultimate dictatorship and the EU’s […]
Read moreThe coronavirus pandemic has deepened the vulnerabilities of the Western Balkan countries and exposed the weakness of their state institutions, […]
Read moreSince adopting a “comprehensive approach” to crisis management in 2013, the EU has spent considerable time and energy on streamlining […]
Read moreHow to respond to the rule of law challenges faced as a result of access to power of Right-wing populist […]
Read moreArticle in “Poland and Germany in the European Union. The Multidimensional Dynamics of Bilateral Relations” (Routledge). This book explores the […]
Read moreIn its July 2020 meeting, the European Council agreed on a financial mega deal, creating the Next Generation EU (NGEU) […]
Read moreSeveral countries outside the European Union have cooperation agreements with the EU that integrate them more or less into European […]
Read moreThis analysis proposes the following policy recommendations: The EU Parliament would be well advised to resuscitate and reform the EU’s […]
Read moreRegardless of the upcoming bilateral developments, Switzerland, at the heart of Europe, traditionally has a positive relationship with the EU. […]
Read moreThe Director of the Trust reviews a new book by his predecessor entitled “Hitler’s Cosmopolitan Bastard”. This book is a […]
Read moreThe EU`s Spitzenkandidaten procedure was successfully introduced at the European elections in 2014. The European parties reached an agreement that […]
Read moreThe research investigates the salience and position of the Latvian government and the parliament on the differentiated integration (DI) of […]
Read moreOn 14 December 2020, the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) and the Clingendael Institute, in cooperation with the Italian Ministry of […]
Read moreThis Study has been commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request […]
Read moreThe different crises which have affected the European Union (EU) since 2008, have triggered a major politicisation of European integration. […]
Read moreAfter months of toing and froing on the leadership issue, the Joint Declaration on the Conference was finally signed on […]
Read moreThe European Parliament has postponed its decision to ratify the Trade and Cooperation Agreement in reaction to the UK’s newest […]
Read moreThe spreading of the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic and social consequences have radically changed the reality of the 27 […]
Read moreFollowing the political withdrawal of the UK from the EU in February 2020, the two parties reached an eleventh-hour trade […]
Read moreThe book “Crises as the Destiny of the European Union” analyzes the development of the European Union and Latvia-EU relations […]
Read moreThe different crises which have affected the European Union (EU) since 2008, have triggered a major politicisation of European integration. […]
Read moreThis debate discusses four aspects of Samir Amin’s thoughts regarding Eastern Europe: Amin’s overall evaluation of the Soviet bloc; the […]
Read moreHas Czech political science succeeded in integrating itself into the European field? A scientific article co-authored by Jakub Eberle argues […]
Read moreDr Emile Badarin, Research Fellow at the European Neighbourhood Policy Chair, recently published an article titled “Recognition of states and […]
Read moreEuropean strategic autonomy has established itself as a concept and will remain a dominant framework guiding the EU’s aspirations to […]
Read more15th edition of “Europa von A bis Z” as print edition and eBook. With its more than 100 contributions, in […]
Read morePolitical parties are core stakeholders of modern representative democracies and fill a number of important functions in the political system. […]
Read moreThe report discusses the attitude of the Lithuanian policy-makers (parliament, president, government) towards differentiated integration during the period from Lithuania’s […]
Read moreThe COVID-19 pandemic, which is not over yet, has created a devastating impact on the socioeconomic and health infrastructures of […]
Read moreEuropol has become a hub for differentiated integration. Initially a small anti-drugs unit, the EU’s police agency is now a […]
Read moreThis article investigates the roots of populism in Poland in its current traditionalist-conservative fashion. In contrast with the liberal hegemony […]
Read more“It’s time to square the circle!” was a plea by Clarissa Roth, participant in the second project cycle of #EngagEUrCouncil, […]
Read moreThis brief presents research results on the resilience of European identity to a decade of socio-economic and political crises. It […]
Read moreThe reality of the consequences on everyday life of a no-deal Brexit (or even a very limited deal) are becoming […]
Read moreWhat room is there for inclusion of third countries in EU security and defence initiatives and how does Brexit alter […]
Read moreOn 1 January 2021 Germany handed over the Presidency of the Council of the EU to Portugal. The Portuguese Government will lead […]
Read moreTogether with the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA), IEP has published a discussion paper based on an intensive three-day […]
Read moreSpain has good reason to be relieved that the UK and EU struck a post-Brexit free-trade deal, given the importance […]
Read moreDuring the crisis-ridden last decade, a new intergovernmentalism has established itself in the EU, presented as pragmatic and solution-oriented. But […]
Read moreukrIn this Analytical Report, which consists of four sections, talks about the nature and specific aspects of government’s eurointegration policy, […]
Read moreIn a new study by the IEP, Manuel Müller and Julian Plottka, commissioned by the EU Office of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, […]
Read moreThis policy paper evaluates the implementation of travel restrictions in Europe due to COVID-19 to provide an understanding of the […]
Read moreRepresentativeness, inclusion, and sustainability are just a few of the challenges that youth participation projects face. Funda Tekin, Jana Schubert […]
Read moreThe EUs current Arctic policy from 2016 focuses on climate and environmental protection, sustainable development and international cooperation. The EU […]
Read moreThis paper uses Europeanisation theory to explain why, through the enlargement policy of the European Union (EU), Croatia converged more […]
Read moreIn the new issue of #BerlinPerspectives, Prof. Dr. Gabriele Abels, Jean Monnet Professor for Comparative Politics & European Integration, Eberhard […]
Read moreThis book tells the story of the European Movement’s mission to create – through education – a European spirit in […]
Read moreThis Briefing will set out the current state of the Brexit negotiations in the field of air transport. The Briefing […]
Read moreElection fraud followed by the disproportionate use of force against peaceful protesters in Belarus strongly weakened the legitimacy of the […]
Read moreProf. Dr. Andreja Jaklič from the Centre of International Relations at the Faculty of Social Sciences (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia) […]
Read moreAt the end of year 2020, the European space sector finds itself at a crossroads between challenges and opportunities. While […]
Read moreSince the creation of the EU, there have been instances in which a restricted number of member states have handled […]
Read moreThis policy paper studies the role of differentiated integration in the field of energy – where an EU-level compromise is […]
Read moreHywel Ceri Jones, one of the founders of the Erasmus programme, explains why the government are wrong to abandon British […]
Read moreThis policy paper studies the role of differentiated integration in the field of energy – where an EU-level compromise is […]
Read moreDifferentiation has become an established feature of European integration in the past decades, and a variety of forms of differentiated […]
Read moreDirector Brendan Donnelly argues that if there is a “no deal” Brexit it will have its roots in the referendum […]
Read moreThis paper shows that supporters and critics often fail to recognise that they have been talking with different conceptions of […]
Read moreThe parliamentary dimension in EU governance still needs attention, and is sure to be addressed in the Conference on the […]
Read moreExplores the impact of an important ruling from the ECJ in Baltic Cable AB v Energimarknadsinspektionen on 11 March. Discusses […]
Read moreIt is crucial to call things by their name, as that everyone realizes what we are facing. The restoration of […]
Read moreAgainst the background of the coronavirus pandemic, there has been much discussion of a “return of the state” across two […]
Read moreThis article explores which metaphors relevant political parties in Slovakia use when they speak about the EU’s “finalité politique” by […]
Read moreThis Working Paper analyzes the current debate on EU strategic autonomy among European policymakers and think-tankers and evaluates it against […]
Read moreThe paper examines the way Polish courts apply EU private international law rules in the disputes concerning online context. The […]
Read moreThis policy paper evaluates the implementation of travel restrictions in Europe due to COVID-19 to provide an understanding of the […]
Read moreThe latest European Court of Auditors (ECA) Special Report on EU agencies is worth a thorough read. This audit is […]
Read moreSummarizes the range of policy proposals advanced to address the crisis of traditional media outlets and the unaccountability of platforms. […]
Read moreIt is not often that an Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) calls on […]
Read moreHow transnational are European Parliament (EP) campaigns? Building on research on the European public sphere and the politicisation of the […]
Read moreThis paper discusses models of law and regulation of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”). The discussion focuses on four models: the black […]
Read moreThe Schengen area represents a textbook example of differentiation in the European Union. Not all EU member states are part […]
Read moreTransnational networks of local authorities are an established and growing phenomenon in Europe, where they perform a number of (soft) […]
Read moreDuring the sovereign debt crisis the ECB and ECJ were constrained by two main factors: pressures from the Crisis Management […]
Read morePlans for promoting European identity on social media start from crisis diagnoses, rightly stating that the European Union suffers from […]
Read moreSovereignty is back. A concept proscribed by democratic ideology itself, it has been rehabilitated, since it would become the attribute […]
Read moreFinnish-Swedish defence cooperation has taken significant steps. Currently, the two countries engage in operative planning, which constitutes a significant part […]
Read moreA new policy paper of our researchers Jan Kovář and Petr Kratochvíl just came out! It was written with a […]
Read moreEU leaders have met in Brussels to discuss many important items on external relations, including the recent tensions with Turkey […]
Read moreThe multiple crises that the EU has faced over the last decade could lead observers to expect an increase in […]
Read moreThe establishment of the European Defence Fund (EDF) represents an important step towards a more coherent European security architecture. It […]
Read moreThis policy brief examines the EU’s foreign, security and defence policy relations with third countries, and their relevance to the […]
Read moreJaap Hoeksma argues that the EU is no longer an incomprehensible hybrid between a state and an international organisation. Instead, […]
Read moreNatasha Wunsch, Assistant Professor of European Integration/Political Science at Sciences Po Paris, has contributed to IEP Berlin’s #BerlinPerspectives series. The […]
Read moreOn 16th of September 2020, Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen gave her first State of the Union (SoU) address, a practice […]
Read moreThis paper deals mainly with the historic origins of the special rent-based East-Central European development model. The Atlantic competition-based model […]
Read moreTaking stock of the numerous crises that have confronted Europe in the last decade, this special issue investigates the relationship […]
Read moreContestation over European integration has been widely studied in the rhetoric of parties, leaders, and movements on the far right […]
Read moreThis article analyses the political construction and politicisation of UK–EU relations by British parliamentarians in Westminster and in the European […]
Read moreThe July European Council resulted in a good deal, arguably the best possible under the circumstances. It took four days […]
Read moreDuring the NEXTEUK Project International Online Conference “Brexit and European integration: Political, policy and legitimacy challenges” – organised by the Centre for European […]
Read moreThis EU IDEA paper engages with ideational origins and normative political theories of European differentiated integration. Specifically, it examines a […]
Read moreNorth Rhine-Westphalia’s State Secretary for European Affairs, Mark Speich (CDU), sees the conference as an opportunity to reduce the over-constitutionalisation […]
Read moreFive years after the entry into force of the Banking Union, this Policy Paper assesses its effectiveness as a form […]
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