European Integration & Institutional Affairs – Page 7

“The decline of the West”, Andrés Ortega (Elcano, Spain)

Posted on 20/04/2018

One hundred years after the end of th First World War there is again a widespread sense that we are […]

“Europe strengthens the rule of law”, Andrés Ortega (Elcano, Spain)

Posted on 20/04/2018

Europe –the EU and the Council of Europe– has enhanced the rule of law for both its citizens and member […]

“Understanding money to save the euro”, Miguel Otero-Iglesias (Elcano, Spain)

Posted on 20/04/2018

The Eurozone has a problem. The debate on how to reform and deepen European monetary union is dominated by those […]

“The composition of the European Parliament in 2019”, Victoriano Ramírez González, José A. Martínez Aroza, Antonio Palomares Bautista (Elcano, Spain)

Posted on 20/04/2018

Analyses of the Elcano Royal Institute (ARI) The composition of the European Parliament during the 2019-24 legislature will comply with […]

“Permanent Structured Cooperation: not a panacea but an important step for consolidating EU security and defence cooperation”, Kyriakos Revelas (CIFE)

Posted on 28/03/2018

CIFE Policy Paper n°67 Read it here

“New Perspectives – Issue 3/2017” (IIR, Czech Republic)

Posted on 28/03/2018

IIR is delighted to present the issue 03/2017 of New Perspectives, a peer-reviewed journal published three times a year in […]

Yearbook Article “Europäischer Rat”, David Schäfer and Wolfgang Wessels (IEP, Germany)

Posted on 28/03/2018

The European Council met on 22 and 23 March 2018. As the Yearbook authors David Schäfer and Wolfgang Wessels point […]

“A new government takes office in Berlin: What prospects for Franco-German leadership in the EU?”, Tuomas Iso-Markku & Marco Siddi (FIIA, Finland)

Posted on 26/03/2018

Numerous domestic and EU-level challenges stand in the way of a Franco-German reform agenda for the European Union. However, the […]

“The “internal security” of the European Union: the case of the Border and Coast Guard”, Reinaldo Saraiva Hermenegildo (IPRI-NOVA, Portugal)

Posted on 23/03/2018

in: PROELIUM – Revista da Academia Militar, VII, N.º 14, January 2018, pp. 147-182. In this article the author analyses the […]

“Europe knows where it doesn’t want to go”, Andrés Ortega (Elcano, Spain)

Posted on 23/03/2018

Elcano Blog This Sunday, 4 March, the whole of Europe will be awaiting news of two poll results: the verdict […]

“European Defence and Third Countries after Brexit”, Øyvind Svendsen (NUPI, Norway)

Posted on 23/03/2018

The UK’s departure from the European Union has given energy to the process towards ‘ever closer Union’ in the EU’s […]

“Services: A Key Element in Upgrading the EU-Turkey Customs Union?”, Anja Palm (IAI, Italy)

Posted on 26/02/2018

In The Global Turkey in Europe (GTE) project established a platform to discuss and analyse the rapid transformation of Turkey […]

IWE Working Papers: “Four years in the club: from external to internal Europeanization in Croatia”, Fruzsina Sigér (IWE, Hungary)

Posted on 26/02/2018

Croatia joined the European Union on 1 July 2013 after a long and meandrous road. On the one hand, the […]

Catalonia as a laboratory for European separatism: Understanding the independence process and its meaning in a wider European context, Teemu Tammikko (FIIA, Finland)

Posted on 26/02/2018

Despite heavy domestic and international campaigning, the separatists have not managed to increase their support, but polarization and instability in […]

The Common Agricultural Policy Crisis of the 1970s/1980s: Accommodating the Logics of Appropriateness and Consequences, Marco Lovec (CIR, Slovenia)

Posted on 23/02/2018

in Journal of European Integration History, 23 (2), pp. 245–262, 2017. The paper revisits the Common Agricultural Policy crisis of the […]

New wine in old bottles. Explaining the dimensional structure of European party systems, Jan Rovny, Jonathan Polk (CNRS-SciencesPo, France)

Posted on 22/02/2018

in: Party Politics, February 2018, p. 1-13 In Europe, noneconomic political issues are seen as secondary but significant aspects of political competition. There […]

Brexit: yielding step by step to “sufficient progress…for now”, Salvador Llaudes (Elcano, Spain)

Posted on 22/02/2018

in Experts Comments, 5 February 2018 “Sufficient progress” seems to be an accomplish mission, at least in the three key issues: […]

“Franco-German cooperation: A compromise between vision and reality?”, Paul Schmidt (ÖGfE, Austria)

Posted on 13/02/2018

The problems with forming a government after the 2017 German federal election have provided an opportunity for French President Emmanuel […]

Manifesto for the Future of Europe and the Related Discussion Papers published (IEP, Germany)

Posted on 26/01/2018

On 7 and 8 December 2017, this year’s final conference of the project “Alternative Europa!” took place at the German […]

Issue 4/2017 of “integration” published (IEP, Germany)

Posted on 26/01/2018

In the new issue of integration, Funda Tekin explains the basic principles and concepts of differentiated integration in the Area […]

Mainstreaming Euroscepticism? An analysis of the effects of the politicisation of Europe in domestic elections on the framing strategies of the centre-right in Britain, France and Germany (Sciences Po, France)

Posted on 25/01/2018

Les Cahiers européens de Sciences Po n° n°3/2017 The functional logic that had for so long guided European member states […]

Cancelling Brexit: Possible theoretically, but difficult politically, Juha Jokela (FIIA)

Posted on 25/01/2018

Political difficulties and heightened economic concerns have increased calls to cancel the UK’s decision to leave the EU. Yet a […]

Breaking Empires, Making Nations? The First World War and the Reforging of Europe, Richard Butterwick-Pawlikowski, Quincy Cloet and Alex Dowdall eds (College of Europe Natolin)

Posted on 25/01/2018

One hundred years on, the First World War is being debated as never before. This applies both to countries where […]

“Grade inflation? Brexit and Canada + + +”, Blick, Andrew, December 2017 (The Federal Trust, UK)

Posted on 24/01/2018

The Federal Trust’s Senior Research Fellow Dr Andrew Blick argues that the concessions that the UK enjoys as an EU […]

“Britain: devoid of a project”, Andrés Ortega, December 2017 (Elcano, Spain)

Posted on 23/01/2018

Meetings in the context of Brexit have pointed out something important: Brexit seems to be an empty project. None knows […]

“Strategic autonomy and European defence”, Félix Arteaga, December 2017 (Elcano, Spain)

Posted on 23/01/2018

Strategic autonomy is an old goal of European defence. In general, the concept refers to the indispensable military capabilities necessary […]

“Brexit: What if Britain changes its mind?”, Andrew Duff (EPC)

Posted on 19/01/2018

Recent excursions by Tony Blair and numerous others from the British establishment have lit up the argument about whether the […]

“On Governing Europe: A Federal Experiment”, Andrew Duff (President of the Spinelli Group), January 2018

Posted on 05/01/2018

Here is the story of the European Union by one of its leading thinkers. Andrew Duff describes how the EU […]

“EU values: a fragile and outdated foundation for European unity?” – CIFE Policy Paper N°62, Gabriel N. Toggenburg (CIFE)

Posted on 11/12/2017

“What happens if, at some moment in time, for whatever reason, a member State (government) cannot, say, respect minority rights like marriage […]

“Permanent Structured Cooperation: An Institutional Pathway for European Defence”, Alessandro Marrone (IAI, Italy)

Posted on 08/12/2017

On 13 November, EU member states – with the exception of Denmark, Ireland, Malta, Portugal and the UK – […]

“Analytical base for the Report on progress in implementation of the Partnership agreement between Republic of Croatia and the European Commission”, Boromisa, A., Butković, H., Čučković, N., Funduk, M., Jurlin, K., Kovačić, M., Puljiz, J., Skazlić, I., Šterc, S., Tišma, S. (IRMO, Croatia)

Posted on 08/12/2017

IRMO researchers have published a project study „ Analytical base for the Report on progress in implementation of the Partnership […]

“Study on investment needs and obstacles along industrial value chains.”, Andrea Szalavetz, Magdolna Sass et al. (IWE, Hungary)

Posted on 07/12/2017

The European Union currently faces a need to invest in modernising its industry across all value chains in order […]

“What If the V4 Countries Were Not Members of the European Union?”, András Inotai (IWE, Hungary)

Posted on 07/12/2017

In Aspen Review, Issue 04/2017 This question would not have gotten any attention a few years ago. During the first […]

“East-Central European feminist activism in the context of uneven development in the EU, and ways to move forward”, Tamás Gerőcs, Emília Barna, Gergely Csányi, Ágnes Gagyi (IWE, Hungary)

Posted on 07/12/2017

In Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, The Future of the European Union, 2017, pp 69-79 In this paper, we analyse points of […]

“The Yearbook of European Integration 2017” , (IEP, Berlin)

Posted on 07/12/2017

The debates on the future of Europe were given a new impetus in 2017 after a majority of British voters […]

Could Austria join the Visegrád Group?, Paul Schmidt (Austrian Society for European Politics – ÖGfE)

Posted on 07/12/2017

The leader of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), Heinz-Christian Strache, has previously proposed that Austria could join the Visegrád […]

Two to tango: the unchanging complexity of Turkey-EU relations, Ilke Toygür (Elcano Institute)

Posted on 07/12/2017

Another European Council meeting went by, with no substantial changes regarding Turkey-EU relations. Despite the very high degree of criticism […]

European solidarity for Catalonia, Andrés Ortega (Elcano Institute)

Posted on 07/12/2017

The EU –its institutions and member states– has supported the Spanish government in its dispute with the separatists of Catalonia. […]

Germany and France: ready to tango?, Ulrich Speck, (Elcano Institute)

Posted on 07/12/2017

After years of crises, of doom and gloom, the mood in European capitals is now becoming more upbeat. Brexit is […]

Autonomy and managerial reforms in Europe: Let or make public managers manage?, Philippe Bezes and Gilles Jeannot (Sciences Po, France)

Posted on 04/12/2017

in Public Administration. Drawing on a survey of top executives in central governments in 11 European countries (N = 5,190), this study explores […]

“Possible Future European Union Party-Political Systems”, Martin Westlake (College of Europe Bruges)

Posted on 24/10/2017

in Bruges Political Research Papers no.60 The paper passes in review the post-war steps to a parliamentary European Union and a […]

Issue 3/2017 of integration, September 2017 (IEP, Germany)

Posted on 24/10/2017

In the new issue of integration, Joachim Schild analyses Emmanuel Macron’s European policy approach with a special focus on the […]

Building a hidden investment state? The European Investment Bank, national development banks and European economic governance, Matthias Thiemann, Daniel Mertens (Sciences Po, France)

Posted on 24/10/2017

in Journal of European Public Policy, October 2017 The European Commission’s Investment Plan for Europe and the enduring economic crisis has brought […]

The Interdependence of Intra- and Inter-Subjectivity in Constructivist Institutionalism, Colin Hay (Sciences Po, France)

Posted on 24/10/2017

In Critical Review, September 2017, vol 29, n° 2 Oscar Larsson’s sympathetic critique of constructivist institutionalism calls for a clarification of […]

A stronger Europe in an illiberal World?, Sebastian Franzkowiak (CIFE)

Posted on 24/10/2017

in CIFE Policy Paper n°61 Read it here

Lift the Tollgates: Europe needs greater cross-border military mobility, Leo Michel (FIIA, Finland)

Posted on 24/10/2017

European militaries, including Finland’s, increasingly train, carry out exercises, and deploy together across the continent under EU, NATO, or national […]

The Future of EU Defence: A European Space, Data and Cyber Agency?, Jean-Pierre Darnis (IAI, Italy)

Posted on 23/10/2017

Sovereignty has always been a tricky issue for EU Defence policy. When it comes to the use of military forces, […]

Crisis in Social Democracy, crisis in Europe?, Andrés Ortega (Elcano, Spain)

Posted on 18/10/2017

Elcano Blog, October 2017 The competition that has characterised European politics for years has been between a centre-left and centre-right. […]

Euroscepticism in the Baltic States: Uncovering Issues, People and Stereotypes, Kārlis Bukovskis, Aldis Austers eds. (LIIA, Latvia)

Posted on 18/10/2017

The book explores the neglected issue of Euroscepticism in the Baltic societies. The book consists of a collection of articles […]

La Grèce est-elle le cheval de Troie de la Chine dans l’Union européenne?, George Tzogopoulos (CIFE)

Posted on 26/09/2017

Interview for “Le Monde”, 7 septembre 2017 Available here

The Area of Freedom, Security and Justice: Brexit does not mean Brexit, Funda Tekin (CIFE)

Posted on 26/09/2017

in Policy Paper 2015, 13 September 2017 – Jacques Delors Insitute Berlin Available here

The EU level effects of national elections in the Netherlands and France, Aldis Austers (LIIA, Latvia)

Posted on 26/09/2017

The Netherlands and France, despite their affluence and long-standing democratic traditions, are experiencing a major political shift which manifests in […]

The Preliminary Legal Opinion from the European Court of Justice, Tamas Lattman (IIR, Czech Republic)

Posted on 26/09/2017

The preliminary legal opinion from the European Court of Justice – maybe it is a green light for the emergency […]

Associated Union citizenship: Premature end of an idea with great potential?, Oliver Schwarz (IEP, Germany)

Posted on 25/09/2017

Not all good ideas are necessarily leading to good projects. The latest witness therefore is the project of free Interrail […]

Handbuch zur deutschen Europapolitik, Katrin Böttger/Mathias Jopp (IEP, Germany)

Posted on 25/09/2017

The Institute for European Policy’s Handbook on Germany’s European Policy is now also available in an edition published by the […]

The Time for European Defence Has Come: Rome Must Step Up to the Task, Nathalie Tocci (IAI, Italy)

Posted on 25/09/2017

When it comes to European defence, more has been achieved over the last year than in the past decade. Some […]

France, Italy and the Reawakening of Historical Rivalries, Jean Pierre Darnis (IAI, Italy)

Posted on 25/09/2017

The leaders of France, Italy, Spain and Germany met in Paris on 28 August for a summit hosted by President […]

Engaging the World: The European Union as a subsystem of International Relations, Simon Duke & Sophie Vanhoonacker (EIPA, Maastricht)

Posted on 21/09/2017

in International Relations and the European Union (May 2017), Christopher Hill, Michael Smith and Sophie Vanhoonacker (eds.) International Relations and the European […]

TEPSA/Egmont Paper No. 96: The Reform of the EU Courts (IV): The Need for a Better Focus on the European Court of Justice’s Core Mission, Franklin Dehouse

Posted on 30/08/2017

The European Court of Justice has regularly been accused of activism. Recently, this debate has become more acute thanks to […]

Integration 1/2017 (IEP, Germany)

Posted on 18/07/2017

In the new issue of integration, Minister Wolfgang Schäuble presents prospects for the future of the European Union and details […]

FEUTURE Papers – Turkey’s European Future at a Crossroad: Where do we go from here?, Nathalie Tocci (IAI, Italy)

Posted on 18/07/2017

In the run-up to Turkey’s April 2017 referendum on a constitutional change, which will enshrine an unprecedented concentration of power […]

New Pact for Europe National Report: Italy, Riccardo Alcaro and Eleonora Poli (IAI, Italy)

Posted on 18/07/2017

This is the fifth in a series of National Reports to be published as part of the new phase of […]

Thinking out of the Accession Box: The Potential and Limitations of Internal and External Differentiated Integration Between Turkey and the EU, Ebru Turhan (CIFE)

Posted on 17/07/2017

Ebru Turhan, Assistant Professor of Political Science and the Vice-Director of the Institute of Social Sciences at the Turkish-German University […]

A Purpose for Further European Unity?, Steve Lee (CIFE)

Posted on 17/07/2017

The author, Steve Lee, analyses in this paper the actual purpose for furthering the unity of the European Union. It is no […]

The Western Balkans in the European Union: perspectives of a Region in Europe? A Contribution to the Trieste Summit on the Western Balkans, Matteo Bonomi (IAI, Italy and CIFE)

Posted on 17/07/2017

This research paper by Matteo Bonomi derives from the Reflection Forum on the run-up to the Summit of Trieste on the […]

FEUTURE EU 28 Country Report: Hungary. The Future of EU-Turkey Relations: Mapping Dynamics and Testing Scenarios, Zoltán Egeresi and Tamás Szigetvári (IWE, Hungary)

Posted on 17/07/2017

Zoltán Egeresi is the author of the Hungary report which is part of a series on the future of EU-Turkey relations. “The […]

Brexit as a trigger for disintegration – background and consequences, Miklós Somai (IWE, Hungary)

Posted on 17/07/2017

This paper is based on a lecture held at Second World Congress of Comparative Economics titled «1917 –2017: Revolution and Evolution […]

Turkey: The Other in an Oriental Soap Opera, Vit Benes and Kristyna Tamchynova (IIR, Czech Republic)

Posted on 17/07/2017

Vít Beneš and Kristýna Tamchynová are the authors of the Czech country report which is part of a series on […]

European Politeia 1 2016 (EKEME-EPLO, Greece)

Posted on 14/07/2017

This edition of the journal focuses both on the Statehood of the EU as well as on the impact of […]

The joint sovereignty proposal for Gibraltar: benefits for all, Martín Ortega Carcelén (Elcano, Spain)

Posted on 14/07/2017

In the wake of the Brexit referendum, Spain submitted a negotiation proposal to the UK on Gibraltar that put joint […]

No Eastern troublemaker: Estonian EU Presidency seeks unity in a fragmenting Europe, Kristi Raik (FIIA, Finland)

Posted on 07/07/2017

Estonia will take over the presidency of the Council of the EU on 1 July. The rotating presidency has limited […]

Slovenia and the European Union, Ana Bojinović Fenko and Marjan Svetličič (CIR, Slovenia)

Posted on 30/05/2017

The chapter in a new Oxford University Press encyclopaedia offers an all-encompassing literature review of Slovenian EU-engagement from the Yugoslav […]

Après l’élection de Macron: la responsabilité de l’Allemagne pour l’Europe, Hartmut Marhold (CIFE)

Posted on 26/05/2017

Le défi européen et la responsabilité allemande Le risque est grand : si le nouveau Président de la France échoue, […]

The Western Balkans in the European Union: Enlargement to What, Accession to What?, Eleonora Poli (IAI, Italy)

Posted on 23/05/2017

This report summarizes the proceedings of the international conference organized in Rome on 5 April 2017 by the Istituto Affari […]

Conference report: Les enjeux européens dans la présidentielle française, comptes-rendus (Sciences Po)

Posted on 22/05/2017

Les Cahiers européens de Sciences Po: cycle de conférences “Les enjeux européens dans la présidentielle française”, comptes-rendus L’Europe d’aujourd’hui est […]

Personal view on Brexit: early lessons, potential outcome and impact on Hungary, András Inotai (IWE, Hungary)

Posted on 07/05/2017

Published in Japanese, Russian Eurasian Economy and Society, no. 1015, 2017, pp. 2-11. Original English manuscript available upon request from […]

The influence of social media on democratic participation and decision-making, Lucas Skupin (CIFE)

Posted on 02/05/2017

The advent of social media as a political instrument initially generated widespread euphoria among scholars and journalists, who saw it […]

Study for the European Parliament: “Possible impacts of Brexit on EU development and humanitarian policies”, by Aitor Peréz and Iliana Olivié (Elcano, Spain)

Posted on 13/04/2017

TEPSA has recently coordinated a study for the European Parliament Committee on Development (DEVE), authored by Aitor Peréz and Iliana […]

A Discourse Analysis of the UK Referendum Campaign on EU Membership, Elisabeth Weißbecker (IEP, Germany)

Posted on 06/04/2017

In this IEP Research Paper the author Elisabeth Weißbecker uses Ruth Wodak’s Discourse-Historical Approach to analyse “The Facts of Life […]

Why Spain would like a ‘soft’ Brexit for the UK, William Chislett (Elcano, Spain)

Posted on 29/03/2017

Spain has good reasons for wanting the best possible relationship between Britain and the EU as a result of Brexit, […]

The Role of National Parliaments in the EU after Lisbon: Potentialities and Challenges, Olivier Rozenberg (Science Po, France)

Posted on 25/03/2017

This study was commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of […]

Gouverner (avec) l’opinion au niveau européen, Céline Belot, Laurie Boussaguet and Charlotte Halpern (ed.) (Sciences Po, France)

Posted on 25/03/2017

A partir du cas spécifique que constitue le système politique européen, ce numéro spécial s’interroge sur la relation entre opinion […]

EU@60 – Five issues shaping the celebratory agenda, Björn Fägersten and Hilda Grönvall (UI, Sweden)

Posted on 24/03/2017

On 25 March the Heads of State and Government of 27 European Union member states will meet in Rome to […]

Central Europe: The Death of Dreams?, Michal Kořan (IIR, Czech Republic)

Posted on 21/03/2017

Michal Kořan, a Senior Research Fellow of the Institute of International Relations, as part of the project Think Visegrad, published […]

A More Powerful European Council: Old and New Trends, Juha Jokela (FIIA, Finland)

Posted on 19/03/2017

The importance of the European Council within the European Union’s political system has increased significantly due to the multiple crises […]

The Saint in the Office: How to Help the Government to be Right, Junjie Ma (CIFE)

Posted on 17/03/2017

Today, the EU is faced with multiple challenges, and it is impossible to count on governments alone to solve all […]

Differentiated Integration and the EU: A Variable Geometry Legitimacy, Yves Bertoncini (IAI, Italy)

Posted on 07/03/2017

Since the member states and peoples of the EU are “united in diversity”, it seems natural for the European construction […]

The EU, facing one of its most challenging years, Salvador Llaudes (Elcano, Spain)

Posted on 28/02/2017

Adding to concerns about terrorism, the handling of the refugee crisis and existing economic risks, there is the delicate management […]

Reconfiguring European States in Crisis, Desmond King and Patrick Le Galès (ed.) (Sciences Po, France)

Posted on 23/02/2017

Reconfiguring European States in Crisis offers a ground-breaking analysis by some of Europe’s leading political scientists, examining how the European national […]