Although media policy is a fundamental issue for European democracies, the European Union has only limited competence in this field, […]
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Tag: European democracy
TEPSA Explainer: The Battle of Istanbul
In this TEPSA Explainer, Eduard Soler (Senior Research Fellow at Barcelona Centre for International Relations – CIDOB, Barcelona) discusses what […]
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TEPSA Brief: “Changing party dynamics in Europe and Estonia: bringing Europe into the electoral competition”, Piret Kuusik
TEPSA is happy to present its new policy brief “Changing party dynamics in Europe and Estonia: bringing Europe into the electoral […]
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Launching event at the European Parliament: “The European Parliament in times of EU crisis — Dynamics and Transformations” (CoE, Belgium)
Following the publication of the book The European Parliament in times of EU crisis — Dynamics and Transformations (Palgrave, 2019), authored mainly […]
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“EU: external centrifugal forces and European ‘clusters’”, Andrés Ortega (Elcano, Spain)
The EU’s problems stem not only from within but also from without. What the governments of non-member countries do has an […]
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“The Challenges of European Policies Implementation in Croatia”, Višnja Samardžija (IRMO, Croatia)
This book edited by Višnja Samardžija is result of the three-year ERESMUS+ Jean Monnet Support to Institution project “POLO-Cro28 Policy […]
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“Assessing EU Democracy and Human Rights Policies from the Perspective of Tunisian Bottom-Up Actors”, Asma Nouira and Hamadi Redissi (IAI, Italy)
This report is part of a series of working papers to provide an understanding and assessment of EU democracy and […]
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“Voting at 16 in Austria: a possible model for the EU?”, Paul Schmidt, Johanna Edthofer (Elcano, Spain)
Austria has been the only country in the EU that allows voting at the age of 16 at all political […]
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“The added value of the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI), and its revision”, Julian Plottka (IEP, Germany)
The study on the European Added Value of the European Citizens’ Initiative written by Julian Plottka, Carmen Gerstenmeyer, Julia Klein […]
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“Institutional initiatives for a solid and participatory European democracy”, Susana del Río Villar (Elcano, Spain)
There is now an important debate underway on the democratic strengthening of the EU. This debate is focused on the […]
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“Welfare Democracies and Party Politics : Explaining Electoral Dynamcs in Times of Changing Welfare Capitalism”, Manow, Philip, Palier, Bruno, Schwander, Hanna (SciencesPo-CNRS, France)
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018. 352 p. Europe’s political landscapes are in turmoil, and new radical parties challenge the established […]
Read more“On Governing Europe: A Federal Experiment”, Andrew Duff (President of the Spinelli Group), January 2018
Here is the story of the European Union by one of its leading thinkers. Andrew Duff describes how the EU […]
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The EU level effects of national elections in the Netherlands and France, Aldis Austers (LIIA, Latvia)
The Netherlands and France, despite their affluence and long-standing democratic traditions, are experiencing a major political shift which manifests in […]
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Integration 1/2017 (IEP, Germany)
In the new issue of integration, Minister Wolfgang Schäuble presents prospects for the future of the European Union and details […]
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The influence of social media on democratic participation and decision-making, Lucas Skupin (CIFE)
The advent of social media as a political instrument initially generated widespread euphoria among scholars and journalists, who saw it […]
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The European Community Framing of the Mediterranean (1970-1990), Sally Khalifa Isaac and Haidi Esmat Kares (IAI, Italy)
This paper examines the early phase of European construction of the Mediterranean during the 1970s and 1980s. It seeks to […]
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The Rise of Direct Democracy in Croatia: Balancing or Challenging Parliamentary Representation? Hrvoje Butković (IRMO, Croatia)
Starting from theoretical notions, this paper analyses the practice of direct democracy in selected transitional countries, which could be instructive […]
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A Discourse Analysis of the UK Referendum Campaign on EU Membership, Elisabeth Weißbecker (IEP, Germany)
In this IEP Research Paper the author Elisabeth Weißbecker uses Ruth Wodak’s Discourse-Historical Approach to analyse “The Facts of Life […]
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The Role of National Parliaments in the EU after Lisbon: Potentialities and Challenges, Olivier Rozenberg (Science Po, France)
This study was commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of […]
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Gouverner (avec) l’opinion au niveau européen, Céline Belot, Laurie Boussaguet and Charlotte Halpern (ed.) (Sciences Po, France)
A partir du cas spécifique que constitue le système politique européen, ce numéro spécial s’interroge sur la relation entre opinion […]
Read moreCentral Europe: The Death of Dreams?, Michal Kořan (IIR, Czech Republic)
Michal Kořan, a Senior Research Fellow of the Institute of International Relations, as part of the project Think Visegrad, published […]
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Sociologie plurielle des comportements politiques: Je vote, tu contestes, elle cherche…, Olivier Fillieule, Florence Haegel, Camille Hamidi, et al (eds.) (Sciences Po, France)
Je vote, tu contestes, elle cherche… La montée de l’abstention, celle des partis d’extrême droite, l’émergence d’une consommation engagée ou […]
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Scandales et corruption dans le discours médiatique français: la partie émergée de l’iceberg?, Sofia Wickberg (Sciences Po, France)
This article is concerned with how corruption is socially constructed in the French press media, both from a problem definition […]
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Les agriculteurs face à la paperasse: policy feedbacks et bureaucratisation de la politique agricole commune, Blandine Mesnel (Sciences Po, France)
Based on a fieldwork in the French agricultural sector, this article analyses the political and social consequences of red tape […]
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European Union Enlargement and Integration Capacity, Frank Schimmelfennig (ETH, Switzerland)
In 2004 and 2007, the EU admitted 12 new member states in its biggest and most controversial enlargement to date […]
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Pourquoi détestons-nous autant nos politiques?, Emiliano Grossman and Nicolas Sauger (Sciences Po, France)
Nous sommes parfois séduits par leurs promesses, mais, très vite, ils nous déçoivent. Si cette séquence se répète régulièrement depuis […]
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Small states and parliamentary diplomacy: Slovenia and the Mediterranean, Zlatko Šabič, Ana Bojinović Fenko and Petra Roter (CIR, Slovenia)
The article contributes to the scholarship on parliamentary diplomacy in the Mediterranean region through the lens of a small state: […]
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Governing Europe. How to Make the EU More Efficient and Democratic, Lorenzo Vai, Pier Domenico Tortola and Nicoletta Pirozzi (IAI, Italy)
This book is a collection of the contributions to the Governing Europe project, which tackles the current situation and the […]
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