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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Tag: European integration
“A New Idea of Europe: The Challenge of Flexibility”, Nicoletta Pirozzi and Matteo Bonomi (IAI, Italy)
Nicoletta Pirozzi, Matteo Bonomi, A New Idea of Europe: The Challenge of Flexibility, IAI Commentaries, 19:04, IAI, January 2019 With […]
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“Where to now for Enlargement? Key Challenges for Western Balkans’ accession into a Brexiting European Union”, Florent Marciacq (CIFE, France)
“Where to now for Enlargement? Key Challenges for Western Balkans’ accession into a Brexiting European Union”, Marciacq Florent, Policy Paper […]
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“The Relaunch of Europe. Mapping Member State Reform Interests“, Dominika Biegon, Julia Klein, Julian Plottka, Alexander Schilin and Jana Schubert (IEP, Germany)
The “Relaunch of Europe” project reveals potential EU reforms that would be conducive to a greater integration. In their comprehensive […]
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Public Event: “Germany’s Role in Georgia’s European Future: How to align expectations?”, 8 February 2019 (IEP, Germany)
Public Event: “Germany’s Role in Georgia’s European Future: How to align expectations?”, 8 February 2019, Representation of the European Commission […]
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The Institut für Europäische Politik celebrates its 60th anniversary! (IEP, Germany)
Social Media campaign on 60 years of IEP: #6Jahrzehnte In 2019, the Institut für Europäische Politik celebrates its 60th anniversary […]
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High-level Conference organised by the Department of European Legal Studies on “The Internal Market 2.0” (College of Europe Bruges)
High-level Conference organised by the Department of European Legal Studies on “The Internal Market 2.0“ Where? College of Europe, Verversdijk 16, […]
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TEPSA Brief “Strengthening the EU as a security actor: citizens’ views and perspectives”, Juha Jokela
TEPSA is happy to present its new policy brief “Strengthening the EU as a security actor: citizens’ views and perspectives”, […]
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“Reformatting the European integration process: Opportunities and Risks for the Ukraine-EU association” (Razumkov Centre, Ukraine)
This document serves as “Conclusions and Proposals” of the Analytical Report contained in this publication (Ukrainian). “The research arrived at […]
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TEPSA Brief “Euro or no Euro, that is the question”, Petr Kratochvíl & Zdeněk Sychra
TEPSA is happy to present its new policy brief “Euro or no Euro, that is the question”, written by Petr Kratochvíl (Senior […]
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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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Applications now open for the “Master in Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation” (IAI and the LUISS School of Government)
The Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) and the LUISS School of Government have joined their forces to launch a new Master programme […]
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“The Future of Europe: Views from the Capitals”, Michael Kaeding, Johannes Pollak, Paul Schmidt (Eds.)
This book, which brings together contributions from over 25 scholars from the TEPSA network, sheds light on the political dynamics within […]
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“European Union and Challenges of Cultural Policies: Critical Perspectives” – Special Issue of Croatian International Relations Review – CIRR, Jaka Primorac, Aleksandra Uzelac, Paško Bilić (IRMO, Croatia)
This special issue is the output of the biannual Jean Monnet project ‘EU Competences and National Cultural Policies: Critical Dialogues […]
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“Avoiding conflict? The EU legislative process in times of tension”, Olivier Rozenberg, Stéphanie Novak, Selma Bendjaballah, Renaud Dehousse (SciencesPo – CNRS, France)
The current crisis could lead us to expect an overall increase of conflicts in the EU legislative process and eventually […]
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“Quit kicking the can down the road: a Spanish view of EMU reforms” (Elcano, Spain)
This document written by Spanish economists offers some recommendations towards a stronger architecture for the euro through deeper fiscal, financial […]
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“Spain and the prospect of Brexit”, Salvador Llaudes, Ignacio Molina, Miguel Otero Iglesias, Federico Steinberg (Elcano, Spain)
The decision of the British people to leave the EU has consequences not only for the UK but also for […]
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“Boosting Defence Cooperation in Europe: An Analysis of Key Military Capabilities”, Alessandro Marrone (et al.) (IAI, Italy)
This study aims at analysing the developments regarding key military capabilities of 31 European countries in four specific areas: Air-to-Air […]
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“Macron, Merkel and the new European sovereignties”, Andrés Ortega (Elcano, Spain)
Despite their internal and external problems, Macron and Merkel reiterated at their meeting in Berlin that they will submit a […]
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“Brexit: differentiated disintegration in the European Union”, Frank Schimmelfennig (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
in: Journal of European Public Policy 25, 2018 The decision of the Cameron government to renegotiate the terms of UK membership […]
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“Eurozone Stabilisation Fund Revisited”, Mark Nevin (Federal Trust, UK)
Unprecedented financial and political upheaval have reshaped the institutional and geo-political landscape of both the Eurozone and the EU over […]
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“Study on the European Added Value of the European Citizens’ Initiative” (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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“Brexit: Anything could happen in the next half year”, Brendan Donnelly (The Federal Trust for Education and Research, UK)
In this blog post, the Federal Trust’s Director Brendan Donnelly reviews progress in the Brexit debate and argues that the continuing […]
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“Regional Integration Theory”, Frank Schimmelfennig (ETH, Zürich)
in: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics, Oxford University Press, 2018. Regional integration theory seeks to explain the establishment and development of regional […]
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“L’évolution du processus législatif de l’Union européenne. Conflictualité, consensus et tendances sectorielles”, SciencesPo-CNRS (France)
“European Integration (Theory) in Times of Crisis. A Comparison of the Euro and Schengen Crises”, Frank Schimmelfennig (ETH, Zürich)
in Journal of European Public Policy, 25: 7, 2018, 969-989. The European Union has gone through major crises of its two flagship […]
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“Debt mutualisation, inflation and populism in the Eurozone”, Alfredo Arahuetes García, Gonzalo Gómez Bengoechea (Elcano, Spain)
Analyses of the Elcano Royal Institute (ARI) This paper looks at the various scenarios for debt mutualisation in the Eurozone […]
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Yearbook Article “Europäischer Rat”, David Schäfer and Wolfgang Wessels (IEP, Germany)
The European Council met on 22 and 23 March 2018. As the Yearbook authors David Schäfer and Wolfgang Wessels point […]
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“Europe knows where it doesn’t want to go”, Andrés Ortega (Elcano, Spain)
Elcano Blog This Sunday, 4 March, the whole of Europe will be awaiting news of two poll results: the verdict […]
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IWE Working Papers: “Four years in the club: from external to internal Europeanization in Croatia”, Fruzsina Sigér (IWE, Hungary)
Croatia joined the European Union on 1 July 2013 after a long and meandrous road. On the one hand, the […]
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Catalonia as a laboratory for European separatism: Understanding the independence process and its meaning in a wider European context, Teemu Tammikko (FIIA, Finland)
Despite heavy domestic and international campaigning, the separatists have not managed to increase their support, but polarization and instability in […]
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“Franco-German cooperation: A compromise between vision and reality?”, Paul Schmidt (ÖGfE, Austria)
The problems with forming a government after the 2017 German federal election have provided an opportunity for French President Emmanuel […]
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Manifesto for the Future of Europe and the Related Discussion Papers published (IEP, Germany)
On 7 and 8 December 2017, this year’s final conference of the project “Alternative Europa!” took place at the German […]
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European Disunion? Social and Economic Divergence in Europe, and their Political Consequences, Bruno Palier, Allison E. Rovny, Jan Rovny (Sciences Po, France)
LIEPP Working Paper, 2017. The principal component of a European social model was considered to be convergence of social outcomes […]
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Spiritual genocide is taking place here, András Inotai (IWE, Hungary)
In: Hungarian Spectrum online Read it here
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“Britain: devoid of a project”, Andrés Ortega, December 2017 (Elcano, Spain)
Meetings in the context of Brexit have pointed out something important: Brexit seems to be an empty project. None knows […]
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“Europe in 2030: four alternative futures”, Luis Simón and Ulrich Speck (eds.), December 2017 (Elcano, Spain)
Europe’s future is not what it used to be. Ever since the global financial crisis broke out nearly a decade […]
Read more“Brexit: What if Britain changes its mind?”, Andrew Duff (EPC)
Recent excursions by Tony Blair and numerous others from the British establishment have lit up the argument about whether the […]
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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“Austria in Europe: dynamic perceptions and ambiguous politics”, Paul Schmidt (Elcano Iinstitute, Spain in collaboration with ÖGfE, Austria)
Trust in national and European politics has suffered simultaneously over the past decade in Austria. Euroscepticism and discontent with the […]
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“EU values: a fragile and outdated foundation for European unity?” – CIFE Policy Paper N°62, Gabriel N. Toggenburg (CIFE)
“What happens if, at some moment in time, for whatever reason, a member State (government) cannot, say, respect minority rights like marriage […]
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“The challenge of social cohesion: Addressing long-term consequences of the 2015 refugee crisis for Europe”, Bernhard Riederer (ÖGfE, Austria)
Immigrant inflows in 2015 triggered manifold reactions all over Europe. Policies soon turned towards border management, reforms of asylum procedures, […]
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“Permanent Structured Cooperation: An Institutional Pathway for European Defence”, Alessandro Marrone (IAI, Italy)
On 13 November, EU member states – with the exception of Denmark, Ireland, Malta, Portugal and the UK – […]
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“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)
IRMO researchers have published a project study „ Analytical base for the Report on progress in implementation of the Partnership […]
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“What If the V4 Countries Were Not Members of the European Union?”, András Inotai (IWE, Hungary)
In Aspen Review, Issue 04/2017 This question would not have gotten any attention a few years ago. During the first […]
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CiSEP Level B Training: Old fellows, new expectations and plans! (IEP, Berlin)
CiSEP Level B Training: Old fellows, new expectations and plans! What a pleasure to be back in Odessa and to […]
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Call for Papers: Quarterly Journal “integration”(IEP, Germany)
The academic quarterly integration addresses professionals dealing with issues of European integration in politics, administration, academics, education and media. It […]
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“The Yearbook of European Integration 2017” , (IEP, Berlin)
The debates on the future of Europe were given a new impetus in 2017 after a majority of British voters […]
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Two to tango: the unchanging complexity of Turkey-EU relations, Ilke Toygür (Elcano Institute)
Another European Council meeting went by, with no substantial changes regarding Turkey-EU relations. Despite the very high degree of criticism […]
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Germany and France: ready to tango?, Ulrich Speck, (Elcano Institute)
After years of crises, of doom and gloom, the mood in European capitals is now becoming more upbeat. Brexit is […]
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“Possible Future European Union Party-Political Systems”, Martin Westlake (College of Europe Bruges)
in Bruges Political Research Papers no.60 The paper passes in review the post-war steps to a parliamentary European Union and a […]
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Issue 3/2017 of integration, September 2017 (IEP, Germany)
In the new issue of integration, Joachim Schild analyses Emmanuel Macron’s European policy approach with a special focus on the […]
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Decision-Making and European Policy Coordination in the German Federal Government, Timm Beichelt (IEP)
in GEPS No 05/17 The fifth paper in the German European Policy Series by author Timm Beichelt, professor of Political Science […]
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Building a hidden investment state? The European Investment Bank, national development banks and European economic governance, Matthias Thiemann, Daniel Mertens (Sciences Po, France)
in Journal of European Public Policy, October 2017 The European Commission’s Investment Plan for Europe and the enduring economic crisis has brought […]
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The Interdependence of Intra- and Inter-Subjectivity in Constructivist Institutionalism, Colin Hay (Sciences Po, France)
In Critical Review, September 2017, vol 29, n° 2 Oscar Larsson’s sympathetic critique of constructivist institutionalism calls for a clarification of […]
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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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Thinking out of the Accession Box: The Potential and Limitations of Internal and External Differentiated Integration Between Turkey and the EU, Ebru Turhan (CIFE)
Ebru Turhan, Assistant Professor of Political Science and the Vice-Director of the Institute of Social Sciences at the Turkish-German University […]
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Slovenia and the European Union, Ana Bojinović Fenko and Marjan Svetličič (CIR, Slovenia)
The chapter in a new Oxford University Press encyclopaedia offers an all-encompassing literature review of Slovenian EU-engagement from the Yugoslav […]
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Sharing the Responsibility or Shifting the Focus? The Responses of the EU and the Visegrad Countries to the Post-2015 Arrival of Migrants and Refugees, Boldizsár Nagy (IAI, Italy)
The key research question of this paper is why the Visegrad group countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) […]
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Personal view on Brexit: early lessons, potential outcome and impact on Hungary, András Inotai (IWE, Hungary)
Published in Japanese, Russian Eurasian Economy and Society, no. 1015, 2017, pp. 2-11. Original English manuscript available upon request from […]
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In depth, Volume 14 Issue 2, April 2017 (University of Nicosia, Cyprus)
The volume is accessible here. Charles ELLINAS – Energy Boost Success Panayiotis TILLIROS – The Role of East Med Gas in […]
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The euro as a social bond: why do Eurozone citizens still back the single currency?, Miguel Otero-Iglesias (Elcano, Spain)
This paper tries to understand why despite the pain in the South of the Eurozone and the anger in the […]
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EU@60 – Five issues shaping the celebratory agenda, Björn Fägersten and Hilda Grönvall (UI, Sweden)
On 25 March the Heads of State and Government of 27 European Union member states will meet in Rome to […]
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Differentiated Integration and the EU: A Variable Geometry Legitimacy, Yves Bertoncini (IAI, Italy)
Since the member states and peoples of the EU are “united in diversity”, it seems natural for the European construction […]
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Assessing the State of European Integration and Potential for Transatlantic Cooperation in the Post-Soviet Space: The Case of Moldova, Iulian Groza, Mathias Jopp, Iurie Leancă, Iulian Rusu, & Hans-Martin Sieg (IEP, Germany)
The research paper assesses the state of affairs of the transatlantic cooperation to support transformation processes in the Republic of […]
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The Nexus Between Enlargement and Differentiation, Barbara Lippert (IAI, Italy)
This paper explores the nexus between enlargement and differentiated integration set against the background of past experiences and in view […]
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The Future of a More Differentiated E(M)U – Necessities, Options, Choices, Janis Emmanouilidis (IAI, Italy)
This paper argues that future EMU reforms will require a higher level of differentiation between Euro and non-Euro countries. However, […]
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A Comparative Perspective on Institutional Quality in Countries at Different Stages of European Integration, Will Bartlett, Nevenka Čučković and Krešimir Jurlin (IRMO, Croatia)
The paper investigates changes in institutional quality in countries at different stages of European integration over the seven-year period from […]
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The EU’s Existential Threat: Demands for Flexibility in an EU Based on Rules, Adriaan Schout (IAI, Italy)
Deeper integration is on the agenda to complete the monetary union, to get growth back on track, and to rebuild […]
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Differentiated Integration in Defence: A Plea for PESCO, Sven Biscop (IAI, Italy)
In defence, differentiated integration outside the EU framework is prevalent. Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) would allow a group of Member […]
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Integration 4/2016 (IEP, Germany)
In the new issue of integration, Peter-Christian Müller-Graff analyses the legal situation of the European Union prior to the notification […]
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