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Is the Eurozone crisis changing EU-China relations? (ARI) ARI 154/2011 - 22/11/2011 Alicia Sorroza The economic and financial crisis affecting Europe seems to be changing the map of the interests involved in the EU-China relationship.
Relations between national parliaments and the European Parliament: opportunities and challenges (ARI) ARI 153/2011 - 22/11/2011 Daniel Ruiz de Garibay This paper provides an insight into how interparliamentary cooperation between national parliaments and the EP is evolving, what forms it is taking and what its main advantages and flaws are.
The European Commission’s 2011 Progress Report on Turkey: more than just a hollow ritual? (ARI) ARI 152/2011 - 22/11/2011 İlke Toygür The European Commission has released its 2011 Report on Turkey’s progress towards EU accession. Unfortunately, this is no more than following a ritual, a hollow gesture, since ‘progress’ is not that visible, especially considering that no new chapters have been opened following the Spanish Presidency in 2010.
Evaluation of the First Hungarian EU Council Presidency (ARI) ARI 134/2011 - 27/9/2011 Krisztina Vida The Hungarian EU Presidency in the first half of 2011 came in a context of deep crisis in the euro area, uncertainty and enlargement fatigue. How did it perform?
A New Reading of the Crisis and the Dilemmas of Economic Policy (ARI) ARI 124/2011 (Translated from Spanish) Federico Steinberg The financial shock waves of August 2011 call for a review of the diagnosis of the crisis and an evaluation of the limited economic policy alternatives at the disposal of the US and the euro zone.
Spain’s Multinationals: the Dynamic Part of an Ailing Economy (WP) WP 17/2011 - 15/9/2011 William Chislett The investments abroad of a significant number of Spanish companies are enabling them to weather the depressed domestic economy relatively well, while exports have become the engine of economic growth.
Turkey’s Islamist AK Party Wins Third Term of Single-Party Rule: Time to Create a Liberal Secular State (ARI) ARI 106/2011 - 14/6/2011 William Chislett The AKP’s third consecutive absolute majority in parliamentary elections is a golden opportunity to move from illiberal secularism to a liberal secular state.
The Role of the General Affairs Council Revisited in Light of the Experience of 18 Months with the Lisbon Treaty (ARI) ARI 105/2011 - 10/6/2011 Ignacio Molina The General Affairs Council (GAC) has so far not lived up to the expectations created by the Treaty of Lisbon, which in principle assigned it an important position within the EU system.
The Need for an Open System to Evaluate European Union CSDP Missions (ARI) ARI 104/2011 - 10/6/2011 Félix Arteaga The entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty and the launch of the European External Action Service are an opportunity to introduce reporting and assessment mechanisms to render CSDP (Common Security and Defence Policy) missions more democratically legitimate and accountable.
Germany, the Schengen Crisis and Frontex: A Funny Kind of Pro-Europeanism (ARI) ARI 99/2011 - 26/5/2011 Roderick Parkes Is Germany’s new position on Schengen a sign of the ‘normalisation’ of its European policy?
Interim Balance Sheet of the Hungarian Council Presidency (ARI) ARI 94/2011 - 20/5/2011 Krisztina Vida More than four months have passed since Hungary took over the Presidency of the EU, prompting the need for a review of its performance so far.
Crisis and Change in Ireland (ARI) ARI 79/2011 - 28/4/2011 Raj Chari The 2011 Irish election must be placed in the context of both the economic and the political crisis that preceded the vote in order to examine its results and consider Ireland’s future in Europe.
Recent Arrivals of Migrants and Asylum Seekers by Sea to Italy: Problems and Reactions (ARI) ARI 75/2011 - 13/4/2011 Paola Monzini The Italian government’s answer to the mass arrival of undocumented migrants and asylum seekers since the beginning of the present wave of political turmoil in North Africa must be seen in the context of both domestic political issues and international constraints.
Euro-area Fiscal Governance: A Guide for the Perplexed at Times of Crisis (ARI) ARI 65/2011 - 12/4/2011 Luis Guirola Fiscal governance in the Euro-zone is fatally flawed and it would be preferable to have a more integrated framework based on permanent institutions rather than rules.
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