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After bottoming out: a new European policy for Spain ARI 8/2013 (Translated from Spanish) - 29/4/2013 Ignacio Molina After a decade of de-Europeanisation (2001-10), Spain has put the EU back at the centre of its national project but it must now also aspire to co-lead the integration process.
Climate change and energy in the EU: global challenges, collective responsibilities EGS 4/2013 - 17/4/2013 Beatriz Pérez de las Heras Beyond their environmental impact, climate change and energy security involve associated risks related to economic vulnerability and international security. Addressing these challenges will require a new, ambitious multilateral post-Kyoto agreement and a global deal between energy suppliers and importers. Sharing competences on climate-energy issues, the EU and Member States have a responsibility to provide joint, effective responses at the global governance level.
Secession and Democracy: a Canadian perspective (English version) - 11/4/2013 Stéphane Dion Remarks by Stéphane Dion, Former Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs of Canada (1996-2003), at the Elcano Royal Institute on 9 April 2013. (Available in Spanish and French).
Cyprus’s crisis: Aphrodite to the rescue? Expert Comment 27/2013 - 1/4/2013 William Chislett The future of bankrupt Cyprus and perhaps of the EU’s vast energy needs lies in the offshore gas field named after the ancient Greek goddess Aphrodite who, according to legend, was born on the tiny island nation.
Towards stronger EU-Asia relations EGS 3/2013 - 1/4/2013 César de Prado The EU and its member states are designing differing strategies to engage with Asia and its various regional processes that could be made to complement each other if they were to be developed from a common outlook.
Reflections on effective multilateralism and global governance as guiding concepts of the European Global Strategy EGS 1/2013 (Translated from Spanish) - 27/3/2013 Manuel Montobbio What does effective multilateralism mean and what are its implications for EU strategy and action? To what extent can it remain the driving force or guiding concept towards 2030? Or should another be conceived?
The EU performance in the global competition for highly-skilled migrants TGAE-Elcano 4/2013 - 26/3/2013 Carmen González, Roderick Parkes, Alicia Sorroza and Andreas Ette It is still impossible to evaluate the Blue Card’s effect but the changes that have taken place in the European migratory framework since its approval in 2009 should now allow the re-drafting of the Directive to offer a more attractive channel to qualified immigrants.
Towards a common external representation for the eurozone? TGAE-Elcano 3/2013 - 26/3/2013 Daniela Schwarzer, Federico Steinberg and Diego Valiante Since the introduction of the euro in 1999, the external representation of the eurozone has been incrementally developed, but no formal amendments have been made. This Policy Paper discusses the case for a consolidated representation of the eurozone in international economic fora, analyses the obstacles to achieving it, and puts forward proposals to solve some of the existing obstacles.
Promoting low-carbon energies in Mediterranean partner countries TGAE-Elcano 2/2013 - 25/3/2013 Gonzalo Escribano Renewable energies remain marginal in the European neighbourhood, and their contribution to economic and human development is still largely unexplored.
The missing spring in the EU’s Mediterranean policies TGAE-Elcano 1/2013 - 22/3/2013 Haizam Amirah-Fernández and Timo Behr The fall of the wall of fear in Arab societies represents a major challenge, of unknown proportions for Europe, but also an unprecedented opportunity for building a new regional stability based on good governance, inclusive development and mutually beneficial exchanges.
Turkey: outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) chief calls for ceasefire in ‘historic’ move Comentario Elcano 25/2013 - 22/3/2013 William Chislett Abdullah Ocalan, imprisoned since 1999, called for a truce to a conflict of almost 30 years in which more than 35,000 people have died in a struggle for the establishment of an ethnic Kurdish homeland in the south-east of Turkey.
No might, no right: Europeans must re-discover military power EGS 2/2013 - 19/3/2013 Luis Simón Unless Europeans acknowledge the importance of military force and the ability to project power on a global scale, any discussions on strategy or foreign policy will be largely futile.
The Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-20 from a Spanish Perspective: net beneficiary or successful balancing act? ARI 7/2013 - 1/3/2013 Mario Kölling and Cristina Serrano Leal The MFF 2014-20 has finally been agreed upon. Nevertheless, it is ‘perhaps nobody’s perfect budget but there’s a lot in it for everybody’.
Towards an agreement on growth and job creation? The Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-20 on the agenda of the European Council of 7-8 February 2013 ARI 4/2013 - 4/2/2013 Mario Kölling and Cristina Serrano Leal This paper analyses the positions of –and main cleavages between– the leading players that led to the failure of the 22-23 November EU summit, highlighting the questions that must be solved to enable an agreement on the MFF 2014-20.
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