Scotland and London: a constitutional crisis over Brexit?
The Scottish parliament rejected the Brexit Bill. A majority wants to prevent that London uses Brexit to strengthen its control over Scotland.
Future of Europe
Quit kicking the can down the road: a Spanish view of EMU reforms
This document written by Spanish economists offers some recommendations towards a stronger architecture for the euro through deeper fiscal, financial and economic integration. It also advocates a greater degree of political union to provide democratic legitimacy and accountability.
Should Europe limit Chinese investment?
Why would such a European mechanism to supervise investment be necessary at this time?
Gibraltar, a possible solution: diffused sovereignty and shared functions
Brexit opens a small window of opportunity to attempt to resolve the status of Gibraltar.
Institutional initiatives for a solid and participatory European democracy
There is now an important debate underway on the democratic strengthening of the EU. This debate is focused on the method for electing the European Commission President, transnational European lists and citizen conventions.
The European Commission: an enabler for the European Security and Defence Union
The European Commission has been pushing for deeper European cooperation in the security and defence sector for the past two decades despite the reluctance of the member states.
Macron, Merkel and the new European sovereignties
Despite their internal and external problems, Macron and Merkel reiterated at their meeting in Berlin that they will submit a joint EU reform proposal, covering the Eurozone in particular, to the European Council in June.
Putin after Putin
What have been the keys to the victory of Vladimir Putin in the presidential elections held on 18 March? Does the election imply a change in the current Russian political system?
Portugal’s economic prospects: was the political miracle responsible for the economic miracle?
This paper looks at recent developments in the Portuguese economy from the troika period to the current recovery in the context of the political framework. Is the political miracle of the parliamentary coalition behind the later?
Europe strengthens the rule of law
Europe –the EU and the Council of Europe– has enhanced the rule of law for both its citizens and member states. And it continues to do so. In recent weeks we have seen some examples of this enhanced rule-of-law provided by the EU, a system of which the European Arrest Warrant forms a part.
Debt mutualisation, inflation and populism in the Eurozone
The balance between monetary normalisation and debt mutualisation should allow a soft transition from ECB’s sovereign interventions to some form of fiscal solution ‘from the centre’.
Understanding money to save the euro
To survive, the European monetary union needs to develop a European sovereignty, as Emmanuel Macron has pointed out.
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