The EU’s Progress Report on Turkey: No End in Sight
The European Commission’s 2012 report on Turkey’s progress towards full EU membership, stalled for the past two years, underscores the long way it still has to go.
Future of Europe
The New ‘Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union’: Asymmetry or Dis-integration?
What will be the impact of the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union on the classical constitutional narrative of European integration? Will it be a step back to intergovernmentalism and an evident loss in terms of supranationalism?
A bail-out that leaves questions unanswered
Good strategists know that it is risky to have to fronts open at the same time while in a state of internal weakness. That is why the Euro Zone, which is at its darkest hour, has decided to close the Spanish front in order to focus on the Greek one, which could open up again after the elections on 17 June.
Saving the Euro requires a great leap forward in political integration
Ever since the Greek crisis broke out, Germany has been mulling over a plan for the Euro Zone. It saw the chance to build the strong and federal Europe it had always yearned for by making use of its economic power and influence over the ECB to ensure that aid for hard-pressed countries would only be made available in exchange for greater transfers of sovereignty.
Austerity vs Stimulus: The MFF 2014-20’s Role in Stimulating Economic Growth and Job Creation (ARI)
The negotiation of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2014-20 is a crucial feature on the EU agenda for the next few months.
The Current EU and Eurozone Issues
Statement by Lucinda Creighton, TD, Minister for European Affairs of Ireland, on Current EU and Eurozone Issues at the round-table discussion "Keys to understand the economic crisis in the EU", held in Madrid on 15 February and organised by the Elcano Royal Institute.
The Economic Crisis and the Emerging Powers: The EU’s Place Within a New International Order
The questions now facing Europe concern our chances of surviving the next decades without the continuing downward economic spiral that many countries are facing.
The Impact of the Arab Awakening on Muslim Radicalization in Europe: A Preliminary Assessment (ARI)
While it is premature to draw conclusions, there are reasons to believe that the events of the Arab Awakening are not triggering a wave of radicalisation among European Muslims but might actually decrease it.
The Role of the General Affairs Council Revisited in Light of the Experience of 18 Months with the Lisbon Treaty (ARI)
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)
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)
Is Germany’s new position on Schengen a sign of the ‘normalisation’ of its European policy?