Divergence and Convergence: A Preliminary Analysis of the European Council of 22-23 November 2012
Divergence and Convergence: A Preliminary Analysis of the European Council of 22-23 November 2012
Future of Europe
Shifting Towards What? Europe and the Rise of Unconventional Energy
Although the emergence of the US as an unconventional energy power is shifting the global energy balance, its geopolitical consequences for the EU should not be exaggerated and should not distract attention from Europe’s already pressing energy policy agenda.
Independence and the European Union
Europe should not seem as a Nirvana for a form of irredentist Euro-tribalism and their frenzy for secession and independence.
Bridging the Gap between Ambitions, Expectations and Capability: External Action in the EU’s Multiannual Financial Framework (2014-20)
This Working Paper will analyse the negotiations and the main conflicting issues and present an insight into what might be the likely outcome of the process. It will also consider the suitability of the financial instruments available to bridge the existing gap between the EU’s ambitions, expectations and capabilities in the external sphere.
The Negotiation of the Multiannual Financial Framework: Budgeting Europe 2020 or Business as Usual?
This paper looks at the main causes of dissension and the preferences of the EU’s Member States that must be solved by the Cypriot Presidency in order to reach an agreement on the MFF 2014-2020 by the end of the year.
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.
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.
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