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Climate and energy Analyses

Climate change and energy in the EU: global challenges, collective responsibilities

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.

By Beatriz Pérez de las Heras

17 Apr 2013 //

19 mins Reading time

Future of Europe Experts Comments

European Global Strategy Project: opinions and ideas on the EU’s future as a global actor

By Alicia Sorroza

04 Apr 2013 //

1 min Reading time

Future of Europe Experts Comments

Cyprus’s crisis: Aphrodite to the rescue?

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.

By William Chislett

01 Apr 2013 //

7 mins Reading time

Future of Europe Analyses

Towards stronger EU-Asia relations

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.

By César de Prado

01 Apr 2013 //

15 mins Reading time

Future of Europe Analyses

Reflections on effective multilateralism and global governance as guiding concepts of the European Global Strategy

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?

By Manuel Montobbio

27 Mar 2013 //

29 mins Reading time

Future of Europe Analyses

The EU performance in the global competition for highly-skilled migrants

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.

By Carmen González Enríquez, Alicia Sorroza, Roderick Parkes, Andreas Ette

26 Mar 2013 //

18 mins Reading time

Future of Europe Analyses

Towards a common external representation for the eurozone?

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.

By Daniela Schwarzer, Federico Steinberg, Diego Valiante

26 Mar 2013 //

16 mins Reading time

Future of Europe Experts Comments

Turkey: outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) chief calls for ceasefire in ‘historic’ move

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.

By William Chislett

22 Mar 2013 //

6 mins Reading time

Future of Europe Analyses

The missing spring in the EU’s Mediterranean policies

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.

By Haizam Amirah-Fernández, Timo Behr

22 Mar 2013 //

18 mins Reading time

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