The Belgian EU Presidency Setting Europe Back into Action and Laying the Future Institutional Groundwork (ARI)
Belgium took over the Presidency of the EU on 1 July 2010 from Spain and began it in the midst of a national political crisis.
Future of Europe
‘Innovating Europe’ in troubled times: a first assessment of Spain’s EU Presidency in 2010 (ARI)
After a very rough six months, Spain completes the first rotating Presidency of the EU to be held under the Lisbon Treaty.
The EU’s Internal Security Strategy (ARI)
The EU Justice and Home Affairs Council approved its Internal Security Strategy on 25 February 2010.
Greece: Looking Beyond the Economic Crisis (ARI)
This ARI examines how the economic crisis in Greece has come hand in hand with a crisis of political representation that makes it difficult to implement austerity measures.
Differentiated Integration and Flexibility in the EU under the Lisbon Treaty: challenges for the Trio Presidency (ARI)
The entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty brings a number of institutional innovations. The Treaty includes a number of modalities of differentiated integration which did already exist and it adds some new forms.
Electoral Blow to the Reunification of Cyprus (ARI)
The defeat of Mehmet Ali Talat in the presidential election of 18 April in the internationally unrecognised Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) and the victory of Dervish Eroglu, the Prime Minister, dealt a potentially severe blow to the chances of reunifying Cyprus, the only divided country in Europe.
New Changes and Old Challenges in the Economic Governance of the Eurozone (ARI)
The tenth anniversary of the creation of the euro coincided with the most severe economic crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. And it did so amid uncertainty over the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty. Its entry into force will allow for some improvements, such as greater economic coordination, but some of its weaknesses will remain. Despite this, as a whole the eurozone will probably emerge strengthened from the crisis.
The area of Freedom, Security and Justice: a New Horizon for European Integration (ARI)
The entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty has opened up new perspectives in the area of Justice and Home Affairs.
Frontex: Successful Blame Shifting of the Member States? (ARI)
Frontex has been often criticised for failing to take action against the deaths of asylum seekers and migrants trying to reach Europe by crossing the sea.
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