Exploring the boundaries of conditionality in the EU
Conditionality in the EU comes in many forms: legally codified and enforced by the Court of Justice, or reliant on intergovernmental bargaining and expressed by means of political or economic […]
Conditionality in the EU comes in many forms: legally codified and enforced by the Court of Justice, or reliant on intergovernmental bargaining and expressed by means of political or economic […]
Many observers may easily reach the conclusion that the European Union (EU) has been in crisis for the last decade. Against this background, and especially since the outcome of the […]
The EU Treaty objective of establishing ‘an ever closer Union among the peoples of Europe’ means that European integration is a step by step process requiring the use of supranational […]
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The willingness to complete our Economic and Monetary Union has been given much welcome impetus in recent months. One of the key ideas is to transform the existing European Stability […]
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Article by Alexander Mattelaer published in “Europe in 2030: four alternative futures“, Elcano Policy Paper, Luis Simón & Ulrich Speck (eds.) – December 2017. (Photo credit: ©EuropeanUnion-1995-2017)
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In June 2017, the EU Council adopted its guidelines for the Brexit negotiation. They were based on a “a phased approach to negotiations”. This means that the negotiators have to […]
Watch the recording of the webinar on Youtube The 1951 Refugee Convention, and its 1967 Protocol, define who is a refugee, what rights refugees have as well as the […]
Watch the recording of this webinar on YouTube. Added to the already enormous challenges faced by the humanitarian system and its constituent parts (proliferation of conflicts and non-state actors, climate […]
Watch the recording of this webinar on YouTube. The European Commission is expecting that Member States will formally submit their Recovery and Resilience Plans (RRPs) by 30 April 2021. These […]