EU Institutions and Policy

Moving forward – Climate foreign policy means EU integration

On 16th of October, the West Balkans Summit of the Berlin Process was held in Tirana. Albania was thus the first country of the region to host the talks of the Berlin Process, welcoming the prime ministers of the six West Balkan countries, German chancellor Olaf Scholz, the President of the (...)

Tuesday 28 November 2023

An European defense industry: an utopia?

On the 1st of November, the famous British newspaper, The Times, claimed that Germany seriously considered giving up the Future Combat Air system (FCAS) in collaboration with its neighbor France and Spain. The FCAS, presented as the next high-technological plane, is slated to replace the (...)

Sunday 26 November 2023

The EU’s commitment to standardization of the “digital Wild West”: Where do we stand in terms of artificial intelligence?

An increasingly necessary regulation In a Europe that is increasingly in need of adjusting itself for the challenges posed by the digital world – and in particular for the consequences that these challenges can have on the single market – legal answers are beginning to be given at European (...)

Sunday 21 May 2023

Is the future of foreign policy feminist?

When it comes to the term “feminist” in the context of foreign policymaking, people usually are quite hesitant to actually use it, even when it clearly seems to be aligned with the current “Zeitgeist” of the democratic understanding of our European society. The word “feminist” doesn’t mean (...)

Monday 13 March 2023

On the Brink of Irrelevance: Unanimity and the Future of EU Decision-making

As the negative consequences of requiring unanimity for EU foreign policy decisions become increasingly apparent, growing calls for change from European citizens and diplomats fill the media. Yet, the alternatives to unanimous decision-making carry significant dangers as well. The outcome of (...)

Saturday 11 March 2023

New European industrial policy: Part III – Winning the future

This article is the third in a three-part series on the resurgence of industrial policy in Europe. The first article in the series can be found here and the second one here. It is clear by now that the European Union (EU), much like the United States across the Atlantic, is pursuing a new, (...)

Wednesday 4 January 2023

JEF-Europe: Open letter to the Home Affairs Ministers of Sweden, the Netherlands and Austria

Ms Maria Malmer Stenergard Minister for Migration, Sweden Ms Hanke Bruins Slot Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, the Netherlands Mr Eric van der Burg State Secretary for Justice and Security, the Netherlands Mr Gerhard Karner Federal Minister of the Interior, Austria Dear (...)

Wednesday 7 December 2022

New European industrial policy, Part II - A new paradigm emerges?

This article is the second in a three-part series on the resurgence of industrial policy in Europe. The first article in the series can be found here. Since coming to power in January 2021, USA President Joe Biden has had to deal with: the fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic; the increasing (...)

Tuesday 29 November 2022

The new European industrial policy, Part I: The crisis of neoliberalism

This article is the first in a three-part series on the resurgence of industrial policy in Europe. Industrial policy has, in the last few years, attracted the attention of Western politicians, policymakers and businesspeople once again, after a long period of disinterest. From extensive (...)

Tuesday 18 October 2022

The 2009 Czech presidency of the EU and the Eastern partnership

The Czech Republic’s role in the shaping of the Eastern Partnership is extremely interesting to address, not only because it was established during its 2009 Presidency of the EU, but also because of the apparent contradiction existing due to the country’s position as a former Eastern Bloc (...)

Monday 12 September 2022

Interview with Maria Pia Napoletano

Maria Pia Napoletano is a Master student, a start-up advisor, a junior project manager and a youth worker. She started her bachelor’s degree in 2016, and in the same year she took part in her first Erasmus+ Youth Exchange. After that, she fell in love with the programme and consequently took (...)

Monday 13 June 2022

Frequently Asked Questions on TransNational Lists (TNL)

Tomorrow, the European Parliament will vote on new EU electoral law, including transnational lists. Below is a list of FAQs on transnational lists, and what they would mean for Europe. Why do we need TNL? We need them to make European elections truly European. EU elections are effectively (...)

Monday 2 May 2022
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