[From the Introduction]. The election of a new French president could bring an end to the institutional deadlock in the EU – provided that the German EU presidency is able to strike a deal that can embrace the divergent demands of the member states. While the prevailing mood in Brussels policy circles is one of scepticism, finding a meaningful agreement should not prove impossible if negotiators can concentrate on substance and aim for a true middle ground. In the end, all must feel that their ‘red lines’ have not been trespassed, and yet there has to be real improvement in the functioning of the EU institutions and their democratic accountability
In an open letter to the President of the European Council in the run-up to the December meeting tha...
[From the Introduction]. The most surprising aspect of Europe’s newest treaty is not so much its con...
The sovereign debt crisis and the threat of financial collapse of some EU member states have trigger...
[From the Introduction]. The election of a new French president could bring an end to the institutio...
This Policy Brief discusses the potential reforms of the EU institutions that can take place during ...
This Policy Brief investigates whether the Constitution’s coming into force would make a decisive di...
Philippe de Schoutheete takes as his point of departure in this Commentary the assumption that insti...
This essay discusses how recent developments have modified the existing allocation of tasks between ...
[Executive Summary]. How can the deadlock after the ‘no’ to the European Constitutional Treaty in Fr...
In the wake of the Irish no-vote on the Treaty of Lisbon, numerous scenarios are currently being deb...
In the run-up to this week’s European Council, Karel Lannoo offers his assessment of what has been p...
This Policy Brief outlines a number of steps that need to be taken to make the EU more comprehensibl...
The European Commission has laid out a new roadmap for reforming EMU. Regrettably, most of the propo...
After a long period of internal introspection and deadlock over the Constitutional Treaty, the EU ca...
Despite its complexity and verbosity, Stefano Micossi pronounces the Treaty of Lisbon as a good Trea...
In an open letter to the President of the European Council in the run-up to the December meeting tha...
[From the Introduction]. The most surprising aspect of Europe’s newest treaty is not so much its con...
The sovereign debt crisis and the threat of financial collapse of some EU member states have trigger...
[From the Introduction]. The election of a new French president could bring an end to the institutio...
This Policy Brief discusses the potential reforms of the EU institutions that can take place during ...
This Policy Brief investigates whether the Constitution’s coming into force would make a decisive di...
Philippe de Schoutheete takes as his point of departure in this Commentary the assumption that insti...
This essay discusses how recent developments have modified the existing allocation of tasks between ...
[Executive Summary]. How can the deadlock after the ‘no’ to the European Constitutional Treaty in Fr...
In the wake of the Irish no-vote on the Treaty of Lisbon, numerous scenarios are currently being deb...
In the run-up to this week’s European Council, Karel Lannoo offers his assessment of what has been p...
This Policy Brief outlines a number of steps that need to be taken to make the EU more comprehensibl...
The European Commission has laid out a new roadmap for reforming EMU. Regrettably, most of the propo...
After a long period of internal introspection and deadlock over the Constitutional Treaty, the EU ca...
Despite its complexity and verbosity, Stefano Micossi pronounces the Treaty of Lisbon as a good Trea...
In an open letter to the President of the European Council in the run-up to the December meeting tha...
[From the Introduction]. The most surprising aspect of Europe’s newest treaty is not so much its con...
The sovereign debt crisis and the threat of financial collapse of some EU member states have trigger...