Mali: another European intervention without the EU?
As French forces are engaged in combat operations in Mali, even belated EU involvement remains crucial, to ensure that the intervention fits in with the political end-state that the EU […]
Publications
A case for adjusting fiscal consolidation in the eurozone
Fiscal consolidation is essential to ensure the sustainability of eurozone countries’ public debt. However,as a principle, consolidation should not be pursued at a pace unnecessarily undermining growth in the short […]
Afrika 2013: toneel van strijd en interne spanningen
In 2013 zal de aandacht van de internationale gemeenschap voor Afrika vooral uitgaan naar de brandhaarden Somalië en Mali. Maar ook in Centraal-Afrika is het onrustig. De dubieuze rol van […]
Reforming the system of financing the EU budget
In the framework of the adoption of a new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for the period 2014-2020, the European Commission has come forward with an ambitious proposal introducing new “genuine” […]
Strategic bilateralism or effective multilateralism? The EU, the SCO and SAARC
This chapter looks critically at the complex yet overlooked relationship between the European Union (EU) and two regional organisations from Central and South Asia: the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and […]
Macro-economic conditionalities in cohesion policy
European Parliament Note. This note discusses the European Commission’s proposal to introduce wide-scale macro-economic conditionalities in cohesion policy. In essence, this would make cohesion funding dependent on respecting the European […]