From Lisbon to Lisbon: squaring the circle of EU and NATO future roles
NATO emerged from its 19-20 November 2010 Lisbon Summit with a new Strategic Concept (SC) that is concise and readable. That is an achievement in its own right, as those […]
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The EU’s emissions trading scheme: achievements, key lessons, and future prospects
This paper analyses the lessons learnt so far from the EU ETS in order to have a better perspective of its future. Despite the diverse achievements of the scheme, it […]
The EU climate policy after the climate package and Copenhague – promises and limits
This paper aims to provide a global assessment of the European Union’s climate change policy after the Climate Package and Copenhagen. In order to do so, the paper firstly describes […]
The Treaty of Lisbon: a second look at the institutional innovations
Joint Study CEPS, EGMONT and EPC. Printed book: 25 euro. Order by e-mail. Three years ago, three Brussels based think tanks thought it useful to join efforts in analysing potential […]
An EDA as ambitious as the Lisbon Treaty
in EDA Bulletin, Issue 13, Feb. 2010, pp. 6-7. (Photo credit: EEAS, Flickr)
Legislating amidst public controversy: the services directive
The adoption of the Services Directive in 2006 constituted the final act of one of the most controversial pieces of European legislation adopted in recent years. The ‘Bolkestein Directive’ envisaged […]