Commentaries
The Windsor Framework
What does the Windsor Framework mean for the post-Brexit negotiations and what might happen next? It is time for grown-up discussion to replace lies and deceit. *****
EU institutional affairs
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External publications
Who is afraid of the Inflation Reduction Act?
At their 9 February meeting in Brussels, European leaders discussed how to respond to US President Joe Biden’s latest climate bill. The EU new strategic industrial policy and European Commission […]
Preparing for Belgium’s Thirteenth Presidency of the Council of the European Union
The six months’ rotating presidency of the Council dates from the beginning of the European Economic Community. Belgium was the first to hold it, in the first half of 1958. […]
Commentaries
Migration Policy On Autopilot
After a prolonged absence since 2019, except for specific references to the instrumentalization by Belarus and above all the arrival of people displaced from Ukraine who benefited from temporary protection, […]
The management of the COVID Crisis in 2020: a case study on EU governance
The handling of the COVID-19 crisis in 2020 provides valuable insights about how the EU functions and its governance. It is in many ways a textbook example of what the […]
Commentaries
Reconnecting emergency responses to long-term adaptation needs
This outcome paper presents the recommendations elaborated during two warm-up consultations held in February 2023 on the effects of climate change co-organised by the Egmont Royal Institute for International Affairs […]