Commentaries
We don’t do enough for the rule of law
At a time when EU seeks to reinvent itself, the author argues that the EU should carry out regular monitoring processes that guarantees of rule of law and democratic values […]
European Affairs
Publications
Commentaries
What if Mrs May had a strategy for Brexit, and her divided opponents had not?
A few observers objected to my presentation of the Brexit negotiation as finally not so complex. As a matter of fact, the thesis was that this negotiation would have some […]
Commentaries
The new EU energy package : towards more decarbonization and more complexity
In December 2016, the European Commission has presented a new package (entitled “Clean Energy for all Europeans”). This more or less completed the legislative program announced in 2014 in the […]
Commentaries
Brexit will not be « the greatest negotiation of all times”
After reading another declaration about the titanic nature of the Brexit negotiation, in some kind of Proustian reminiscence, I went back to my childhood. Of course, for children’s eyes all […]
External publications
Green diplomacy. India and the new dynamics in global climate talks
Until recently, emerging powers’ actions in multilateral structures were mainly driven by the desire to water down or derail robust proposals backed by developed countries (especially the EU). In the […]
‘I wouldn’t start from here’: the making of European Banking Supervision, and the road ahead
When eurozone leaders committed themselves in June 2012 to raising banking supervision to the European level, few in Europe realised the magnitude of the project. This Egmont Paper discusses the […]