The 2010 Belgian EU presidency and CSDP
Col. Johan Andries, Head of the Presidency Task Force of Belgian Defence, takes stock of the Presidency. (Photo credit: EP, Flickr )
European Affairs
Publications
The single market in need of a strategic relaunch
On the 27th of October 2010 the Commission finally published its long-awaited Communication “Towards a Single Market Act”2 with the ambitious objective of relaunching the Single Market. It is beyond […]
External publications
Crise économique et financière: Pallier les lacunes du cadre européen
Le 6 décembre 2010, l’Institut royal des relations internationales (EGMONT) et le Conseil central de l’économie (CCE) ont organisé un séminaire d’experts intitulé « La crise économique et financière : […]
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 […]
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 […]
Addressing the financial crisis: the EU’s incomplete regulatory response
The financial crisis and its massive impact on the real economy revealed numerous shortcomings in the regulatory framework. The EU committed itself to recast its financial regulation, which should result […]