Is there an escape from ‘Ever Closer Union’?
The EU Treaty objective of establishing ‘an ever closer Union among the peoples of Europe’ means that European integration is a step by step process requiring the use of supranational […]
Internal EU policies
Publications
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Semantics matter: Why the European Monetary Fund is a welcome idea, but a bad name
The willingness to complete our Economic and Monetary Union has been given much welcome impetus in recent months. One of the key ideas is to transform the existing European Stability […]
External publications
A strong and united European core
Article by Alexander Mattelaer published in “Europe in 2030: four alternative futures“, Elcano Policy Paper, Luis Simón & Ulrich Speck (eds.) – December 2017. (Photo credit: ©EuropeanUnion-1995-2017)
Commentaries
Why the sequencing of the Brexit negotiations should be abandoned
In June 2017, the EU Council adopted its guidelines for the Brexit negotiation. They were based on a “a phased approach to negotiations”. This means that the negotiators have to […]
Commentaries
In the Brexit negotiation, the UK will never escape the close connection between judicial and trade cooperation
Politically, the European Court of Justice (ECJ)’s role after 2019 has become one the most controversial items of the Brexit negotiation. Legally, keeping a cooperation between the EU and the […]
Commentaries
Making public the travel costs of European Commissioners is something important
In the midst of the holidays, the European Commission released the travel costs of the commissioners for the first two months of 2017. Though many will not see this, it […]