Commentaries
September 2016: Back-to-school politics – the EU’s new commitments
A snapshot of the EU’s new ambitions in the wake of the State of the Union speech and the Bratislava Declaration as scene-setters for the ‘rentrée politique’.
Internal EU policies
Publications
External publications
Belgium: Support for the UK staying in the EU, but European integration has priority.
If Britain votes to leave the EU it will have to negotiate its exit and a new post-withdrawal relationship with the EU. Often overlooked in the UK’s debate is the […]
External publications
The rise of euroscepticism in the United Kingdom or the failure of Europeanism
The European Union has severely undermined perceptions of sovereignty and it will fail unless EU citizens regain their voice in the policy process. Might a fully-fledged federalist project do that?
Plan B after Brexit – What Britain can expect negotiating a Swiss-type arrangement with the EU
For those wishing to see the UK exit from the EU, Switzerland has become a poster child, an example of how a country outside the EU can retain access to […]
Forgotten lessons for the Eurozone
A Monetary Union is one where there is a single fiat currency with a single monetary authority (a central bank). It also has a single interest and exchange rate, and […]
The rise of single motherhood in the EU: analysis and propositions
This paper will address a rising issue within the EU – the increase of single parent families. Firstly, we will draw a general picture of the disadvantages faced by single […]