The European Parliament: it has to do with you
“Things will be different this time!” This is but one of the slogans chosen by the European Parliament to persuade citizens to cast their ballot in the May 2014 elections. […]
Publications
The summit of our ambition? European defence between Brussels and Wales
When they meet at NATO’s Wales Summit in Newport on 4-5 September, the European Heads of State and Government should not see this as the first chapter of
From Lampedusa to the Post-Stockholm Programme: Difficult European solidarity in the field of migration
Solidarity is a founding principle of the European migration policy. To hold true, Member States must be faithful to their common commitment to European migration rules and implement fair burden
A way out of the Ukraine crisis: Munich or Algeciras?
The comparison with the 1938 Munich agreement comes easily to many people. Hitler was given a free hand in Czechoslovakia in the hope that his hunger for territory would thus […]
The case for a European social union
This Policy Brief discusses the notion of a ‘European Social Union’, in which European countries would cooperate with an explicit social purpose. A European Social Union should not be seen […]
The role of the European Union in the world
Despite the hopes raised by the most recent Treaties, the Lisbon Treaty in particular, the European Union has been unable to strengthen, let alone develop its role on the international […]