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EU Agencies´ relocation: what can we learn from failure?

December 8, 2017

On 20th of November, The European Council announced the new locations of the two European agencies that are going to be leaving London as a consequence of Brexit. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) will head to Amsterdam while the European Bank Authority (EBA) will head to Paris. Several EU member states tried to become a… » read more

  Posted by EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy

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EMU Reform – A long roadmap, but now only a little step forward!

On December 6, the European Commission presented the long-awaited package for the deepening of the European Economic and Monetary Union. In a debate we organised at FEPS to gather first reactions to the proposal, a member of the European Parliament put forward the right questions: how should it be explained to people in the different… » read more

  Posted by FEPS Fresh Thinking

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An earthquake in Austrian parliament after election

November 14, 2017

On 15 October 2017, early parliamentary elections took place in Austria. The total voters’ turnout reached 80 percent, which is a bit more than the average from last years. The reason for the high turnout can be attributed to the migration situation, increasing streams of Euroscepticism and general high public interest in politics. As expected,… » read more

  Posted by EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy

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Looking for the cause of Czech euroscepticism? Go back to school

November 6, 2017

The Czechs have elected their new House of Deputies. One party arose from that election as the clear, undisputed victor: ANO, a self-declared pro-European party, member of ALDE—European Liberal Democrats led by the well-known federalist, Guy Verhofstadt. The self-declaration of being pro-European is crucial, since the movement, although a supporter of Czech Republic’s staying in… » read more

  Posted by EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy

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Back to the Future: Post 2020 EU budget predictions

September 27, 2017

Brussels, 27th September 2017. – The Future of EU Finances has been taking shape in front of our eyes. After carefully listening to what was officially presented on behalf of the Commission about the Future of EU Finances, I tried to identify 6 guiding principles which I think will shape and shake the post 2020… » read more

  Posted by My European Civil Voice - Zoltán Massay-Kosubek @EU_ZMK

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Europe is setting its sails for further integration – and Brexit is merely a side show

September 15, 2017

By Sabrina Huck, Political Consultant The UK has the Queen’s speech – the European Union has the annual State of the Union address. Delivered by the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker’s performance might be lacking pomp and circumstance in comparison to the State Opening of Parliament, but it serves a similar purpose in… » read more

  Posted by The Whitehouse Consultancy

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France: A new hope?

May 29, 2017

    Restoring French economic ‘joie de vivre’ was a cornerstone of Emmanuel Macron’s Presidential bid, but Macron’s recent appointment of Edouard Phillippe as France’s Prime Minister has left many questioning whether the new President is actually able to unite the country and forge a viable path forward. Macron was quick to take the initiative… » read more

  Posted by The Euro Economy

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Turkey, the caliphate of Sultan Erdogan?

April 28, 2017

On April 16, the Turkish people voted in a constitutional referendum deciding whether to broaden the Presidential office’s influence at the expense of the parliament, further undermining the fragile Turkish parliamentary democracy and pushing it further towards authoritarianism. Erdogan’s razor-thin victory of (51,3%), allowed for the realization of his long-time effort to redefine his position… » read more

  Posted by EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy

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Lasciate stare l’euro, le cause della stagnazione italiana sono altrove

February 23, 2017

  Questo mio articolo è stato pubblicato su Il Foglio Quotidiano il 16 febbraio 2017. L’economia italiana cresce dell’1,1 per cento ma il pil reale pro capite rimane sotto il livello del 1998. Non sorprende che la sofferenza sia così lunga, dato il surreale dibattito economico. Dall’Imu all’ossessione per il surplus commerciale della Germania, ora… » read more

  Posted by Brainstorm on Politics and Economics of the EU

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