The European New Year
During the last weeks of 2018 European politics has reached a turning point. An array of events during this time leaves one in anticipation...
Shaping Europe’s Present and Future
As the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini has overseen EU foreign and security policy since...
A New Europe
In 2019 we want more than never a real New Europe. New Europe means the opportunity of developing new challenges focused on Change and...
A New Direction for EU Telecoms Policy?
On 4 December 2018, the Council approved a new legislative framework for the telecommunications sector in the EU, referred to as the European Electronic...
Carte Blanche or Tabula Rasa?
2019 will be a year, unlike any other. People across Europe head to the polling stations and cast their votes for the next European...
Europe as a People’s Project?
For almost two decades, there has been a widespread, intensifying belief that without greater involvement of citizens the European Union would be condemned to...
Another Europe is Feasible
In a few months, millions of Europeans will go to the ballot box to choose members of the next European Parliament. This is not...
EU Asylum Policy: The Ball is in the Council’s Court
As rapporteur for the revision of the Dublin III regulation, which decides which member state is responsible for reviewing the asylum application of each...
The Future of Agriculture in the EU
Specificity of the agricultural sector
The basic and inherent function of agriculture is the production of food. Agricultural activity also generates many goods and...
A Common European Defence Policy as Response to Today’s Challenges
The security environment of the European Union is more volatile, unpredictable, complex and ambiguous than at any time since the end of the Cold...