In the new issue of integration, Peter Becker covers the negotiation process of the next multiannual financial framework 2021-2027 and underlines the necessity of finding a reliable balance between budgetary predictability on the one hand and political adaptability on the …
For the first time since its proclamation, the European Commission will incorporate the European Pillar of Social Rights in the European Semester 2017/18. However, the potential of the accompanying social scoreboard to identify social ills in the EU is used …
The days following the Italian parliamentary elections of 4 March 2018 were marked by alarmist headlines in the German and international press. Some of them even longed for the former Prime Minister Berlusconi, who was hitherto infamous as an enfant …
In the new issue of integration, Alexander Grasse and Jan Labitzke deal extensively with the Italian parliamentary elections of March 2018 and analyse the election results as well as their background, examine the government parties’ coalition agreement and the personnel …
In the new issue of integration, Pol Morillas, Melike Janine Sökmen and Akın Ünver present the global movements, trends and actors driving EU-Turkey relations and predict that under these circumstances conflictual dynamics between both actors are likely to increase. Carmen …
The policy paper aims to make an assessment of the impact of the Eastern Partnership (EaP) on the reform processes in the EaP countries, with a particular focus on the associated countries and to address in more detail the major …
This German European Policy Series by Ulrich Krotz, European University Institute, and Joachim Schild, University of Trier, examines the importance of France and Franco-German bilateralism for Germany’s power and influence (Gestaltungsmacht) in Europe, as well as for its ability to …
The debates on the future of Europe have experienced a new impetus in 2017, particularly after, in June 2016, a majority of British voters decided that the United Kingdom shall withdraw from the European Union. However, the Brexit referendum did …