Europe has cast a ballot: From 23 to 26 May 2019, about 400 million citizens in 28 EU Member States were to elect 751 Members to the European Parliament. Against the backdrop of declining voter turnout throughout the past years, …
In separating the notion of integration from programmatic attributions, Frank Schimmelfennig offers interesting reflections on a theoretical new conception for a more future-oriented European integration. Highly topical is Daniel Göler’s and Florence Reiter’s article that deals with the challenges of …
Edited by Hartmut Marhold on behalf of the Executive Board of the Institut für Europäische Politik (IEP) and with contributions by numerous authors, including three former directors, a foreword by our president Werner Hoyer and companions such as Elmar Brok …
What conclusions can be drawn from the European elections regarding the European political and party system? To this, Rudolf Hrbek analyses the European elections and takes the Spitzenkandidaten procedure as example for the role of the European Parliament in the …
Barbara Lippert examines the different models of relationship of the EU with its neighbours and shows new forms for future cooperation and association. Christian Calliess also takes the future of the EU into consideration and pleads for a more flexible …
The paper addresses the question of why the South Caucasus states have employed divergent and often conflicting alignment and alliance strategies since their independence, although having had similar “departure points”. It argues that perceived security threats and the need for …
Tamar Gamkrelidze elaborates on the role of Russia in Georgia’s European project. The puzzle is why the European project, which initially aimed for peaceful coexistence with Russia, led to a situation where Georgia’s northern neighbour became a chief antagonist. The …
Daniel Weißenrieder elaborates in his paper the history of the 25-year relationship of the EU with Azerbaijan which is characterized by common interests, but also by contentious issues such as corruption, the human rights situation, authoritarian trends and the Nagorno …