Kick-off for a new publication series: In collaboration with the Kolleg-Forschergruppe “The Transformative Power of Europe,” the IEP will be publishing a number of policy briefs dealing with the role of the EU in the transformation processes in Eastern Europe, …
The topics of the current issue of integration include the relevance of national strategic cultures during the Libyan crisis, the behavior of German parties in the parliamentary debates on the Euro zone crisis, and the European Citizens’ Initiative that came into force on 1 April. Furthermore, integration documents the first Vigoni Lecture held by Günther Oettinger, European Commissioner for Energy. Two books on civil society participation in Europe are reviewed and two conferences on the EU policy towards the Mediterranean ad Europe’s role as an empire are presented.
The Yearbook of European Integration published by the Institute for European Politics (IEP) in Berlin documents and balances the European integration process from since 1980 to the present. The result of 31 years of continuous work is a uniquely comprehensive …
The first article of the new issue analyses, whether the budget aids for Euro states enter into new legal territory, while the second article sums up the development of the crisis from its beginnings and the basic decisions made at EU level. Moreover, the issue deals with the EU reaction to the Libyan crisis and raises the question, whether the current Euro zone crisis strengthens rightwing populism. Authors report about the IEP’s annual conference, a conference on regulation and one on multi-level parliamentarism, and present the 1st conference of the Young German-Hungarian Forum.
The aim of the report is to figure out the future developments in the EU natural gas market. Therefore, the author Manuel Mohr asks how the demand for natural gas in the EU will develop and the significance of domestic …
Our current issue draws attention to the European Policy in Great Britain, to the bail-out package for Greece and the perspectives for the European Central Bank. Other central themes stress the genesis and evolutionary logic of European human rights as well as democratisation policy in EU external relations. Moreover, diverse integration methods in EU practise are dealt with, and a review discusses several analyses of the recent European elections. At last, reports on three conferences sum up two main topics: Influence and perspectives of small EU states and strategies for Europe after the crisis.
The European Union (EU) has come under pressure from different sides: First, it is undergoing a period of institutional and political reforms which are, however, progressing only slowly. Secondly, its shape is being influenced decisively by the inclusion of new …
An ever growing European Union (EU)” Treaty reforms, EU-budget negotiations and Euro-zone enlargements: European integration was put to a great test at the beginning of the 21st century. How were these developments and especially the way to the Lisbon Treaty …