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The Next EU Parliamentary Elections and the Future of International Trade
"The real test of a man is not how well he plays the role he has invented for himself but how well he plays the role that destiny assigned to him." Jan Patočka to Václav Havel in Disturbing...
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Tocqueville, the Revolution and the European Parliament Election
In the French city of Tours, in the heart of the Loire Valley, we can find an explanation for Europe's turbulent politics. Geert Wilders has recently won the Dutch election. Putin ally Robert Fico is...
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A July General Election Offers a New Government Time to Rethink EU Relations
As the speculation built that a UK General Election was to be called, those with one eye on UK-EU relations noted that the soon-to-be-confirmed date of 4 July meant that it would potentially be new...
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Trade in the Great Sea: Revisiting EU-Southern Mediterranean Trade Relations
Image: Romeyn de Hooghe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The Mediterranean region may currently not be a central geography for EU trade policy. As the EU’s attention lies on issues such as...
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The Letta Report – the Good and the Bad!
Yes, it’s the report season again! No, I don’t mean the season of full-year or Q1 reports from Corporate-land but that we have a few months ahead of us with new reports about the EU’s economic...
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Event Summary: Improving Europe’s Competitiveness – Role of Open Markets, Emerging Technologies, and Strategic Alliances
Last April 8, we co-organised together with the Centre for European Perspective the event “Improving Europe’s Competitiveness – Role of Open Markets, Emerging Technologies, and Strategic...
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Spain, Split and Talk: Quantifying Regional Independence
This piece is co-authored by Hanna Adam (University of Bayreuth), Mario Larch (University of Bayreuth), and Jordi Paniagua (University of Valencia and University of Notre Dame). In December 2019,...
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On the Importance of Trade Openness
*Disclaimer: the views expressed herein are those of the author and do not represent an official position by the European Commission. Competitiveness concerns are back to the fore. The FT has...
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Grumbling in the Fields: EU Agriculture and Trade
*The views expressed herein are individual to the author and do not represent any official position European farmers have taken their tractors to the streets. Their list of complaints can be...
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L’accord CETA et les PME : une évaluation commerciale au niveau microéconomique
* Avertissement : les opinions exprimées ici sont celles de l'auteur et ne représentent pas une position officielle de la Commission européenne. CETA : des attentes à la réalité L’ALE...