Policy focus 4 September 2017 Anti-system Eurosceptic parties: Where and why they succeed By Eugenio Salvati and Michelangelo Vercesi Empirical research on Euroscepticism should build on a clearer and more univocal definition of this phenomenon.
Policy focus 12 June 2017 Spain: A successful story of recovery from the crisis? By Leandro Gago Spain is often indicated as the poster child of EU-driven austerity and structural reforms. But is the country really a success story?
Policy focus 29 May 2017 The contraption” and the future of social democracy: The government experiment in Portugal By Andre Barata and Renato Miguel Carmo Something relatively obvious took too long to be acknowledged in Portuguese democracy: that there are more points of convergence than of divergence among the left wing parties.
Policy focus 12 May 2017 The emergence of territorial solidarity in the US during the Great Depression. What can the EU learn from it? By Niccolo Donati What can the EU learn from the American experience of interstate solidarity?
Policy focus 7 April 2017 Citizens’ views on inter-state solidarity and social Europe By Alessandro Pellegata Attitudes towards inter-state solidarity in the EU can be explained by nationality and political leaning. Preferences for a more social Europe, conversely, are more widespread.
Policy focus 4 January 2017 The crisis of democracy and the European Union By Michele Salvati Unlike what many think, Europe’s democratic problem has to do less with its representation mechanisms than with the output of its political processes.
Policy focus 19 December 2016 Inside the Troika’s (apparent) monolith By Anna Viterbo While the Troika is often presented by critics as a ruthless monolith, a closer glance reveals a different reality.