Policy focus 22 May 2017 Pensions and the European Semester: From National to Supranational Policy Domain? By Igor Guardiancich and Mattia Guidi The European Semester has proved to be more powerful than expected in shaping national pension debates and outcomes.
Policy focus 28 October 2016 Juncker’s SOTEU 2016: Solidarity, Innovation, and Political Action By Pamela Pansardi Juncker’s latest State of the European Union speech was less emotional and more pragmatic than the previous one. This might be the result of the EU’s political crisis.
Policy focus 17 October 2016 Brexit: Ready for a long goodbye? By Lorenzo Vai The UK will take its time in bidding farewell to the European Union, for procedural as well as political reasons.
Policy focus 11 August 2016 Revising the posted workers directive: A controversial symbol for the future of social Europe By Christos Louvaris Fasois The proposal for the revision of the Posted Workers Directive has rekindled the old debate between economic freedom and social rights, and that between old and new member states.
Policy focus 26 May 2016 The Public Consultation on the European Pillar of Social Rights: Political Manoeuvre or Real Will? By Angie Gago Can the new public consultation process on the European Pillar of Social Rights help revamp the European social model?
Policy focus 6 April 2016 The Executive Deficit of the European Union By Sergio Fabbrini The oft-repeated mantra of “more coordination” is unlikely to provide a real solution to Europe’s political crises unless the EU’s dual executive architecture is first democratized and rationalized.
Policy focus 1 February 2016 The European Court of Auditors annual report: handling precautions By Niccolo Donati In its last report on the EU budget, the European Court of Auditors invokes “a wholly new approach” to investments and spending from the European Commission as well as the member states.
Policy focus 25 January 2016 Renzi vs Juncker: A social media analysis By Giovanni Pagano, Alexander Damiano Ricci and Pier Domenico Tortola The recent war of words between Matteo Renzi and Jean-Claude Juncker, triggered by the latter’s critical remarks towards Italy is only the latest, and certainly one of the most visible episodes in what some have called a new fault line in European politics.
Policy focus 18 January 2016 Juncker’s State of the Union: towards more communicative discourse in the EU? By Pamela Pansardi This article compares the State of the Union address recently delivedered by Jean-Claude Juncker with those of his predecessor Barroso. The analysis reveals interesting differences in the political discourse of the two Commission presidents.
Policy focus 9 January 2016 The 2016 Annual Growth Survey: A step closer to the Semester as imagined in the Five Presidents’ Report? By Christos Louvaris Fasois In his October 2014 speech before the European Parliament for the approval of the new Commissioners, Jean-Claude Juncker highlighted the necessity to adopt a more balanced approach between social and economic policies.