Policy focus 23 January 2017 Anti-Capitalist, Illiberal, Eurosceptic: The Puzzles of Post-Socialist Europe – Part II By Igor Guardiancich The second instalment of our series on Central and Eastern Europe analyzes the decline of post-socialist democracies and its causes
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 10 October 2016 Notes on the Europeanization of Twitter – Part I By Giovanni Pagano While intergovernmental EU events generate longer Twitter debates, discussions triggered by supranational events are more Europeanized in nature.
Policy focus 31 August 2016 The many uncertainties of Brexit By Luis Moreno Fernandez After the Brexit referendum, the future of the United Kingdom looks very uncertain—in the short as well as the long term.
Policy focus 7 July 2016 The Germanization of Europe By Maurizio Ferrera Over her tenure as Chancellor, Angela Merkel has established a solid system of power—both in Germany and within the EU—to which there are very few alternatives.
Policy focus 4 July 2016 Five preliminary takes on Brexit By Maurizio Cotta The Brexit vote was just the latest signal of the EU’s political and institutional malaise. Pro-European forces should react quickly or the Union will soon be doomed.
Policy focus 30 June 2016 Social benefits for intra-EU migrants: How fundamental is European citizenship? By Filippo Croci Three recent rulings by the ECJ—Dano, Alimanovic and García-Nieto—highlight a conflict between European citizenship rights and the preservation of national welfare systems.
Policy focus 30 May 2016 Territory, Politics and Growth: Opportunities and Challenges By Maurizio Ferrera Territories and space have acquired a new salience in the post-industrial, globalized politico-economic systems. In addition to great opportunities, however, spatial politics implies a number of threats to the well-being of our societies.
Policy focus 21 April 2016 Financial challenges to solidarity: Completing the European banking union By Anna Viterbo The European Union’s banking union is an important step forward on the path of further integration. Without incorporating proper mechanisms of solidarity, however, it risks remaining an incomplete construction.