The reform of the EU Courts (IV)
The European Court of Justice has regularly been accused of activism. Recently, this debate has become more acute thanks to various evolutions (Brexit being only one of them). The charge […]
EU institutional affairs
Publications
European Economic Diplomacy: what role for the EIB?
Led by the European Commission and the European External Action Service, European economic diplomacy is in the making. This exercise requires a strengthened co-ordination not only between the EU and […]
The European Investment Bank: an overlooked (f)actor in EU external action?
This Egmont paper aims to 1) explore the extent to which the EIB already delivers, through its operations outside the Union, on the priorities guiding EU external action and 2) […]
External publications
New Pact for Europe – National Report of Belgium. Belgium and the EU : matching rhetoric and commitment
This is the first in a series of National Reports to be published as part of the new phase of the New Pact for Europe project. As a founding member […]
Commentaries
Can the British Brexit notification be withdrawn?
During the last year, many observers, especially in the United Kingdom, have commented on the possibility of a unilateral withdrawal of the Brexit notification (see for example the recent Edwards/Jacobs/Lever […]
Commentaries
France is headed for big trouble. Europe, be warned.
We are living through by far the most extraordinary presidential campaign in the history of the Fifth Republic. It began with a shock with President Hollande’s decision to abandon re-election, […]