Institutional reform in the EU
This Policy Brief discusses the potential reforms of the EU institutions that can take place during the 2014 – 2019 legislative term. It argues that negotiations on Treaty change are a […]
EU institutional affairs
Publications
The Unified Court on patents: the new oxymoron of European law
The creation of the unified patent court could be perceived by many observers of European affairs as an extremely specialized debate, which has produced a highly complex compromise after decades […]
The European citizens’ initiative: next big thing or new false good idea ?
One of the key innovative elements of the Lisbon Treaty was the creation of a European Citizens’ Initiative. Egmont Paper 59 evokes the main legal elements of the European Citizens’ […]
Money for structural reforms in the Eurozone: making sense of contractual arrangements
Both the Commission’s proposal for a ‘Competitiveness and Convergence Instrument’ and the ‘contractual arrangement’ presented by President Van Rompuy share a common concept: associating EU money with national structural reforms […]
Quelles solidarités pour surmonter la crise de la zone Euro?
Working Paper European Affairs Programme. La zone euro traverse depuis maintenant plusieurs années une crise économique à multiples facettes: crise bancaire, crise financière et crise des dettes souveraines. L’Europe se […]
Le pari de Monsieur Cameron
Europe La presse britannique a constaté, à juste titre, que la politique européenne annoncée dans le récent discours du Premier ministre britannique se définit comme un double pari. Il parie […]