An Arab springboard for EU foreign policy?
The EU has not been perceived as reacting very rapidly or effectively to the socalled Arab Spring. Events do validate the underpinning idea of the European Security Strategy and the […]
Publications
How EU fiscal norms will become a safety net for the failure of national Golden Rules
If introduced successfully, national Golden Rules will completely overturn fiscal governance in the eurozone. Golden Rules would almost always be more stringent than EU-level fiscal norms. EU fiscal norms will […]
Studia Diplomatica
Vol. LXIV, Issue 4 (2011): The European Union and Economic governance
Preface, Philippe de Schoutheete – Introduction, Marc Lepoivre, Jacques Keller-Noëllet and Stijn Verhelst – Chapter I. Economic governance: ambitions and ambiguities, Jacques Keller-Noëllet – Chapter II. Governance by norms: caught […]
The reform of the EU courts
In 2010, the Lisbon Treaty entered into force, including some substantial changes concerning the EU courts1. Meanwhile, their workload is progressively increasing. Specifically, the General Court’s backlog has become quite […]
Setting a standard for stakeholdership. Industry contribution to a strengthened biological and toxin weapons convention
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High politics in the ‘Grand Area’ – Can Europeans have global impact in a multipolar age?
Can Europeans have global impact in a multipolar age?’. This snapshot examines the rise of ‘strategic partnerships’, the ‘Grand Area’ and the connexion between the two. It argues that through […]