Article by Kirsty Hughes published on OpenDemocracy, 16 January 2012
If the heart of the crisis lies in the politics – including in the politics of the economic policy choices being made – then solutions may lie, not in yet more EU institutional changes and the creation of an austerity union, but in the practice and [...]
Article by Adelina Marini, published on Euinside, 13 January 2012
On January 17 the European Parliament will elect its new president. As the institution is big, with over 700 members, the election of a president is being done twice in a 5-year term – each with a mandate of two years and a half. The Pole [...]
Article by Jacqui Hale published on Open Democracy, 13 January 2012
The Arab uprisings of 2011 are provoking the European Union into a rethink of its approach to encouraging democracy in its neighbourhood. A European Endowment for Democracy with a new kind of mandate could be at the centre.
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Book edited by Erik Oddvar Eriksen and John Erik Fossum
While the Lisbon treaty was meant to clarify the European Union’s role and political identity, it remains a challenge for politicians and decision-makers to define. Rethinking Democracy and the European Union looks at both the concept of the EU as a political system, and analyses the meaning [...]
RSCAS/EUI Working Paper n. 2011/62 edited by Jo Shaw and published in the EUDO Citizenship Series
In March 2010, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU or Court) handed down its judgment in the long awaited case of Rottmann. This paper explores some of the implications of this important judgment through a series of [...]
Article by Pasquale Ferrara published on the December (2011) Issue of Longitude – The Italian Monthly on World Affairs.
The absence of efficient political governance has left the EU incapable of a strong and speedy reaction to attacks on its currency.
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Too many Europeans have too long avoided the question of Europe. To prevent the EU from turning into a “post-democratic regime of bureaucrats”, intellectuals need to stop mumbling and take their and our fear of Europe seriously.
Article by Per Wirtén published on OpenDemocracy, 8 January 2012
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