State of the Union: Spring 2019 [What Think Tanks are thinking]
The run-up to the European Parliament elections on 23-26 May has intensified debate about the state of the European Union, the challenges it faces and the reforms needed, both to strengthen its...
View ArticleInnovation in Europe [What Think Tanks are thinking]
Innovation in the economy is a priority for the European Union, vital to its competitiveness in the global economy, and for growth and jobs. The EU is implementing a number of policies and programmes...
View ArticleClimate change [What Think Tanks are thinking]
The United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, has urged governments worldwide on March 28 to come to the UN summit on climate in September 2019 with concrete plans to boost action against...
View ArticleNATO at 70 [What Think Tanks are thinking]
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) celebrates its 70th anniversary in April 2019, proud of its survival, durability and hisotring role in ensuring peace, notably during the Cold War....
View ArticleThe European elections and thereafter [What Think Tanks are thinking]
On 23-26 May, 2019, European Union citizens elected a more fragmented European Parliament than its predecesor, with the two main political groups - the European People’s Party and the Progressive...
View ArticleEU challenges at a time of transition [What Think Tanks are thinking]
The European Union faces numerous challenges, both short and long-term, as it prepares to choose the new executive European Commission for the next five years, following elections to the European...
View ArticleInternational trade [What Think Tanks are thinking]
The escalating trade conflict between the United States (US) and China has dampened economic growth in the European Union and other regions of the world, analysts say, and poses a further question mark...
View ArticleClimate change [What Think Tanks are thinking]
The United Nations’ Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, will convene a special summit on climate change on 23 September, during the annual session of the UN General Assembly in New York. Continue...
View ArticleEnd of the Draghi era at the ECB [What Think Tanks are thinking]
The European Central Bank will shortly see a ‘change of the guard’ at a time of stagnating economic growth and fears of recession sparked partly by global trade conflicts. Current ECB President, Mario...
View ArticleBrexit: make or break? [What Think Tanks are thinking]
The British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, and the other 27 European Union leaders will make a last-ditch effort on 17-18 October to reach agreement on the United Kingdom’s orderly withdrawal from the...
View ArticleA globalisation that works for everyone? Penny Goldberg discusses the 2020...
Written by Klemen Zumer with Paul Anton Kindermann, Chief Economist of the World Bank (WB), Penny Goldberg, presented an exclusive snapshot of the 2020 World Development Report in the Library Reading...
View ArticleDigital challenges for Europe [What Think Tanks are thinking]
Written by Marcin Grajewski, © deepagopi2011 / Fotolia The rapid development of digital technologies is posing a challenge to the European Union, spurring initiatives to catch up with the US and China...
View ArticleGlobal and regional trends [What Think Tanks are thinking]
Written by Marcin Grajewski, © Fotolia The European Union’s key institutions held a joint annual conference on 14-15 October entitled ‘Challenges and Choices for Europe.’ The annual event was organised...
View ArticleIMF launches latest European Regional Economic Outlook, at the EPRS
Written by Marcin Grajewski, Taking the already excellent relations between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) to an even higher level, the IMF...
View ArticleRule of law [What Think Tanks are thinking]
Written by Marcin Grajewski, © Respiro / Shutterstock.com The European Union is a community of law, with the rule of law being a basic value since the Union’s inception. The President-elect of the...
View ArticleEPRS Annual Lecture 2019 – Clash of cultures: Transnational governance in...
EPRS Annual Lecture 2019 – Clash of Cultures: Transnational governance in post-war Europe Written by Joanna Apap with Linus Siöland, Focusing on transnational governance in the period since the end of...
View ArticleEuropean borders [What Think Tanks are thinking]
Written by Marcin Grajewski, © DesignRage / Shutterstock The European Union helps its Member States to secure their external borders, whilst ensuring an area of free movement without internal borders....
View ArticleEuro area deepening and reform [What Think Tanks are thinking]
Written by Marcin Grajewski, © weyo / Fotolia Countries sharing the euro have made little to change the functioning of the single currency area since French President Emmanuel Macron called for its...
View ArticleClimate change [What Think Tanks are thinking]
Written by Marcin Grajewski, © hansleyfr / Shutterstock Government officials from across the world are currently holding the 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP25,...
View ArticleEnhancing EU competitiveness [What Think Tanks are thinking]
Written by Marcin Grajewski, © Daniel Berkmann / Fotolia The European Union has been established as an area of security, stability and prosperity, in which economic competitiveness plays a key role....
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