ISBN: 978-3-200-07271-8Year: 2020 Author: Andrzej AncygierEditor: Dieter Feierabend Facing a major pandemic and consequently a massive economic crisis, some may forget – sometimes even deliberately – that the climate crisis is still an unsolved problem for nature and humanity alike. Despite the ongoing pandemic, European politicians should not lose the focus on future challenges such as the effects of rising […]

Author: Christiane VargaEditor: Dieter Feierabend ISBN: 978-3-200-07270-1Year: 2020 An ever-faster changing demographic, varieties in individual lifestyles, multi-ethnical societies, a whole new understanding of the work environment, digitalisation, and new forms of mobility (or meta-mobility) have put pressure on our existing (national) systems. Furthermore, disruptions and crises such as climate change and the coronavirus pandemic add further complexity to an already […]

Year: 2020 Author: Dirk Verhofstadt Liberalism is the first ideological movement in modern history. In the course of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, philosophers, writers and politicians began to identify with the human values of freedom, justice and progress. Liberal ideology has inspired and motivated countless citizens over the past 200 years and has incited many to fight for a […]

Year: 2020 Authors: Alex Alvarez, Ruslana Bolkun, Ciprian Constantinescu, Barra Ó Crualaoich, Harm Huizer, Daniel Ilkevic, Christopher Jefferies, Anna Komziuk, Gerzson Kovács, Ahmed Mehmedov, Vasily Neustroev, Kateryna Onishchuk, Toine Schouteten This publication is a compilation of essays written by the participants in the European Liberal Forum seminar “Values First? Promoting EU norms through trade!” organised by LYMEC, which took place […]

Year: 2020 Authors: Tim Bruyninckx, Lars Hultrantz, Tom WillemEditor: Andreas Bergström

S.Hix and R. Dehousse offer their view on “Rethinking the institutional framework” and on “Institutional change in the post-Lisbon period”.

Legislatures are crucial for functioning democracies. The Coronavirus has changed them. This ELF Discussion Paper by Olivier Rozenberg asks if real democracy is possible with virtual parliaments.

The Banking Union is an essential pillar of the Economic and Monetary Union. However, it is still not completed and not as resilient and weather-proof as one would wish.

Year: 2019 Authors: Carmen Descamps, Claudia Gamon, Gerrit Spriet, Francesca Strumia and Irina von Wiese European citizenship was introduced into the European legal order with the Maastricht Treaty in 1992. Complementing national citizenship, it grants a variety of rights to 512 million Europeans. These comprise freedom of movement, political participation, consular protection, involvement in EU policy making and a right to […]

Year: 2019 Through bold investments and by acting in a coordinated and focused way, Europe should play a role in the area of AI that matches its economic weight. Only through deepened cooperation in pursuit of a common goal can the EU challenge major actors, such as the United States and China. If the EU wants to build on its […]

Year: 2019 Authors: Elin Jakobsson This policy brief is written by Elin Jakobsson and summarises the key findings from her report “The Politics of Climate Change and Migration”, included in the book Climate Change and Migration – Policy approaches towards a sustainable future. The report explores how the international community and the European Union (EU) have dealt with the issue […]

Year: 2019 Authors: Elin Jakobsson, Sten Stenbeck, Kerstin Eriksson and Fredrik von Matérn Climate change, in terms of both scale and potential impact, is a reality that threatens the most basic human needs, from food and water to human settlement patterns. While it is difficult to establish a direct causal link between climate change and migration, one of the major […]