by Leopold Traugott *
Recently, Martin Schulz travelled to Turkey for the first time since the country’s failed coup in July. One of the main talking points on the agenda was the continuation of the…
by Richard Youngs
The eurozone’s fourth-largest economy is in a desperately precarious position. By the time a likely third election is held in December, Spain will have been without a government for more than a year. The…
by Paul Ivan
As it becomes increasingly clear that the result of the British referendum will be followed through, the consequences of the UK’s exit from the EU will certainly reduce the Union’s foreign policy…
by Heather Grabbe & Stefan Lehne
The 2016 Austrian presidential election was emblematic of a rising trend in European politics: voters rejected mainstream parties in favor of outsider candidates, resulting in the first Green head of state in…
by Wojciech Jakóbik
The recurring provocations make this a real possibility. The number of military incidents may increase.
Polish and Russian submarines would have collided in the Baltic Sea last week, according to the Polish news…
by David Held and Kyle McNally
In the short term, Europe can only survive as a way of solving common problems, worth having insofar as the EU stabilises crises and protects the economic wellbeing…
by Sven Biscop
‘The Germans never make a small mistake, because they are cautioned against all small mistakes in their manuals, without reference to which they seldom do anything whatever. But they can always be relied…
by Maria Salfi
The trade benefits from TTIP can be significant, but not necessarily for SMEs. For many SMEs it takes courage to step out of their domestic markets and start exporting. With their resource constraints…
by Marco Giuli
In July 2015 the European Commission, together with the High Representative (HRVP), presented the EU Energy Diplomacy Action Plan. This will be an integral part of the EU’s efforts to build…
by Marco Trifuoggi
On September 16, EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström unveiled a new proposal to address the widespread concerns in Europe on the dispute settlement mechanism previously included in the negotiations for the TTIP and…