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Brexit Institute Blog » European Union Politics
1d ago
Dr Cleo Davies (University of Warwick) After some delay, the UK finally announced that the next summit of the European Political Community (EPC) will take place 18 July 2024. This is a welcome development, not least because the EPC has a strong symbolic dimension. In convening, leaders across Europe signal their shared stake in the ..read more
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1w ago
Camille Barbe (Université de Bordeaux) In the history of feminist constitutional discourse, March 8, 2024, will go down as a date to remember. While annually, this day celebrates international women’s day, this year it also marked the simultaneous unfolding of constitutional amendment procedures in two European countries, Ireland and France. While both tackled feminist issues ..read more
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1M ago
Ian Cooper (DCU Brexit Institute) On 20 March, the Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar made the surprise announcement that he was stepping down as leader of his party, Fine Gael. Once his party chooses a successor, that person is set to take over as the leader of the government, a three-party coalition with Fianna Fáil and ..read more
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1M ago
Dr. Jonas J. Driedger (Goethe University Frankfurt) European Commission officials are currently preparing a proposal to support Ukraine through future profits from Russian state funds that are frozen on EU accounts. Despite some legal and political concerns, the officials seem confident and EU leaders will discuss the proposal at the European Council to be held ..read more
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1M ago
Maarika Kujanen and Tapio Raunio (Tampere University) On 1 March Alexander Stubb, 55, takes office as the 13th president of Finland. Stubb was the candidate of the National Coalition (conservatives) and had previously served as a member of the European Parliament (2004-2008), foreign minister (2008-2011), minister for European affairs and trade (2011-2014), prime minister (2014-2015 ..read more
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1y ago
Théo Fournier (European University Institute) Presentation of the voting systems This coming Sunday the French population will vote in the first round of the presidential elections. The French presidential elections are a two-round majoritarian system: if no candidate garners more than 50% of the vote during the first round, the two candidates with the largest ..read more
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1y ago
Renata Uitz (Central European University) On October 27, 2021 the Vice-president of the Court of Justice (CJEU) imposed a periodic penalty of 1M EUR per day on Poland for failing to suspend the application of various legal provisions regarding the Supreme Court’s Disciplinary Chamber [C-204/21 R], as required by an earlier interim order in the ..read more
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1y ago
Ian Cooper (DCU Brexit Institute) The BRIDGE Network has completed an Interactive Map project that is a visual guide to differentiated governance inside and outside the EU. The project consists of two maps: a map of Internal Differentiation, which shows the differences between the 27 EU member states; and a map of External Differentiation, which ..read more
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1y ago
Ubaldo Villani-Lubelli (University of Salento) On 28 October 1969, Willy Brandt, the renowned Social Democratic chancellor, stated the idea of Mehr Demokratie wagen (Let’s dare for more democracy) in his inauguration speech. By the presentation of the coalition deal of the new government majority after the general election of 26 September, the reference to Willy ..read more
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1y ago
Piero Tortola (University of Groningen) One topic, besides the ever-present Covid-19, has dominated the Italian public debate over the past few months, namely the election of the next President of the Republic, to succeed incumbent Sergio Mattarella. Voting for the new President will begin on January 24. An event that usually attracts great attention in ..read more