integration

This contribution examines the process of appointing the President of the European Commission in the aftermath of the European elections 2019. It analyses the interests of the players involved and mirrors these against the backdrop of patterns of...

The “polycrisis” of the European Union (EU) presents integration research with major conceptual and theoretical challenges. In the interest of an adequate understanding of current developments in European integration, this contribution argues...

This article takes up the European Neighbourhood Policy-related debate on the future design of the association policy of the European Union (EU) towards the countries of the Eastern Partnership (EaP). It pursues two objectives. First, it examines -...

The results of the European Parliament elections 2019 are a reflection of a longer-term transformation in the European party system, whereby (left-)liberal and right-wing forces are gaining votes at the expense of traditional centre-left and...

This article argues that the results of the European elections 2019 differ considerably in the 28 member states of the European Union since they were primarily determined by factors within the respective national context: the priorities in the...

How “European” is the new Franco-German bilateral treaty signed in Aachen on 22 January 2019? And what kind of “Franco-German leadership for Europe” does it stipulate? The article starts by establishing a model of Franco-German cooperation...

The European Union (EU) has introduced measures to better screen investments from third countries, in particular by enterprises and state actors of the People’s Republic of China. These measures highlight the profound change in bilateral relations...

In this article, the author presents established models of association of the European Union (EU) with European third countries. She shows their different strategic perspectives, outlines benefits and problems, and examines the potential for...

The Interparliamentary Conference for the Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Common Security and Defence Policy (IPC) is a new parliamentary body set up after the Treaty of Lisbon which allows to create interlinkages between parliaments in...

Although most of the first-time voters and young citizens of the European Union (EU) share a positive attitude towards the EU, less than 30 percent cast their votes in the European elections of 2014. Against this backdrop, this year’s European...

Tackling the ongoing European ‘polycrisis’ has been complicated by the lack of a consensus between the Member States and among European citizens about the role they want the European Union (EU) to play, its tasks and its future. A Union that has...

Germany has been at the heart of European integration since Chancellor Adenauer’s commitment to “Westbindung” in the early 1950s. In the 2010s it has become the European Union’s (EU) indispensable power. Indispensability has placed...

One of the main reasons for the Common Security and Defence Policy’s (CSDP) limited capacity to act are diverging beliefs within the European Union (EU) concerning the use of military force. Particularly, the contrast between the current German...

EU agencies play an important role in shaping European policies. This is also reflected in the academic discourse, which in recent years has scrutinised a wide variety of aspects of EU agencies - in different ways. This article assesses the current,...

Cooperation in the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) has recently produced a remarkable dynamism when looking at the newly established Military Planning and Conduct Capability, the European Defence Fund and the Permanent Structured...

It was for the European Semester 2017/2018 that the European Commission included the European Pillar of Social Rights for the first time after its proclamation. In this framework, the Social Scoreboard, which accompanies the pillar, has the...

Europeanization processes take also place in countries of the Eastern Partnership which do not have an accession perspective. However, the European Union supports actively the transformation of the postsoviet states and stimulates democracy,...

Mit diesem Wiederabdruck gedenken wir Prof. Dr. Heinrich Schneider, der am 1. April 2018 im Alter von 88 Jahren verstorben ist. Er wird uns als prägende und von politischer Leidenschaft erfüllte Persönlichkeit sowie als Mitglied des Instituts...

On 6 December 2017, the European Commission presented a roadmap to develop the Economic and Monetary Union further, which includes the establishment of a European Monetary Fund and the new post of a European Minister of Economy and Finance. In the...

The migration movements in recent years have aggravated the continuing weaknesses of the Common European Asylum System. In particular, the member states located at the external borders of the European Union have largely been left alone with their...

With the proposal for the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) 2021-2027 of 2 May 2018, the European Commission opened a difficult negotiation process that is crucial for the future of the Euro- pean Union. In addition to the controversy over...