Europe Forging Resilience

Prof. Dr. Matthias Waechter; Aline Palige; Dr. Laurent Baechler

doi:10.5771/9783748963769

Summary

The European Union has rarely faced such major challenges as in recent years. While the solidarity of member states was already being tested by the Covid-19 pandemic, Russia's attack on Ukraine has put common defence at the top of the agenda, exacerbated by the increasingly isolationist course of the United States. Populist and Eurosceptic forces are gaining support within the member states. At the same time, the EU is aiming to become a globally influential player in mitigating climate change, regulating artificial intelligence, and preserving free trade. This volume brings together contributions that examine how the EU is continuously forging resilience in order to meet such challenges.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2026
Copyright Year: 2026
ISBN-Print: 978-3-7560-3447-5
ISBN-Online: 978-3-7489-6376-9
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Denkart Europa | Mindset Europe
Volume: 38
Language: English
Pages: 255
Product Type: Edited Book

1. Preface No access
1. Authors:
  1. Failed states and autocratic governments still qualify to official lending and debt relief No access
  2. The challenge of measuring governance No access
  3. Toward a new composite indicator backed up by a global network of seasoned analysts No access
  4. 1. Three main governance classes of 108 countries No access
  5. 1. Main sources of socio-economic, political and institutional indicators No access
  6. 1. Methodology for Calculating the Global Governance Index No access
  7. 1. Data Standardization using Min-Max Scaling No access
    2. Composite Index Calculation No access
    3. Justification for Weighting No access
  8. 1. Relationship Between Governance Index and GDP per Capita PPP No access
    2. Relationship Between Governance Index and Oil and Mining Share of GDP No access
  9. Annex V No access
2. Authors:
  1. An Ominous Beginning No access
  2. What’s in the Pact? No access
  3. Empty rehearsal or genuine commitment? No access
  4. It all depends on us No access
3. Authors:
  1. Europe’s unity is no ground for complacency No access
  2. The European Political Community as a policy innovation lab No access
  3. Education, mobility and the making of Europe’s next generations of citizens No access
  4. An EPC flagship initiative on school connectivity and pupils’ mobility No access
4. European Security and Defense in Times of Transatlantic Estrangement: An Opportunity for Forging a European Identity? No access Pages 45 - 50
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  1. La spécificité politique catalane No access
  2. Le catalanisme No access
  3. Les combats pour l’autonomie No access
  4. La décision du tribunal constitutionnel de 2010 et le processus souverainiste No access
  5. Les élections générales espagnoles de 2023 No access
  6. Un nouveau gouvernement régional catalan en 2025 No access
1. Authors:
  1. Introduction No access
  2. The European Response No access
  3. Challenges and Priorities No access
  4. The Day After No access
  5. Conclusion No access
2. Authors:
  1. EU security and defence policy and the international context No access
  2. Institutional considerations No access
  3. Political conditions No access
  4. Defence industry No access
  5. Conclusions No access
  6. Postscript (June 2025) No access
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  1. The Historical Context No access
  2. Let Croatia be one of Europe’s stars No access
  3. Back to Europe - From SAA to a fully fledged membership No access
  4. Croatia’s first EU Council Presidency No access
  5. Europeanisation through EU funds and stages of integration No access
  6. Croatia in relation to Ukraine, the Western Balkans and future enlargement No access
  7. Conclusion No access
  8. References No access
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  1. Introduction: Ukraine’s way into the EU No access
  2. Ukraine's readiness for EU accession No access
  3. The EU’s readiness to enlarge No access
  4. Geopolitical risks No access
  5. Conclusion No access
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  1. Legacies of past enlargements and the imperative of the rule of law No access
  2. Conditionality No access
  3. Summary of reflections No access
  4. List of references: No access
4. Authors:
  1. Enlargement is Running Out of Steam in the Western Balkans No access
  2. Gradual Integration: The New Totem of Enlargement No access
  3. A Pipe Dream in the East? No access
  4. Enlargement in the Midst of Ideological and Geopolitical Turmoil No access
  5. Clear objectives, clear priorities, clear alliances No access
1. Authors:
  1. Introduction No access
  2. Extremism by proxy No access
  3. Offline Interventions No access
  4. The Digital Service Act No access
  5. DSA in Action No access
  6. Conclusion No access
  7. Bibliography No access
2. Authors:
  1. Introduction No access
  2. The EU Commission’s proposal for an AI Act No access
  3. The trilogue outcome No access
  4. Regulating the EU market and beyond? No access
  5. Conclusion No access
3. Authors:
  1. 1. 1) A risk-based framework No access
    2. 2) Obligations across the value chain No access
  2. The dichotomy of risks in the AI Act No access
  3. Trustworthy AI and citizen trust No access
  4. The effectiveness of monitoring and enforcement No access
  5. Is non-compliance an option? No access
  6. Harnessing exceptions to the rules No access
  7. Conclusion No access
4. Authors:
  1. Introduction No access
  2. EU Member States and Voter Susceptibility: The Limits of EU Soft Law No access
  3. Ensuring the Effectiveness of the Digital Services Act No access
  4. From Economic to Political Accountability: The Role of CPR No access
  5. Engaging Eurosceptic Voters through a Comprehensive Communication Strategy No access
  6. The Impact of Media on Polarisation and Disinformation No access
  7. The Role of European Identity in Strengthening Democratic Values No access
  8. Conclusion No access
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  1. Acting to reduce the volatility of the prices is necessary No access
  2. The need for reform is acknowledged No access
  3. Improved protection for consumers No access
  4. An increasing consideration for vulnerable households No access
2. Authors:
  1. Recognition of nuclear energy's vital role in the global energy transition No access
  2. Importance of ‘Renuclearisation’ No access
  3. Global hurdles and anti-nuclear sentiment No access
  4. Regional disparities in nuclear energy production No access
  5. Regulatory hurdles and licensing delays No access
  6. Economic viability and financing uncertainties No access
  7. Conclusion No access
  8. References No access
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  1. The need for a Social Climate Fund No access
  2. Current strategy of France No access
  3. Out-of-pocket-costs No access
  4. Grants instead of loans No access
  5. Direct income support No access
  6. Combining the grant & voucher No access
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  1. The legitimacy to act No access
  2. Identifying the households and their needs No access
  3. Coordinating the actors for a global inclusive action No access
  4. Stabilising the funding No access
  5. Room for local experimentation No access
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  1. Le principe de tarification du carbone au cœur de la MACF No access
  2. Le MACF prévu par l’UE No access
  3. Les effets attendus du MACF No access
  4. Un problème de légitimité No access
2. Authors:
  1. Introduction No access
  2. The policy trade-offs of green hydrogen No access
  3. Hydrogen policy before the EGD No access
  4. Two years that changed everything No access
  5. Costs increases, hurdles, and stalled developments No access
  6. Low-carbon hydrogen No access
  7. Conclusion: a great reset in 2025? No access
  8. References No access
3. Authors:
  1. Introduction No access
  2. Opposition to the Law No access
  3. What is the current situation? No access
  4. Will the law still be able to meet expectations? No access
  5. 1. Update from September 2025 since the publication of this Policy paper in 2023 No access
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  1. Post-growth histories in the EU No access
  2. Another step towards a post-growth European economy No access
  3. Strategies for achieving prosperity without growth No access
  4. References: No access
2. Le pacte fiscal européen : retour aux fondamentaux No access Pages 241 - 248
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  1. Références No access