In June of this year a new and unprecedented challenge was laid at the feet of the European Union. For the first time in European integration a majority in a member state voted to leave. The BREXIT vote, which stunned many ...

A new debate on the future of Europe has emerged which will define the path of the European Union in the years ahead. ZEI accompanies this process of discussion with the new “Future of Europe Observer“ which regularly ...

The current financial crisis has become a litmus test for the EU in priding herself as a community of values. The political debate will go beyond the scope of a full economic or more institutionally integrated EU with an ...

Currently, the European Banking Union with its three pillars is being negotiated and gradually implemented. The Banking Union is aimed at preventing a renewed escalation of the sovereign debt crisis as experienced since ...

his issue of the FEO monitors and assesses the on-going work of the European Commission and traces the implementation of its annual work programme on the basis of the ten priorities outlined by Commission President Jean-Claude ...

During his first three months as Commission President, Jean Claude Juncker has implemented considerable changes to the organisation of the European Commission and committed himself and his team to achieving the priorities ...

Europe has voted. Between May 22nd -25th 400 million people in 28 member states have been called to vote the 751 MEPs of the 8th European Parliament. This election is important as it is the first since the Treaty of Lisbon, ...

This issue of the Future of Europe Observer explores some of the complex questions surrounding regulation within the EU internal market. The regulation of network industries, including the need to balance legal issues ...

Following recent events in Ukraine and with winter fast approaching, energy policy and energy security of the European Union is an issue of great concern for individual citizens and governments alike. As EU member states ...

In light of the forthcoming elections of the European Parliament and the ensuing debate within Europe of key policy issues, the ZEI Master of European Studies “Class of 2014“ gives an overview of the current constitution ...