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 ...

Das Konzept der „Besseren Regulierung" ist im EU-Recht und in der EU-Politik schon seit einiger Zeit bekannt. Die Europäische Kommission unter der Leitung von Jean-Claude Juncker (2014-2019) hat es als konkretes Versprechen ...

Many observers claim that the implementation of the Co-decision mechanism with the ESA (1987) and its manifestation in the Maastricht/Amsterdam Treaties (1992/97) could be interpreted as a significant step towards more ...

The idea and practice of European citizenship is relevant in two main ways to the recent controversy in Germany over plans by the governing Social-Democratic Party to reform citizenship law. One of these is that the concepts ...

What are the political implications of the Covid 19 pandemic in the Euro-Mediterranean region? Master Fellows "Class of 2020" and scholars from the Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies (MEDAC) in Malta and the Center ...

New transatlantic initiatives are desperately needed after the precipitous withdrawal of the West from Afghanistan which has been a severe blow to the credibility of the European Union and the United States. This issue of ...