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  • 24. května 2017

Think Tank Review - Issue 46/2017

Welcome to issue 46 of the Think Tank Review compiled by the EU Council Library. It references papers published in April 2017. As usual, we provide the link to the full text and a short abstract.

The 'EU politics and institutions' section includes an article about the use of social networks by populist movements as a platform for political communication and mobilisation. Still about the use of social media, articles on the volume of messages of anti-Islamic hate on twitter and investigating the role of public online forums on mental health issues can also be found in the 'Miscellaneous' section.

The 'EU member states' section includes articles on the role of France as critical player in the future of Europe and on France and the future of European defence, as well as a variety of articles on social policies in Germany. Another paper on the Portuguese government solution as a catalyst for a deep transformation of left-wing parties at European level is also worth mentioning. The Library and Research team attended the event that launched this paper. Watch out for the report which will be posted on the Library Blog.

On migration, readers will find articles relating to the Luxembourg court orders on the EU-Turkey refugee deal and to the EU's external migration policy.

The 'Foreign Affairs' section includes articles on EU region-building in the South Caucasus, three articles on the European Community's framing of the Mediterranean (1970-2017) and a paper on EU Cultural Diplomacy in the MENA region.

Finally, we would like to mention the Eurobarometer survey of the European Parliament. The survey examines the attitudes of Europeans two years ahead of the 2019 European elections, conducted through interviews with 27 901 EU citizens in 28 member states.

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