Think tank review
28. maj 2024

Think Tank Review - May 2024

EU politics and institutions

Analysing the forecasts and prospects of the June European Parliament election, reports note that a quarter of the seats might go to nationalistic, radical right-wing lawmakers. They add, nevertheless, radical right-wingers would need to win, on average, 72% of the seats in the EP to be able to completely control vote outcomes on their own, due to their lack of real influence on legislation. Building resilience against election influence operations is another key topic. The process of Ukraine's accession to the EU is also commented on given that it started in the unprecedented circumstances of a full-scale war and associated damages and human losses. The accession process will likely overlap with Ukraine's reconstruction after the war, increasing the EU's influence in terms of fostering the institutional development of Ukraine, and providing strong incentives for Ukraine to move towards compliance with the accession criteria.

German Marshall Fund of the United States

Building resilience against election influence operations: preparing for the European elections in 2024 and beyond

European Policy Centre

The European Parliament elections 2024: getting more jitters from the mainstream than the far-right

Bruegel

The impact on the European Union of Ukraine’s potential future accession

Egmont – Royal Institute for International Relations

Promoting European democracy and solidarity in a wider EU

Institut pro Evropskou Politiku EUROPEUM

20 years of cohesion policy as a "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts"?

Institut pro Evropskou Politiku EUROPEUM

The use of article 7 as a protection tool for the rule of law and European values

MTA Közgazdaság- és Regionális Tudományi Kutatóközpont Világgazdasági Intézet

Annulment actions and the V4: taking legislative conflicts before the CJEU

LUISS School of European Political Economy

Southern Italy deserves special scrutiny from Europe

Institut Robert Schuman

Vingt ans après le grand élargissement

Institut Montaigne

Union européenne: portée et limites des nationaux-populistes

Institut für Weltwirtschaft Kiel

Paying off populism: EU-Regionalpolitik verringert Unterstützung populistischer Parteien

E3G

Securing social, economic and climate stability through the EU Strategic Agenda: an orientation briefing ahead of the April European Council

Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies

The 7Ds for sustainability: democracy in depth

EU policies

Digital aspects of the EU Single Market are commented on, with emphasis given to reviewing progress (and lack of progress) so far; the Single Market is essential both for internal cohesion and for the EU’s global competitiveness. Given the political significance of this European election year, studies provide a retrospective assessment of the state of Social Europe over the past two decades. The most important embodiment of social development is undoubtedly the European Pillar of Social Rights of 2017, which paved the way for both legislative and policy initiatives. Reports analyse the implementation of EU provisions for clean energy transition in selected member states, in particular whether the relevant provisions have been implemented at all, completely, and on time. Publications look at policy issues impacting the EU’s current regular migration policy especially how third country nationals can move to and stay in the EU through legal channels.

Agriculture and Fisheries

Terra nova

La pêche européenne: amélioration fragile et avenir incertain

Institut Avant-Garde

Transformer la Politique Agricole Commune

Institute for European Environmental Policy / E3G /

Increasing climate change resilience through sustainable agricultural practices

Competitiveness (Internal Market, Industry, Research and Space)

Centre for European Policy Studies

Audit expansion and the ‘butterfly effect’ – is it time for a new EU market structure?

Centre for European Policy Studies

Digital aspects of the EU Single Market: still an incomplete work in progress?

Centre for European Policy Studies

What ‘north star’ for future EU industrial policy?

(Hellenic Foundation for European Foreign Policy)

Leveraging EU industrial policy to reshape Greece’s productive model

Institut pro Evropskou Politiku EUROPEUM

Current EU industrial policy undermines economic convergence between old and new EU countries

European Policy Centre / ELCANO Royal Institute

Towards a competitive edge: reforming the EU regulatory framework

Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies

The 7Ds for sustainability: digitalisation in depth

Centre for European Reform

Enrico Letta’s report: more than a market, but less than an agenda

Economic and Financial Affairs

Centre for European Policy Studies

A radiography of crypto-assets and their risks

HUN-REN / Centre for Economic and Regional Studies / Institute of World Economics

Trends, transfer and convergence: the impact of financial allocations to the Eastern member states of the European Union in the last two decades

Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies

The 7Ds for sustainability: debt in depth

Brookings Institution

Stablecoins and national security: learning the lessons of Eurodollars

Employment / Social Policy / Health and Consumer Affairs

European Trade Union Institute

Benchmarking working Europe 2024: the ongoing quest for social Europe

Terra nova

L’Europe de la santé, au-delà de l’urgence sanitaire

Beogradski centar za bezbednosnu politiku

Legal labor migration : a snapshot of practices

Institut pro Evropskou Politiku EUROPEUM

Have we caught up with the West? - 20 years of convergence through the lens of wage levels

Institut pro Evropskou Politiku EUROPEUM

Women in digital space (and AI): looking into Central Europe: cases from Austria, Czechia, Poland and Slovakia

Migration Policy Institute

Competing for talent: what role can employment- and skills-based mobility projects play?

Institut Avant-Garde

Créer une assurance salariale européenne

Institut Robert Schuman

Quelle santé pour les Européens ?

Svenska Institutet för Europapolitiska Studier

The EU directive on adequate minimum wages: preliminary assessment of potential impacts

European Trade Union Institute

Lowering wage inequality through collectively negotiated minim

Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies

The 7Ds for sustainability: demography in depth

Environmental Issues

European Centre for Development Policy Management

The EU and debt-for-climate swaps: geopolitical ambitions and development impacts

Real Instituto Elcano

COP28: la larga transición hacia el abandono de los combustibles fósiles

Institut français des relations internationales

L'industrie solaire photovoltaïque européenne : ultime déclin ou espoir de renaissance ?

E3G

Collaborative practices to deliver buildings decarbonisation

European Trade Union Institute

Is Europe on track towards net zero mobility?

Forum for research on Eastern Europe and Emerging Economies (FREE Network)

Nuclear renaissance: powering Sweden’s climate policy

Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies

The 7Ds for sustainability: decarbonisation in depth

Lisbon Council for Economic Competitiveness and Social Renewal

Sustainable computing for a sustainable planet

Justice and Home Affairs

Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies - European University Institute

Saving the humankind with domestic mandatory human rights due diligence laws: a third world approach to international law

Centre for European Policy Studies

A critical appraisal of the EU’s regular migration system

Transport / Telecommunications / Energy

Real Instituto Elcano

Economía y geopolítica del coche eléctrico: una perspectiva europea

Center for European Policy Analysis

Boosting Europe’s digital leaders: a new momentum for the D9+

Terra nova

Rapport de la Convention scientifique étudiante sur l’hydrogène

Hellenic Foundation for European Foreign Policy

Storage and networks: the Achilles’ heel of renewable energy sources expansion

Ecologic Institute

Analysis of the implementation of EU provisions for the clean energy transition in selected member states

Bruegel

Economic arguments in favour of reducing copyright protection for generative AI inputs and outputs

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

The EU and the future reform of global governance: risks and scenarios after Covid-19

Friends of Europe

The EU's sustainable finance agenda: recommendations for a fair and competitive transition

Foreign and security policy / Defence

Europe's growing concern about defence issues is another topic featured in reports, several viewing NATO as the only real option in the context of increasing global geopolitical tensions. The war in Ukraine has exposed the inability of the European defence technological and industrial base to make available, in time and volume, a sufficient flow of defence material. To kickstart faster EU-wide production, the Commission has put forward a European defence industrial strategy that calls for member states to invest “more, better, together, and European” when procuring military capabilities. As NATO celebrates its 75th birthday, papers note that whilst the defence alliance is in difficult waters, it does offer protection to new members. With China extending its influence in many parts of the world and the possible outcome of the US elections, publications find that insecurity and uncertainty have become dominant feelings in many capitals. In this context, they wonder if the EU-political authorities should take note of the potential benefits of closer relations with a more ambitious India.

Think Tank reports on Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine

Razumkov Centre

How realistic are France's ambitions for leadership

European Institute for Asian Studies

Opportunities for Japan in the EU

Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies / European University Institute

Fairness in the practice of international law and organisations: the Council of Europe’s perspective

Istituto Affari Internazionali

Normative power Europe at a crossroads? The normative dimensions of the EU’s relations with ASEAN and ECOWAS

European Centre for International Political Economy / Bertelsmann Stiftung

Beyond barriers: rethinking CAP to enable agricultural export diversity in the EU neighbourhood

The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies

Mixed messages and the EU’s Indo-Pacific strategy

European Council on Foreign Relations

From mines to markets: how Africa and Europe can become green industry partners of choice

Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies

The 7Ds for sustainability: de-risking globalisation in depth

Egmont – Royal Institute for International Relations

India and the EU in 2024: where to next?

Instituto Español de Estudios Estratégicos

Europe's growing concern for defence issues: NATO as the only real option

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

NATO-Jubiläum 2024 – 75 Jahre Verteidigungsallianz

Istituto Affari Internazionali

The new European defence industrial strategy: a political matter

Istituto Affari Internazionali

Public opinion and the European foreign and security policy: is there a risk of politicisation?

Österreichische Institut für Internationale Politik (Austrian Institute for International Affairs)

Freerider or strategic balancer? Austria vis-à-vis NATO and Russia. US – perspective on Austrian neutrality politics

Österreichische Institut für Internationale Politik (Austrian Institute for International Affairs)

Identity continuities, far-right acquiescence, and the “new” and the “old”: Finnish and Swedish NATO accession and neutrality

Finnish Institute of International Affairs

NATO’s new northern direction: the evolving role of the alliance in Europe’s north

German Marshall Fund of the United States

Prospects for EU-Türkiye foreign policy cooperation at a time of geopolitical turbulence

Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

Tejiendo alianzas para el futuro entre la Unión Europea y América Latina y el Caribe

Fundación de Estudios de Economía Aplicada

La ley de reducción de la inflación y la respuesta europea: una nota

European Centre for International Political Economy

Time to rethink export controls for strengthened US-EU cooperation and global trade rules

Institut français des relations internationales

Les ports allemands face à la Chine: comment concilier ouverture, résilience et sécurité ?

European Council on Foreign Relations

The infinite connection: how to make the India-Middle East-Europe economic corridor happen

Global affairs

The north American hope, after the Cold War, to reduce its military presence around the world, faded in the face of the challenge that the revived Asian power, China, poses to Washington. According to think tank papers, the difficulties in the Chinese economy, the persistent tensions with neighbouring countries and with American naval formations, and the ever-present question of the incorporation of Taiwan to the map of China, are all cause for concern. The final state of the reconfiguration of international relations in its transition from Western-style multilateralism to an asymmetric multipolar order will depend on how the two superpowers resolve their rivalry. Publications describe how economic globalization exploded under the newer floating exchange rate arrangements, precisely after the unraveling of the Bretton Woods system in1973, and how the global financial crisis years 2008-09 appear under various metrics to be a watershed for global economic integration. Finally, papers note that tripling global installed renewable energy capacity by 2030 is a critical milestone in the energy transition. They call on governments to send clear signals on ambitious national renewable goals and plan their delivery.

Instituto Español de Estudios Estratégicos

Tratamiento del ciberespacio como espacio global común: analogías y limitaciones

Real Instituto Elcano

Transferencias tecnológicas ilícitas a países preocupantes: retos para la comunidad internacional

Instituto Español de Estudios Estratégicos

UK's news defence drone strategy

Instituto Español de Estudios Estratégicos

21st century: a new world order!... and a new power?

Instituto Español de Estudios Estratégicos

La guerra entre Israel y Hamás. La erupción perpetua de la política internacional

Instituto Español de Estudios Estratégicos

Las tecnologías cuánticas en la cuarta revolución industrial