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  • 18. Dezember 2017

Think Tank Review - Issue 52/2017

Welcome to issue 52 of the Think Tank Review compiled by the EU Council Library (click to share on Twitter). It references papers published in November 2017. As usual, we provide the link to the full text and a short abstract.

The special focus for this issue is "Brexit on the border: theories for possible realities". Readers can also find a report from the House of Lords on the same topic of interest, which "explores the consequences of 'no deal' - the failure of the UK and the EU to reach agreement on either withdrawal or future relations" which it says would, among other things, "necessitate the imposition of controls on the Irish land border".

The first section contains several interesting articles on EU politics and institutions.

Among other topics, the second section (Economic and Financial Affairs) includes articles on the EU budget, the EMU and the banking union.

In the third section (EU Member States), we would like to highlight the large number of articles relating to Spain in this issue. There are also a couple of articles on Poland and Slovakia, including national reports.

Section four (EU Policies) contains papers on a variety of topics, including plenty of articles on climate change and the environment. Several of the articles in the Transport/Telecommunications/Energy subsection also deal with topics of relevance to the environment. 

Section five (Foreign Affairs) has a considerable number of articles on European defence and PESCO.

One of the miscellaneous articles in this issue which should be given a special mention is "Sexual violence, exploitation and abuse", in the light of the global attention recently paid to sexual harassment and related issues in the wake of the #MeToo movement.

We find it worth mentioning that, on 6 December 2017, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights held a conference at the Council of the European Union on the experiences of racism and hatred faced by immigrants and minorities in the EU: "Reality bites: Experiences of immigrants and minorities in the EU".  

We would like to wish our readers a pleasant and relaxed end-of-year break - and remember, the Think Tank Review will be back in January 2018 to present papers published in December 2017.

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