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  • 24 Meán Fómhair 2019

Think Tank Review - September 2019

The new political landscape following the EP elections, the challenges facing the new EU leadership, including the next ECB president, the ecological transition and its costs and benefits, and Brexit are all included in this issue.

European Politics and Institutions

  • advice for the Finnish presidency
  • rise of populist parties failed to lead to an increase in their weight in the EP
  • memos to the new EU leadership
  • Ursula von der Leyen's agenda for democratic reform

Competitiveness

  • digital connectivity; digital transformation
  • reform of the single market

Ecofin

Articles on economic and financial affairs, including:

  • recommendations for the incoming ECB president
  • public investment within the Eurozone
  • structural polarisation across the EU

EPSCO

Articles in the area of employment, social policy, health and consumer affairs, including:

  • dissatisfaction with working conditions as a factor in distrust in institutions
  • the impact of digitalisation on European welfare states
  • the correlation between European poverty and the rise of euroscepticism

Environment

  • climate neutrality: will member states do their part?
  • how the EU institutions can steer a (digital) transition to a circular economy

General Affairs

  • the EU’s cohesion policy and the innovation gap
  • MFF negotiations

Justice and Home Affairs

  • comparative integration policies in different member states
  • tackling disinformation in Europe

Transport/Telecommunications/Energy

  • the energy transition
  • studies on the future of gas in Europe

Foreign Affairs

  • EU-Nato cooperation
  • EU foreign policy in the next 5 years
  • the end of the INF-treaty and what this means
  • EU trade policy: how to respond to the US-China clash; 'greening' trade policy

Plus a selection of insightful articles by region, including the following:

  • renewing the Euro-African partnership
  • analysis of the Commission's reports on the Western Balkans

EU member states

Articles of interest arranged by member state

Brexit

A sample of articles looking at what may be in store post-Brexit, what possible consequences there could be for Northern Ireland and what preparations should be made for a no-deal Brexit.