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  • 28 września 2017

Think Tank Review - Issue 49/2017

Welcome to issue 49 of the Think Tank Review compiled by the EU Council Library (click to share on Twitter). It references papers published in June 2017. As usual, we provide the link to the full text and a short abstract.

Think Tank publication activity did not subside over the summer. As a result, this issue covers a wide variety of topics - here we will give you a sample of what is on offer from the broad selection of publications in this month’s issue.

As we approach our 50th issue, the issue of fake news seems to us to be particularly relevant. Accordingly, our special focus contains publications on this issue and the role it plays in the political media landscape.

The publications in the ‘EU Politics and Institutions’ section range from President Juncker’s top ten priorities and the provocatively titled publication ‘The European Union could be simple, inclusive, or effective. Pick Two’.

In the ‘Economic and Financial Affairs’ section, the Centre for European Policy Studies raises the issue of transparency in the EU Council’s budget. The authors analyse the various constraints and make a number of recommendations as regards achieving greater accountability.  

The third section, devoted to ‘EU Member States’ covers a diverse range of issues relating to each Member State including the implications of Brexit for UK agriculture, the impact that immigration has on wage dynamics and reactions to the recent attacks in Barcelona (approaches to countering terrorism).

Section four on ‘EU Policies’ covers youth employment in the EU and the future of transactions using a digital currency.

A substantial proportion of this month’s Think Tank Review is section five - ‘Foreign Affairs’. This section includes interesting publications covering Europe’s options as regards the North Korea crisis, the future of democracy in Africa, and Trump’s national security strategy.

We would also like to share with you two thought-provoking texts:

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