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Jean-Claude Juncker shares his views on different issues while Thomas Wieser examines the role for the European Semester in the recovery plan. The ECB's monetary policies against the pandemic's impact, assessing the enforcement of the OECD anti-bribery Convention and reimagining the Alliance after the 2020 US election are some of the topics covered in the November Think Tank Review.

The Council Library invited the publisher Springer Nature for a knowledge talk on the latest research on COVID-19.

The Council's Visits team currently offers virtual information sessions via video conference to groups of at least 20 participants. Discover how remote visitors have the opportunity to spend an hour or more learning about the functioning of the European Council and the Council of the EU – from wherever they are in the world!

Du Brexit aux élections européennes de 2019, en passant par la qualification de Marine Le Pen pour le second tour de l'élection présidentielle de 2017, les partis nationalistes-identitaires ont le vent en poupe dans toute l'Union européenne. Au-delà des discours, ces partis ont réussi à construire une représentation du monde excluante, mais cohérente, répondant aux questionnements d'une partie de la population.

Artificial intelligence, the rule of law and justice, Brexit and the United Nations are among the subjects covered by the new acquisitions of the past month.

In this Think Tank Review, Josep Borell discusses the consequences of the crisis for Europe’s position in the world while Clément Beaune notes that the EU must continue to evolve in order to assert itself as a power. The fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic on poor and wealthy economies, the new pact on migration and asylum, the revamping of the EU’s capital markets union, and the reform of the WTO are also commented on in the October issue.

In this Library note you will find more about the history of cybersecurity in the General Secretariat of the Council

To coincide with European Cybersecurity Month, now is the perfect time to check out the Council Library's reading list 'An introduction to cybersecurity'

The Think Tank reports focus on the European Council July agreement for the Next Generation EU recovery plan and the 2021-2027 European budget, testifying to the collective and internal solidarity of all member states. The papers discuss the corona crisis as a challenge in the euro area, the financial fragility of European households in Covid-19 times and how to promote the EU’s international leadership in health. Debt mutualisation, a green, competitive and resilient EU economy, the EU’s digital sovereignty and the modernisation of EU trade defence instruments are also discussed in this issue.

The relationship between the EU and the member states, foreign policy towards Russia and Brexit are among the subjects covered by the new acquisitions of the past two months.