Institutions and Policies of EU

The research conducted within the programme "Institutions and Policies of European Union" refer to institutional and legal aspects of EU functioning before and after EU enlargement. The programme offers a thorough and multidisciplinary approach to European integration. A particular emphasis is put upon the rules and mechanisms leading to enhanced cooperation among EU member states. Within the program we will also analyse the delegation of national competences to the Community level and the consequences of this development for EU societies.

New Europe. Natolin Review 1 (6) 2008

List of contents (pdf)

Natolin Analyses 5/2007
Emmanuelle Laloum, Stine Rasmussen

Shaping French Foreign policy for the next 5 years:
Segolene Royal vs. Nicolas Sarkozy

Distribution of power and voting procedures
in the European Union
Natolin, October 12-13, 2007

About the conference (pdf)
Abstracts of presentations (pdf)

Apres Enlargement: Taking Stock of the Immediate Legal and Political Responses to the Accession of Central and Eastern European States to the EU
Florence, April 29-30, 2005
Conference organized in cooperation with
the European University Institute, Florence

LEITBILDER (key concepts) for the European Union
after Enlargement.

Fragmentation, Continuity or Reinvention?
Will the enlarged European Union, the EU-27, be based upon a consistent set of ideas and key concepts (LEITBILDER) in so-called "old" and "new" member states, or will it be characterized by fragmentation? Will Western and Central-Eastern EU-member states share the same set of basic political beliefs, convictions, ideas, concepts and visions of Europe or are they developing in different directions? Are the member states' actors supporting further deepening of European integration or do they rather promote less integration which could lead to a dilution of the Union? Last but not least, do we probably observe a reinvention of key concepts (LEITBILDER) for the future EU resulting from a growing heterogeneity among political actors' views?

Cooperation: Natolin European Centre.
More information: www.iep-berlin.de/index.php?id=72&L=1