Making EU economic governance fit for purpose
Investing in the future and reforming the fiscal rules are essential, while decentralising and democratising economic governance.
Vivien Schmidt
Decentralising and democratising while reforming European economic governance
The Conference on the Future of Europe needs to address how EU governance can be refitted to end the crisis of legitimacy.
The EU responds to the coronavirus: déjà vu all over again?
The European Union must manifest real solidarity in response to the coronavirus crisis. Muddling through will not do.
Europe’s ‘soft-core’ future of differentiated integration
The best model for the EU is one of differentiated integration—but with a soft rather than a hard core of member states.
How do Progressives Fight Back Against Populism?
In recent years, the European Union has suffered through a cascading set of crises, including the Eurozone crisis, the refugee crisis, the security crisis, and
Brexit And The EU: A New Deal For All The EU Or No Deal At All?
Now that the UK has voted to leave the EU, all the attention has been focused on how it will go about leaving, or even
Missing Topic In #EUref: Neo-liberalism Gone Too Far
As the referendum campaign nears its end, one central issue is remarkable for its absence, despite the fact that it has been a major contributor
Saving Social Europe: Going Beyond The EU’s ‘Governing By The Rules And Ruling By The Numbers’
During the euro’s sovereign debt crisis, European leaders have been obsessed with rules, numbers, and pacts, including the so-called ‘Six-Pack,’ the ‘Two-Pack,’ and the ‘Fiscal