englischThe Russian war of aggression against Ukraine is a turning point for the European Union in many different respects. Practically all the EU’s policy areas are affected by it, from its common foreign and security policy to its position in relation to its allies, like the United States, and to [...]

englischIn this ambitious collection of essays, European Horizons explores how COVID-19 recovery can become a critical juncture for the European Union. It explores concrete ways that policymakers can build values-based cornerstones for a more sustainable, equitable, and successful Europe. The essays [...]

englischIn the years before the Covid-19 crisis confronted the world with unprecedented challenges, the EU showed two sides of itself: On the one hand, it gave cause for hope, having overcome several crises and presenting itself to the world as a defender of multilateralism and a stronghold of [...]

englischHow can digital technologies promote integration and prosperity in Europe? For decades, digitization has been the spearhead of economic, political and social developments. It has become clear that its effects can transform society - digitization affects all sectors of the global economy and [...]

englischWith its interdisciplinary character, this volume provides a multifaceted overview of flight, refuge and displacement in the context of Europe, spanning the period from antiquity to the present. Its basic chapters illuminate the legal background to the subject and refer to historical [...]

englischThis discourse analysis examines the trade policy interests of the province of Quebec during the CETA negotiations between Canada and the EU (2006–2014). The negotiation of the agreement’s chapters ‘Public Procurement’, ‘Foreign Direct Investment’ and ‘Agriculture’ from Quebec’s perspective [...]

englischConvergence in the sense of standardisation and harmonisation has always been a constitutive political paradigm for the European Union to enable it to lead European societies to greater unity, prosperity and solidarity. The benefit of this for economic and monetary fields, trade or climate [...]

Was sind die gegenwärtigen Herausforderungen der Europäischen Union? Wie reagiert sie auf internationale Veränderungen und Krisen? Wie gelingt es ihr, auf ihre Kritiker in den Mitgliedsstaaten zu reagieren? 16 Beiträge von internationalen Experten geben auf diese Fragen eine Antwort.

englischInternational scientific and academic discourse is increasingly being conducted in English, which has advantages but also leads to problems. We thus aim to present some of the reasons for recent developments – which follow general trends but also have different causes from subject to subject [...]

englischBetween mid-2015 and mid-2016, the EU was in serious trouble. Not yet fully recovered from the financial crisis and still challenged by both the war in the Ukraine and Russian policy, two more crises exploded. Some two million refugees reached the heartlands of Europe, where the readiness to [...]