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The Newsletter n°1090 - 2 December 2024
As the new European Commission takes office, this study looks back at the key events of the previous legislature. The von der Leyen I Commission, which its President had intended to be "geopolitical", was marked by a succession of major crises that have shaped European policies over the last five years.Read more
The Newsletter n°1089 - 25 November 2024
Since the break-up of the USSR in 1991, the five former Central Asian republics (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan), which have now become independent, have been tactfully trying to free themselves from the dual grip of Russia and China and to apply a specific diplomacy to attract outside ...Read more
The Newsletter n°1088 - 18 November 2024
'Digital legislation has taken off, in autocracies and democracies alike. Its importance is universal, because digital technology poses challenges that are common to all states: the collection of personal data without users' knowledge, the precarious working conditions of couriers and delivery drivers, the monopolistic...Read more
The Newsletter n°1087 - 12 November 2024
Ten years ago, the European Union signed an association agreement with Ukraine. The process of rapprochement was launched. This study shows the reforms that have been introduced or undertaken within this framework, the obstacles to this process created by the Russian aggression of February 2022 and the road still to be...Read more
The Newsletter n°1086 - 4 November 2024
'The European Union has to get on track for more growth and jobs in a world that is moving faster than the former is at present; and the European Commission, which holds the legislative initiative, has to be shaped accordingly', says Jean-Paul Betbeze, before he goes on to say "No one will be able to say they didn't kn...Read more
The Newsletter n°1085 - 28 October 2024
'The growth of increasingly transnational crime highlights the need to create more internationalised judicial cooperation in criminal matters if we are to combat this phenomenon effectively. 'Harmonisation of criminal law in Europe is no longer simply a key issue in ensuring an area of freedom, security and justice wit...Read more
The Newsletter n°1084 - 21 October 2024
Georgians are set to go to the polls on 26 October to renew the 150-member parliament. President Salome Zourabichvili sees these parliamentary elections as a referendum for "a European, democratic and independent Georgia, or a Russian-led, authoritarian and isolated Georgia". On the other hand, Georgian Dream, which ha...Read more
The Newsletter n°1083 - 14 October 2024
On the eve of the hearings of the Commissioners-designate before the Members of the European Parliament from 4 to 12 November, 'four major questions challenge the European Union and the von der Leyen II Commission: the governance of the common institutions, their international action, their economic policy and the plac...Read more
The Newsletter n°1082 - 7 October 2024
The competition between the world's two major powers structures all international relations and influences the choices made by all the other countries,' observes Philippe Etienne. Against this backdrop, Europe finds itself in a delicate situation: must it choose between equidistance and following? For Europe, there is ...Read more
The Newsletter n°1081 - 30 September 2024
On 1 October , Mark Rutte, former Prime Minister of the Netherlands, begins his term as Secretary General of NATO. His appointment comes at a time when contributions and equipment are being Europeanised and European defence is being envisaged beyond NATO.Read more