What are the roles of agencies in shaping EU policies? This briefing pays special attention to support provided by several agencies in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic.
sDuriezNovember 9, 2020
The EU is urging EU Member States to use the new REACT-EU initiative to support regional and local economies. But how can EU Member States use it best to deliver effective programmes and projects? It requires from Member States modification of current…
KFrenkenOctober 22, 2020
EIPA publishes new European Parliament commissioned study on the EU’s responses to the expansion of US GAG rules.
KFrenkenOctober 20, 2020
Almost a decade after the Lisbon Treaty introduced the division, the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission agreed on non-binding criteria to delineate between delegated and implementing acts.
KFrenkenSeptember 21, 2020
After an explanation on the guidance on public procurement during the COVID-19 crisis, this briefing addresses possible implications of the crisis for procurement.
KFrenkenSeptember 8, 2020
Les rapports entre le droit de la Charî'a et le droit de l'Union européenne occupent décidément de plus en plus les juridictions européennes. Dans une situation purement interne où le droit national renvoie au règlement « Rome III » (règlement n° 1259/2010…
KFrenkenAugust 7, 2020
It has taken almost ten years for the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU, Court) to apply Article 260(3) TFEU. This allows it to impose a financial sanction on an EU Member State already at the conclusion of the first…
KFrenkenJuly 29, 2020
Priorities in procurement audit need to be driven by the risk that value for money will not be secured in public procurement. Auditors need to change these priorities in response to the COVID-19 crisis.
KFrenkenJune 24, 2020
The Conference on the Future of Europe was to be launched on 9 May 2020 to debate the EU’s priorities, institutional matters and democratic processes. Despite its delay due to the COVID-19 crisis, discussion of the EU’s democratic functioning is ongoing. This…
KFrenkenJune 2, 2020
The EU needs to be more effective in returning third-country nationals who do not have the right to stay. Otherwise there can be no credible EU migration policy. The Commission’s proposal for a stricter regime...
KFrenkenJune 1, 2020
The election of Donald Trump and the growing assertiveness of China have raised a double challenge to the EU’s Common Commercial Policy (CCP). Since the WTO failed to deliver on strengthening a global rules-based system through the Doha round, the EU and…
KFrenkenJuly 1, 2018
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) currently under negotiation between the EU and the US continues to divide public opinion on both sides of the Atlantic. As the public became aware of the multiple dimensions of this proposed agreement, one feature…
KFrenkenJuly 1, 2016
The EU enlargement engine seems to have run out of political steam. Support within the member states for future enlargement is at all-time low, while some of the candidate countries have also seemed to put the enlargement process on the backburner. However,…
KFrenkenJuly 1, 2014
Negotiating in the Council of the European Union poses some challenges that are common to most international negotiations but there are other dimensions that are a lot more specific. In order to understand better the specific nature of negotiations on a European…
KFrenkenJune 1, 2013
The purpose of this brief is to examine whether HR/VP Ashtons's Proposal for a Council decision establishing the organisation and functioning of the European External Action Service (EEAS) of March 2010 is in legal accordance with the stipulations of the Lisbon Treaty…
KFrenkenMarch 31, 2010
