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Forming European Political Awareness and Facilitating Civic Engagement? Mainstream Europarties in Social Media

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates how mainstream Europarties utilise social media to communicate with the public. According to EU law, Europarties are expected to strengthen the EU's legitimacy, mainly by fostering European political awareness and facilitating civic engagement.
Stefano Greco, Tapio Raunio
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The Political Legitimacy of Multilevel Crisis Governance: The EU's Recovery and Resilience Facility

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract European‐wide crises have required extraordinary responses from the EU and its member states that affected its governance and legal framework as well as its legitimacy. The recent COVID‐19 pandemic spread across borders and involved multiple levels of government to mitigate its socio‐economic impact and facilitate a swift recovery.
Marius Guderjan, Mario Kölling
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Pan‐Europe Revisited: Inter‐War Debates and the EU's Pursuit of Geopolitical Power

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The European Union's (EU) transformation from a peace project to an assertive geopolitical actor reflects enduring tensions in integration theory dating back to the inter‐war period. This paper develops a comparative framework distinguishing territorial integration logic, which emphasises bounded political communities and collective defence ...
Kamil Zwolski
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Always a Manager? Assessing the Commission's Capacity to Manage and Deepen the Post‐Brexit EU–UK Relationship Whilst Expanding Its Competencies

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article analyses the European Commission's (Commission) capacity to manage and deepen the EU–UK relationship post the implementation of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) and its efforts to expand its competencies within the framework, through the use of the principal–agent theory.
David Moloney, Simon Usherwood
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Differentiated by Design? Cross‐Border Cooperation in Europe as Differentiated Integration From Below

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Differentiated integration has become a central concept in contemporary theorizing about European integration, reflecting the increasingly multi‐speed, multi‐tier and multi‐menu nature of integration within the European Union (EU). This research note extends the conceptual lens of differentiated integration to the level of cross‐border regions.
Georg Wenzelburger, Stefanie Thurm
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Scrutinising Frontex: The European Parliament and Accountability through Discharge

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how the European Parliament (EP) has leveraged the budgetary discharge procedure to enhance the political accountability of the EU's Border and Coast Guard Agency, Frontex. Whilst the procedure is formally limited to budget implementation, the EP has used it as an accountability tool that goes far beyond financial ...
Magnus G. Schoeller, Peter Slominski
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The Gendered Nature of the EU Budget

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract The relationship between the European Union's (EU) budget and gender equality has been a constant challenge throughout the process of European integration. Recognising the distinctiveness of the EU budget, it is evident that its primary focus lies in transfers between regions, states and specific sectors, allocating expenditure to broad ...
Johanna Lorraine Breuer
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Reputation Management: Exploring the Commission's Communication on Innovation

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract The cultivation and maintenance of reputation through strategic communication are key to the Commission's standing, as reputation constitutes a critical resource for the survival of institutional entities. These considerations are particularly salient in areas related to shared and supporting competences, where demonstrating commitment to core
Valentina Amuso
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Geopoliticization and Support for Free Trade in the European Parliament: From Rhetorical Shift to Voting Results

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Strategic and security considerations have become increasingly prominent in trade policy debates, fuelling both liberal and protectionist arguments. However, the extent to which this geopoliticization influences legislative trade attitudes in the European Parliament (EP) remains underexplored.
Lorane Visart
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The Geoeconomic Turn on Stage: National Identity and the Interpretation of the EU's Trade Sustainability Diplomacy in Indonesia and Vietnam

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract In the context of the European Union's (EU's) geoeconomic shift, the governance of Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) has become a central yet contested pillar of its external trade policy. Accusations of green colonialism highlight the stakes around how partner countries interpret the EU's normative agenda.
Camille Nessel, Zhihang Wu
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