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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Lisbon 'Fado': the European Union under reform. [PDF]
To address the uncertainties surrounding the Treaty of Lisbon, this book examines several issues from various angles. Regardless of the results of the second referendum in Ireland and the pending ratifications in Poland, the Czech Republic and ...
de Pitta e Cunha, Paulo +22 more
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The Political Legitimacy of Multilevel Crisis Governance: The EU's Recovery and Resilience Facility
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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The Lisbon Treaty and Spain: Background, Context and Impact. Jean Monnet/Robert Schuman Paper Series Special Issue 1, August 2012 [PDF]
The year 2010 will be remembered in the European Union (EU) circles of governmental Spain as a crucial milestone regarding the role of the country in one of the most important alliances of world history.
Roy, Joaquín.
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THE LISBON TREATY- LINK BETWEEN PARTICIPATIVE DEMOCRACY AND ADMINISTRATIVE MODERNIZATION [PDF]
This paperwork examines briefly, the implications it carries on the Lisbon Treaty, the organizational, institutional and decision-making level in the current context of the European Union, included in the reform process.
Bosie Irina, Onofrei Mihaela
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Pan‐Europe Revisited: Inter‐War Debates and the EU's Pursuit of Geopolitical Power
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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Common Security and Defence Policy and the Lisbon Treaty Fudge: No common strategic culture, no major progress. EPIN Working Paper No. 28, 10 June 2010 [PDF]
With the establishment of the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) in 1999, the EU aimed to tackle challenges in the field of security by deploying various police and military missions in troubled crisis areas.
Margaras, Vasilis.
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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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The Institutional Architecture of CFSP after the Lisbon Treaty: Constitutional breakthrough or challenges ahead? CEPS Challenge Paper No. 10, 23 June 2008 [PDF]
This paper analyses the impact of the Lisbon Treaty on the institutional architecture of CFSP and the overall external action of the Union. The Lisbon Treaty has introduced some remarkable changes which might substantially influence the (inter ...
Wessels, Wolfgang., Bopp, Franziska.
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The competences of European Union institutions in the trade policy (Lisbon Treaty)
The European Union is the best known at the world’s leading trade power and the common trade policy is the core of EU external relations. The events of the last years and the extension of the EU to 27 member proved that the functioning system could no ...
Margareta Timbur
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