The EU: a guardian of the right to leisure for children with disabilities?
In this article, Anissa presents a state of play on the actions taken by the EU in order to help the access to leisure to disabled children.
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The Anonymous People of Migration
The project Anonimii Migratiei explores migration from a novel angle, by documenting the stories of the elderly and the remaining children in the targeted localities.
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Brexit and its prophet
Professor Mario Telò analyzes David Frost’s conference at the ULB and highlights the ensuing concerns over the post-Brexit area.
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Frost lays out ambitions for EU-UK future relationship
Invited by the Institute for European Studies and the UK Mission to the EU, the Université libre de Bruxelles welcomed, last February 17th, David Frost CMG, UK Prime Minister’s Europe Adviser and Chief Negotiator, for a lecture about the future relationship between his country and the EU.
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Maastricht Treaty : 28 years of increased intergovernmentalism
On February 7, 1992, 28 years ago today, the Union's heads of state and governments ratified the Maastricht Treaty. Conceived as an act of refounding the project of European integration, this Treaty has led to an increased use of intergovernmentalism in European decision-making. Find our reading recommendations from IEE researchers on this subject.
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Focus on Japan: a Week of Events around a Strategic EU Partner
Join the Institute for European Studies of the ULB and its partners into a Japan Cycle week in the second week of March to discuss, debate and exchange on the EU-Japan relations in various areas.
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Mayday! Watch your clocks, it’s Brexit day
Since 2016, Brexit has been on every lip around Brussels and Europe. The subject of many debates across the continent has unfolded – slowly, excruciating – under our eyes over the past three years. Our professors, researchers and students have analysed the Brexit’s saga in different episodes, that we share with you today.
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The European Union as an Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
As challenges to the rule of law within EU Member States continue to arise, high-profile cases of international pursuit of politicians and businessmen fill our screens and instability in the region leads to intensified debates around migration flows. The Area of Freedom, Security and Justice is more than ever put to the test, and understanding the stakes is crucial for professionals in the EU context.
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The Venice Commission turns 30: Celebrating its crucial role in the promotion of rule of law standards
What is the role of the European Commission for Democracy through Law – better known as the Venice Commission – in the rule of law controversies? And which is its impact? These are highly topical issues, especially if we consider the recent events in Hungary and Poland and their backsliding into authoritarian regimes.
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Rule of law as integral part of the next MFF: to what extent and why?
The impact of a potential rule of law conditionality in the management of EU funds is at the center of this piece by Maria Schinina, official representative of the Italian Chamber of deputies to the European Parliament and participant in the IEE's MEUS.
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Benedek Jávor says the Hungarian case shows the EU's shortcomings
Amelie Tagu, student in European Studies, dialogues with Benedek Jávor, former Member of the European Parliament, on the Rule of Law in Hungary and what it tells us about the situation within the European Union.
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Protecting the rule of law in the European Union: The Court of Justice to the rescue
A commentary on the judgment Commission v. Poland II judgment of 5 November 2019 (C-192/18), regarding the rule of law in the European Union, by Ludovic Badet, IEE alumnus in European Law.
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An academic year devoted to Europe of knowledge
The 2018-2019 academic year allowed the IEE-ULB to develop initiatives around its three missions: research, teaching and public debate. Here is a glimpse of this productive year during which we looked at European issues such as the rule of law, the European elections and Brexit.
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Professor Jan Zielonka challenges academia to lead the discussion on EU governance
Thirty years after the celebration of the collapse of the Berlin wall, are we feeling hangover? At the opening of the academic year, Oxford Professor Jan Zielonka questioned the legacy of 1989 and the role of academia on European studies.
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The IEE Mentoring Thursdays: a unique place to promote exchanges between students and alumni
Fostering the exchange and sharing of ideas and resources between students and graduates of the IEE-ULB is the aim of the IEE's Mentoring Thursdays. The sessions opened this year on Thursday, November 7th with an open exchange around the mentors' journey. Our participants tell us their experience.
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The rule of law debate on the EU agenda. A look inside the Council
As the General Affairs Council sets to meet on December 10, with a focus on Article 7 procedures, Prof. Ramona Coman looks at the rule of law debate in the EU agenda.
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Georges Dassis: "The future should not be worse, but better"
Georges Dassis, former President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) interviewed by two of our students, confides about European solidarities, Brexit and the unfinished social dimension of Europe.
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For a well-balanced outcome 30 years after the collapse of the Berlin Wall
1989-2019, for a well-balanced outcome : from the people’s desire for freedom in 1989 to the political union of the EU? Mario Telò's, President Emeritus of the IEE-ULB, answers our 'Question Time'.
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Policy recommendations to enhance European solidarity
Solidarity has been at the centre of research and teaching activities of the Institute for European Studies of the ULB for the past three years. As our a Jean Monnet Center of Excellence project, supported by the European Erasmus+ programme, comes to an end, we asked academics to issue policy recommendations on the different aspects of European solidarity at the heart of their work.
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EU in the World: Tools to Understand the EU’s Place as a Global Leader
A European Green Deal, the future of the Cotonou Agreement, the tensions around accession talks of the Balkans to the European Union are all hot topics on the European political agenda. At the IEE-ULB we know that, as a professional, it is important for you to stay up-to-date with EU policy developments and to deepen your knowledge these key topics. The module “EU in the world” of our Executive Programme in European Studies (MEUS) might be for you.
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The Turkish-Kurdish crisis: an essential test for the EU's CFSP?
The Turkish-Kurdish crisis: an essential test for the European Union's Common Foreign Security Policy? Mario Telò's, President Emeritus of the IEE-ULB, proposes an analysis of the crisis.
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Concrete Results and Good Communication : the Challenges of the EU
The challenges of the EU and the recent nominations for the European institution's top jobs are analysed in our "Question Time" with professor Mario Telò.
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Blocked at Sea: the Stakes of Acting Solidarily in the EU
The IEE-ULB introduces its new "Question time" series, a short interview with our researchers and academics about a subject making headlines. Humanitarian assistance to migrants has become one of the great challenges of the EU. Can the Union safeguard solidarity or is it a task for Member States? Chloé Brière responds.
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Sep 05, 2019
Solidarity in the Context of Migration: an Unachievable Objective?
The European Union in European Affairs conference (#EUEA2019) recently hosted a panel on “Solidarity in the Context of Migration: an Unachievable Objective?” Here's a summary of the discussions.
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Registrations are open for the “Mardis du droit” cycle on competition law
This conference cycle proposes seminars that scrutinise various aspects of European Commission policy in the field of competition law, led by high quality professionals from the European institutions and the most important law firms specialised in this area.
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News
Jul 30, 2019
The IEE-ULB is hiring a project management assistant (closed)
The professional immersion convention can be signed for a maximum amount of time of 6 months. The deadline for submission is August 30th.
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Is there a chance for European solidarity?
Last June 6, the prospects for European solidarity mechanisms in the aftermath of the 2019 elections were at the centre of a debate between policy makers, academics and civil society representatives at the IEE-ULB
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The European Elections : the Risk of "Muddling Through"
Mario Telo analyses the results of the European elections, highlighting the different challenges for the future of the EU and the impact of the Europhobes on the ballot.
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ULB partners with Euronews for a series of Spitzenkandidaten debates
As European elections approach, the Université libre de Bruxelles, in an initiative of its Institute for European Studies, partnered with Euronews to give students, alumni, academics and staff the opportunity to participate in live interviews with the Spitzenkandidaten.
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News
May 15, 2019
Vacancy for a Full-Time Research logistic collaborator at the IEE-ULB (closed)
The IEE-ULB is searching for a full-time Research logistic collaborator, responsible for the implementation of interdisciplinary research projects.
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President of the Brussels parliament opens our debates on the EU elections
The Brussels Parliament, the ULB, and the VUB collaborate to create a space for open debate a few weeks before the upcoming EU elections.
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Brexit and the EU Area of Criminal Justice: reshuffling the cards?
On April 25th and 26th 2019, the European Criminal Law Academic Network (ECLAN) held a conference about the future of the European penal area in the context of Brexit.
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Brexit and a New Future for Justice
On April 25th and 26th, the European Criminal Law Academic Network (ECLAN) will host a conference on “Brexit and the EU Area of Criminal Justice,” relating to the Université Libre of Bruxelles’ thematic year Europe of Knowledge.
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Share your visions of Europe
Given the current state of the integration process and the challenges ahead, discussing the visions of our common future in Europe is more necessary than ever. We invite you to participate this March 20 on an Open EU Debate forum and share your views.
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Alstom-Siemens : "The question is what kind of champion will satisfy European interests and not only those of France and Germany"
Jurist Nicolas Joncheray refutes the critics of France's miniter of Economy, Bruno Le Maire, agains the European Commission's decision in an article published by French newspaper Le Monde.
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"The European Elections should be about values," says MEP Sargentini
For the formal opening of its academic year, the Institute for European Studies (ULB) had the privilege to welcome Judith Sargentini, Dutch Member of the European Parliament, who gave a lecture "Rule of Law in European Member States: a shared responsibility?"
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News
Dec 21, 2018
The IEE-ULB is hiring (closed)
The Institute for European Studies is hiring 2, full-time project managers for a professional immersion contract for 6 months.
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The State and the Future of the EU on the Eve of the European Elections of 2019
During the 2017-2018 academic year, the Institute for European Studies has actively pursued its missions: teaching, research and public debate. Here's an assessment of this fruitful academic year.
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Brexit, the European dead end?
After the official activation of article 50, on March 29th, 2017, the European Union and the United Kingdom had two years to negocitate a deal. Here we are in november and the draft agreement of 585 pages has just been released, with the issues around the Irish border not completely solved
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Missing Barbara Delcourt
The Institute for European Studies of the ULB pays tribute to professor Barbara Delcourt after a year of her passing. An article by professor Mario Telò.
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The ULB will participate in an international research consortium on European asylum and migration policies and practices
The Institute of European Studies (IEE) and Centre for Research in International Politics (REPI) of the ULB will participate in the international consortium Advancing Alternative Migration Governance (ADMIGOV), led by the University of Amsterdam (UvA). This project has received a subsidy of €3 million under the Horizon 2020 programme of the European Commission, for a duration of 4 years.
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The Institute for European Studies of the ULB awarded two Jean Monnet projects
Academics and researchers affiliated to the IEE-ULB were awarded two Jean Monnet project, including an individual module on the Rule of Law to be coordinated by the IEE’s Director, professor Ramona Coman, and a consortium bringing together the ULB, the VUB, the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA) and Agenda Pública
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Post-doctoral position and call for papers
We're happy to announce two opportunities for researchers in the field of European studies: a post-doctoral full time position to research "Conflicts of sovereignty in a European Union in Crisis" and a call for papers for the 8th ECLAN PhD Seminar on European Criminal Justice.
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Not too close but not too far away: The EU’s relations with the new Turkey
As a result of the June elections, there are three constraining factors that might further distance Turkey from the EU. Political scientist and IEE-ULB affiliated researcher Seda Gürkan analyses them in this article.
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Armenia and Belarus: Caught between the EU and Russia?
Syuzanna Vasilyan, IEE-ULB affiliated researcher co-authors a recently published paper on Armenia and Belarus' relationship with the EU and Russia with Alena Viera, Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the Universidade do Minho, Portugal. Here are some of their findings.
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Registrations are open for summer school on European criminal law
“The European Area of Criminal Justice” Summer School arrives to its 15th Edition and registration is still possible. The Summer School is carried out by the Institute for European Studies (ULB) in partnership with ECLAN (European Criminal Law Academic Network), in the field of European Criminal Law.
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EUIA18 conference will award a prize to the best paper
The ‘European Union in International Affairs’ (EUIA) Conference provides a major forum for academics and policy-makers to debate the role of the EU in the turbulent realm of international affairs. A selection of the EUIA18 best papers will be published in a themed section of the Journal of European Integration (JEI).
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights : a door-opening internship ?
Yuliana Lefèvre is a graduate from the Master in European Studies with the IEE-ULB label. She works as an intern at the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Office in Bangkok. Her adventure started in the IEE-ULB classrooms.
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The European Parliament : a diluted democracy
Since its inception, the EU has modified in numerous occasions its modes of governance in order to better respond to its challenges. This is particularly the case for the European Parliament. Nathalie Brack and Olivier Costa have analysed the reforms between 1979 and 2017.
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Open house: Information Session on Masters at the IEE-ULB on April 20
Admissions are open for the 2018-2019 academic year for EU citizens! The Institute for European Studies of the ULB invites you to discover its Masters and Specialized Masters during our open house and Information Session on April 20th, 2018.
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