For multilateral institutions to regain legitimacy, they must show that they can empower citizens, rather than disenfranchise them
Media mentions – European Sovereignty
Corruption is an enormous problem in Croatia; it exists at all political levels
Associate researcher Robin-Ivan Capar comments on the state of rule of law in Croatia
We need European health sovereignty: only through common strategies and responses can we face future pandemics
In order to overcome state rivalries, a European health sovereignty is necessary
42% of Europeans are considered “strategic sovereigntists”, preferring a EU level response to the global challenges they are faced with
The results of ECFR's new report “Together in trauma: Europeans and the world after covid-19” on how Europeans see the Transatlantic relationship after Covid-19 quoted on Le Journal du Dimanche
She knows she has a massive, critical role to play – she sees the necessity for the EU to be able to protect itself and its citizens
The most paradoxical aspect of these new disruptors is their attitude to Europe. They are both more quintessentially European than any past generation of leaders, and yet at the same time, more dismissive of the current EU.
It is time for the EU to stop being afraid of its own shadow in security matters. Without dealing with such sensitive, and un-Brussels-like issues, the EU influence, effectiveness and strategic sovereignty ambitions will always hit glass ceiling.
The real test for EU power and its strategic sovereignty won’t be in masks, but on how the EU deals with external problems, not least in its neighbourhood, write Nicu Popescu and Gustav Gressel
The covid-19 crisis could allow the European project to return to its roots: reconciling the prerogatives of the nation state with the realities of interdependence, rather than sacrificing national sovereignty on the altar of neoliberal dogma