Catholic University of Portugal
Lívia Franco is a professor and senior researcher at the Institute for Political Studies at the Catholic University of Portugal. Her research interests include contemporary international politics, European politics, and Portuguese foreign policy. She regularly commentates on these subjects in national and international media outlets. Her latest publications include “Edge of the Atlantic: Portugal’s Presidency of the EU Council” (2021), and “Crisis Presidency: How Portuguese leadership can guide the EU into the post-covid Era” (2020) with Susi Dennison.
Concluding that Russia poses a threat and that the EU let its dependencies grow too deep, the bloc so far attempted to decouple from Moscow. How should Europeans navigate the adversarial relationship in the future?
Faced with a growing Sino-American rivalry and a world in which US power may be diminishing, Portugal will have to decide how to maintain its traditional Atlanticism while increasingly focusing on Europe
The Portuguese EU presidency should handle issues in line with European voters’ perceptions of the new reality created by the coronavirus
The Portuguese hope that the EU can help them tackle the challenges of globalisation: from climate change to cooperation on the impact of freedom of movement
Portugal is one of the UK’s oldest allies, but changing domestic politics and contrasting views on the European project make unqualified reform support unlikely
The latest report by Susi Dennison and Livia Franco on how Lisbon can guide the EU into the post-covid era is quoted by the portuguese outlet RTP
The report by Susi Dennison and Livia Franco is quoted by the portuguese newspaper Publico