Previous policy briefs

2024

Twenty years after the EU’s eastward enlargement: Win–win integration or deepened east–west cleavages in European shipbuilding

ETUI Policy Brief

Jon Erik Dølvik and Ines Wagner

2023

Exit as legitimacy? The paradox of a right of exit from the European Union

EU3D Policy brief no. 4 | April 2023

Christopher Lord.

2021

Politicisation and contestation in the EU foreign and security policy: Typology, triggers, and actors

LEGOF Policy Brief 5/2021 (pdf)

Magdalena Góra


The EU Global Strategy and Resilience: Five Years On

LEGOF Policy Brief 4/2021

Ana E. Juncos


The quest for partnership: Challenges for the EU’s rights-based approach to development

LEGOF Policy Brief 3/2021

Johanne Døhlie Saltnes


Brexit and Irish Security and Defence in Europe

LEGOF Policy Brief 2/2021

Ben Tonra


Make the Eastern Partnership great again?

Brussels needs a proper response to the “Trio Plus Strategy 2030” resolution. Tiffany Williams explains how the EU should meet the dissatisfied Eastern Partners, holding the Union to its promises.

PLATO policy brief no. 5, June 2021


Conference on the future of Europe: Vehicle for reform or forum for reflection?

EU3D Policy brief no. 1 | May 2021

Sergio Fabbrini, John Erik Fossum, Magdalena Góra and Guntram Wolff.


Ten years after Lisbon: Member States in EU foreign and security policy

LEGOF Policy Brief 1/2021

Heidi Maurer and Nicholas Wright


European disunity and the need for political leadership in migration management

The EU lacks effective tools for managing its border and asylum regimes. Gil Thompson suggests this could be improved by putting people in charge who understand the politics behind the problem. Both Frontex and EASO need to be managed by people with proven political experience.

PLATO policy brief no. 4, February 2021


'I want to be European, but I find it hard to be': Identity between emotions and rights

Linking in with the broader political debate on the Future of Europe and based on original research findings on European identity, Camille Dobler recommends giving more decision-making power to European citizens, in order to make EU citizenship more impactful and inclusive.

PLATO policy brief no. 3, February 2021

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