European Integration Archives

For the celebration of Europe Day

Posted on 9 May 2022
by Daria Stănculescu and George Bandy
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Europe Day 2022 – Monday 9th May With the memories of the Second World War burning vividly in the minds of many Europeans, there came a momentum to craft something truly new, something that would strike out the possibility of further war and bring forth…

Conference on the future of Europe: The EU by and for the people

Posted on 1 February 2022
by Sandra Zwick
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By the People, For the People 8,600 ideas, 14,900 comments, 31,000 participants and 3,180 events constitute an unprecedented EU-wide event —the conference on the future of Europe. It was initiated to include European citizens in the process of possibly reforming the European Union. The conference…

A year worth fighting for

Posted on 20 January 2022
by Marnix Vermeer
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A reflection of the challenges of 2021 and the opportunities of 2022 Now the New Year’s Eve celebrations are disappearing from the rear-view mirror, we wanted to briefly reflect on some of the biggest challenges the EU has faced last year and consider what the…

European integration in multiple speeds

Posted on 20 May 2021
by Sietse van der Wal
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Motives for a multi-speed Europe. The deadlock of unanimity The European Union is a vastly complex international organisation in which every decision needs to be checked by a variety of institutions before it can be implemented and maintained by the member states (MS). Of these…

Lessons from Europe’s history: from war to a community of peace

Posted on 25 March 2021
by Diego Vallejo
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What can the European Union learn from its past? - Part I. Winston Churchill’s speech at Zurich University in 1946, calling for a ‘kind of United States of Europe’ would have been unprecedented a decade before. In 1936, the Spanish civil war would be rampant…

Ursula von der Leyen - President of the European Commission

Why do Europeans know so little about the EU?

Posted on 3 February 2021
by Anoek Zijderveld
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Why knowledge of the EU is important for European citizenship. During the American presidential elections, half of the Dutch population knew exactly how the electoral college, and all kinds of other underlying electoral laws worked. At the same time, many Dutch people and other Europeans…