by Ivett Letenovics | Oct 10, 2024 | Analysis
Europe once almost had a common army. But the establishment of NATO in 1949 and the failure of the European Defence Community of the Benelux, France, Italy and West Germany in 1954 has led to the European integration keeping the defence policy primarily on state...
by Ivett Letenovics | Oct 8, 2024 | Analysis
At the beginning of the 2019-2024 cycle, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen granted the Neighbourhood and Enlargement portfolio to Hungarian Commissioner-designate Olivér Várhelyi, and the European Parliament approved. Little did anyone know how...
by Tamás Lattmann | Oct 1, 2024 | Analysis
General issues of the jurisdiction of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) The EU regulation establishing the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017 implementing enhanced cooperation on the...
by Laura Leger | Sep 23, 2024 | Analysis
As early as 2003, the idea of establishing “external agencies” of the European Union to manage migration issues was gaining attention. Otto Schily, then German Federal Minister of the Interior, suggested that creating such agencies in North Africa could...
by Laura Leger | Sep 16, 2024 | Analysis
Founded on law, which gives it coherence and legitimacy, the EU acts through legal means rather than force. Described as a “civil power” by Duchêne in the early 1970s, what would become the European Union has always been described as a power founded on normative...
by Tamás Lattmann | Jul 16, 2024 | Analysis
The year 2024 started with the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. As the torch is being passed on to Hungary, it is worthy to take a look at the past half year and see if there are any results worthy of our attention. Belgium held the presidency...
