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What the Ceuta crisis means for Schengen’s future (opens the original)
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Hello! This is Owain writing to you from Madrid, today is Monday 28 September, and this is your weekly update on what matters most in the European Union.The Ceuta crisis has dominated headlines in Spain since the beginning of August. The crisis, the government’s response, and the international reaction has triggered yet another political headache for Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.This week’s briefing, written by Camino Mortera-Martínez, looks at the implications of the Ceuta crisis for the Scheng
Canada’s European moment comes with fine print (opens the original)
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Hello! This is Arthur, writing from Brussels. Today is 21 September, and here is your weekly update on what matters most in the European Union.This week’s briefing explores the debate sparked by the announcement of a potential EU “associate membership” for Canada. We are delighted to welcome Roger Hilton to unpack what it could mean for both sides of the Atlantic.Roger Hilton is a Global Affairs and Defence Analyst based in Vienna, Austria. He is a Non-Resident Fell
Is the EU gearing up for a public procurement revolution? (opens the original)
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Hello! This is Lorène, writing from Brussels, today is 15 September, and here is your weekly update on what matters most in the European Union.This week’s briefing digs into the Commission’s newly proposed Public Procurement Act, a sweeping overhaul of how the EU spends some 15% of its GDP.We were very happy to get Orlaith Sheehy, Partner at McCann FitzGerald LLP, to walk us through it. Orlaith specialises in public procurement law, with a practice spanning procurement strategy, guiding public b
Introducing our Scientific Council (opens the original)
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We are delighted to introduce our Scientific Council: a team of nineteen people who have agreed to help us work out better what the EU is up to.They come from national and European public service, academia, industry, the legal profession, the research community and journalism. Their role is to tell us which questions deserve sustained attention, to point to the files that will matter in the future and give us personal insights on how the EU works (and should work). Members of the Scientific Coun
Europe can no longer afford to ignore the euro’s exchange rate (opens the original)
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Bonjour! This is Anna, writing from London. Today is 7 September, and here is your weekly update on what matters most in the European Union.This week’s briefing is written by Eric Monnet. Eric is an economic historian, Professor at the EHESS and Paris School of Economics, and CEPR research affiliate. He has held visiting and research positions at Columbia University, Rutgers University, Ghent University, the IMF, the think tank Bruegel, and previously worked as an economist at the Banque de Fran
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