Library and Documents
Article: History and Development of the EU
For most of recorded history, Europe has been politically divided into a number of separate politically independent entities, or states... There were academic and theoretical models developed at various times for the creation of some form of European Union, but none of these led to any practical action...
Article: The European Union and Developments in Crisis Management Operations and Peacekeeping
Thirty years ago, Henry Kissinger posed the question, “Whom do I call when I want to speak to Europe?” Now, the former U.S. Secretary of State is reported to have said: “I think one knows whom to call; I don’t think Europe has yet decided how to give answers to all the questions.”...
Article: ONLINE DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN CONSUMER DISPUTES
Consumer disputes and their nature are changing very fast every day. E-commerce is promoted by the all relevant stakeholders such as European Commission, consumers associations, competent institutions, and business sector in order to achieve the main present goal—consumer confidence in business and full functioning of the internal EU market...
Lecture: From Euro Crisis to European Crisis
... At the European level, we need a European system of banking governance and common funds to recapitalise banks. Similarly, we need increased autonomous European funds (through direct taxation), in order to pay for European public debt. Clearly, fiscal discipline is a pre-condition for economic growth, but it is singularly insufficient...
Report: Shaping Europe The Path to European Integration according to Jean Monnet
This contribution is aimed at achieving an understanding of the political philosophy of Jean Monnet with regard to European integration.1 It draws on the archives of this founding father of a united Europe and contains numerous quotations, as our main concern was to allow him to speak for himself...
Document: The European External Action Service and Public Diplomacy
This discussion paper will focus on the role of the European External Action Service (EEAS) and public diplomacy. The rationale for this particular focus lies in the confluence of the institutional changes within the EU following the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty on 1 December 2009, which has placed the EEAS as a core facilitator at the heart of the EU’s external relations.
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