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EU member states are mired in internal squabbling over the Covid-19 recovery fund – and more difficulties lie ahead

In December, EU leaders reached agreement on a €750 billion pandemic recovery fund, financed by joint borrowing. However, the implementation of the fund has already encountered difficulties in the EU’s three largest states, with more trouble potentially on the horizon. The EU finally agreed on its next multi-annual budget and a €750 billion recovery fund …

Tectonic shifts in the EU’s institutional system

The EU’s current fiscal and economic response to COVID-19 contains several different elements, including the agreement on a € 750 billion Recovery and Resilience Facility. Criticised by some as “too little too late” and hailed by others as a “Hamiltonian moment”, this paper uses three different institutional lenses to look at the institutional shifts that …

The ‘euro toolkit’: How to save Schengen in four key steps

The European Commission presented proposals on 15 December 2015 related to the Schengen area and the Frontex border agency, with the European Council due to meet on 17-18 December 2015 to discuss the proposals and how to resolve the ongoing refugee crisis. In light of the proposed reforms, Valentin Kreilinger writes that Europe’s handling of the …

Schulz on collision course with Cameron over national parliaments’ role

EurActiv.com / EurActiv,fr / EurActiv.pl, 20 November 2015 […] “The introduction of a ‘red card’ mechanism would significantly alter the constitutional equilibrium in the EU and transform national parliaments into a collective veto player that could block the European Commission’s legislative initiatives, said Valentin Kreilinger, a research fellow at the Jacques Delors Institute.

The UK wants to play cards: Stronger national parliaments in the EU

In an guest article for the series about David Cameron’s reform demands on Manuel Müller’s blog “Der (europäische) Föderalist”, I wrote about the “red card” idea (Link). D(e)F @tineurope: The UK wants to play cards: Stronger national parliaments in the EU https://t.co/vb1eAGRFhz #EUref #EUreform #EUreferendum — Manuel Müller (@foederalist) November 1, 2015 .@tineurope questions the …