Op-eds – Dr. Valentin Kreilinger

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

on 08/02/202120/02/2021

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 …

Jahresrückblick 2015: Die EU spielt mit dem Feuer

on 16/12/201511/10/2020

Der Jahresrückblick des Jacques Delors Institut – Berlin erschien am 16. Dezember 2015 als Gastbeitrag in der Frankfurter Rundschau (Link).

Cooperation instead of coercion on the refugee quota

on 22/09/201522/09/2015

This blog post is the short version of my proposal to use “enhanced cooperation” in the refugee crisis instead of a qualified majority vote and shows how a rarely used treaty provision could be applied in the current refugee crisis. A longer blog post was published by the Jacques Delors Institut – Berlin on 21 …