Irregular Migration and the EU
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Should the EU introduce common standards for the regularisation of irregular migrants even though the principle is often contested?
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Day Two at the UACES Student Forum Conference
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Students from across Europe gathered in Loughborough on 8-9 July for the 14th Annual Student Forum conference. In this post Kathryn Simpson, University of Kent, reports on the last session of the conference, a roundtable on ‘Britain and the EU’.
Day One at the Student Forum Conference 2013
Published on by Grant Stirling | 1 CommentStudents from across Europe gathered in Loughborough on 8-9 July for the 14th Annual Student Forum conference. In this post Grant Stirling, University of Edinburgh, reports from a key note by Professor Helen Drake, on the role of UACES and similar organisations in European Integration.
The Impact of EU Membership on the UK’s Politics
Published on by Ideas on Europe | 1 CommentWhen historians come to analyse and to write the story of Britain’s troubled and turbulent relationship with the other countries of Europe since the end of the Second World War- and they are already beginning to do so […]
Limited push for Europe in Danish ombudsman practice – 40 Years after
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The most important development as to the European Union law impact on Danish Ombudsman practice is the predominant non-impact. So far, a European influx is difficult to detect in the subareas of the broad ambit of Danish ombudsman control.
Ireland and the 1973 Enlargement
Published on by Ideas on Europe | 1 Comment As part of the Evolving Europe project, UACES asked participants at the 40 Years since the First Enlargement conference to respond to the question ‘What have been the most significant changes in the 1973 accession states as a result of EU membership?’ Following on from Thorsten Borring Olesen’s response in relation to Denmark, Elaine Fahey (University of Amsterdam) […]
Denmark and the 1973 Enlargement: The Dual Impact
Published on by Thorsten Borring Olesen | 1 Comment The question ‘What have been the most significant changes in the 1973 accession states as a result of EU membership?’ is highly relevant, but also one-dimensional as it does not address the other side of the bilateral relationship, namely the changes in the EU as a consequence of the 1973 enlargement. This answer therefore will include both sides of the relationship, and it will concentrate on the EU-Danish relationship.
50 years of leading the EU research agenda
Published on by blog | Comments Off on 50 years of leading the EU research agendaThe JCMS Editors have established an award for the best articles in the Journal over the past 50 years. A jury of Drew Scott, Liesbet Hooghe and Helen Wallace – have had the difficult job of compiling a shortlist of 25 articles, 5 in each decade of JCMS’ existence, which have now been put to […]
BBC series scoops 2012 Reporting Europe Prize
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Congratulations to Jane Beresford and Allan Little (BBC) who were awarded the annual UACES Thomson Reuters Reporting Europe Prize at a ceremony in London on 24 May 2012. They won the prize for their BBC Radio 4 series ‘Europe’s Choice’ which aired on 5 – 19 February 2012.
Europe made me do it – Labour market reforms in Europe
Published on by Marco Scipioni | Comments Off on Europe made me do it – Labour market reforms in EuropeIn these times of crisis for EU Member States, labour market reforms in a handful of countries have come to be seen as the final turning point for the so-called ‘Euro-crisis’. This is because labour market reforms are those ‘structural reforms’ that have been regarded as necessary ingredients in the recipe to put Southern Member States’ economies on firmer grounds.