Do EU policies constrain government autonomy? Insights from the implementation of EU migration policies

EU Policies towards the Middle East

In general, the first aspect people think of when mentioning the Middle East in relation to EU foreign policies is the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the low impact the EU has (had) in shaping the Middle East Peace Process. However, if one analyses relevant data, another conclusion may be drawn. Ginsberg (2001) provides an overview of EU’s impact, which, admitted, may be not directly related to the...

Sustainable vaccine policies in the EU

The purpose of this first section is to provide the basis for a discussion on where and how strengthened EUwide collaboration would create benefits for the modernization and implementation of vaccination programmes. Against the background of limited national resources and declining public trust in vaccination, the paper identifies synergies of potential EU actions that could strengthen transpar...

The Global Health Policies of the EU and its Member States: A Common Vision?

Background This article assesses the global health policies of the European Union (EU) and those of its individual member states. So far EU and public health scholars have paid little heed to this, despite the large budgets involved in this area. While the European Commission has attempted to define the ‘EU role in Global Health’ in 2010, member states are active in the domain of global health ...

EU Preferential Trade Policies and Developing Countries

am grateful to Mathew Tharakan for many helpful comments on an earlier draft and to Eric Reinhardt for providing a concise summary of his ongoing joint research on the Generalized System of Preferences. In addition to the references cited in the paper, this paper has benefited greatly from a number of websites that offer information on various EU preferential trade arrangements, especially thos...

EU Public Policies and the Participation of Organized Civil Society