This report presents a comprehensive overview of the methods through which Islamist militants in Europe mobilise their supporters and find new recruits. It finds that Islamist militant recruitment efforts have largely been driven underground, with little overt propagation and recruitment now...

The study is a resource text for Members of the EP Delegation to the European Convention and other participants and observers of the Convention and its Working Groups. It provides a succinct comparative description and evaluation of the attribution of powers and the resolution of disputes in...

The process of what has been labeled Europeanisation has been considered by many scholars as one of the major challenges posed by the external environment on domestic politics. Political parties are forced to deal with it as one that constitutes a fundamental change to their operational context....

This note provides an overview of France's economic, political and administrative set-up. It then concentrates on the special conditions in the Regions Centre and Ile-de-France, with a description of the EU support (ERDF) 2007-2013 within those territories. The note has been prepared in the...

This note provides an overview of France, its political, economic and administrativesystem, together with a description of European Union support to France, and theOperational Programmes contained in the National Strategic Reference Frameworkfor the period 2007-2013.Special attention is given to...