Given the partial success of the Lisbon Strategy, it has become of paramount importance to perform a thorough critical analysis of the nature of the objectives set by the newly-concocted Europe 2020 Agenda. Hence, amid the difficult times the European Union is facing, the fulfilment of this...

At the beginning of XX century Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi, in his Pan-Europa (1923)as in the following “Open Letter to members French Parliament” (1924), stated that Europe needs to unify in order to confront three major challenges: Soviet Union, British Commonwealth and United States. The...

The research paper analyzes the creation of complex combination of several international organizations in Europe, which are also sustained by the European Union (EU). The research argues that the current political and economic situation in the EU zone appears as a complex interdependence, which...

This paper explores the political challenges posed by the recent influx of Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment (OFDI) into the European Union (EU). Chinese OFDI has increased substantially in recent years. Chinese direct investment is still minute in the EU, but it is growing fast and the...

In a world where hard-power has become increasingly counterproductive (witness the recent Arab Spring), soft-power has gained much importance and is now regarded as an important and comprehensive indicator of national power. The EU is being perceived in the world as an important and influential...

Over the last decade, the World has shown increased concern for climate change and energy security. The emergence of these issues has pushed many nations to pursue the development of clean domestic electricity production via renewable energy (RE) technologies. RE development has generally been a...

As a large-scale political and economic project, the EU aims to provide a stable framework for development and growth within it and to develop good relations with its immediate vicinity. Thus, in 2003, the EU proclaims the European Neighbourhood Policy, which draws attention to the fact that its...

The Eastern dimension of the European Neighbourhood consists of a number of economically underdeveloped and politically unstable countries, most of them being internally divided, with one side „looking” towards East and the other towards West. This paper aims to analyse the evolution,...

The paper first outlines main findings and trends in the research on the role of national parliaments in European integration. The great bulk of literature focuses on the EU scrutiny of legislatures and denotes a weakening of national parliaments vis-a-vis their governments. However, the role of...

The introduction of the euro currency alongside with the foundation of the European Central Bank and the single monetary policy represent the expression of the European economic and monetary integration process. This paper aims to analyse the theoretical basis of the European single currency as...