integration

How refugees are received in Europe depends not only on where they arrive, but above all on where they come from. This article discusses these disparities of solidarity and asks how they can be explained. It is based on collaborative ethnographic...

In this article, we assess the latest initiative to bring members of the European Union (EU) and non-members closer together: the European Political Community (EPC) that met for its first summit in Prague in October 2022 at the suggestion of French...

For some years now, officials in Brussels have labelled abstentions in the Council of the European Union as “German vote”. Contrary to this attribution, an analysis of all votes cast from 2010 to 2023 shows that members such as Poland, Hungary...

On 25 April 2024 President Emmanuel Macron described in his second Sorbonne speech the current state of the European Union (EU) in drastic terms and presented solutions to protect Europe and its model of peace, politics, social welfare and...

Data is increasingly recognized as central in addressing social, political, and economic challenges. This article utilizes the concept of boundary work to illustrate how the European Union (EU) advances its strategic interests through data and...

The efforts of the European Union (EU) to promote democracy abroad has come under increasing pressure, especially in the countries of its Eastern and Southern Neighbourhoods. Even prior to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and the...

European democracy is undergoing profound change. The various crises of the past 15 years and the transformations associated with modernisation, globalisation, geopolitics and Europeanisation are threatening the trust of citizens in political actors...