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The EU's Political and Constitutional System
Research Project
Time-frame: 2012-2013
Project Manager: Karolina Zurek
In recent years, sustainability has surpassed its initial restriction to green or nature-related policies, and has become a catch phrase applicable to almost all policy areas. Similarly, to the variety of contexts where it is applied, there also seems to be a rather varied understanding of the meaning of...
Time-frame: On-going
Project Managers: Göran von Sydow, Pernilla Bäckman, and Fredrik Langdal
The political system of the EU is constantly evolving. The purpose of this project is to analyse the...
Timeframe: On-going
Project Manager: Josefin Almer Wulff
SIEPS presents a yearly statistical survey of the legislation in the EU. The survey includes directives and regulations published in the Official Journal (OJ). The intention is to present the legal acts that have been adopted, the distribution between the institutions and the areas of cooperation concerned. The survey...
Timeframe: Completed
Project Manager: Göran von Sydow and Fredrik Langdal
The purpose of this project is to study the processes, structures and institutions rather than the formal constitutional aspects of the EU. By regarding the EU as a multi-level political system is that a number of similar...
Timeframe: On-going
Project managers: Karolina Zurek, Göran von Sydow and Fredrik Langdal
The entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty marks the end of a long process and changes the character of EU-cooperation in a number of areas...
Timeframe: Completed
Project Manager: Josefin Almer Wulff
This project is financed by the 6th framework programme of the Commission. The project is administered by the Robert Shuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute in Florence. The overall purpose of the project is to identify and analyze new modes of governance in the EU.
SIEPS...
Timeframe: Completed
Project Manager: Carl Fredrik Bergström
The project "A Constitution for Europe" was initiated by SIEPS upon conclusion of the intergovernmental conference and signing of the Constitutional Treaty in autumn 2004. The aim of the project is to publish analyses of different aspects of the Constitutional Treaty and/or the ratification process.
Timeframe: Completed
Project Manager: Carl Fredrik Bergström
Treaty revisions at Intergovernmental Conferences regularly bring about changes in institutional rules governing decision-making in the European Union. By focusing uniquely on treaty reforms as highly salient events, less conspicuous, incremental changes that occur between Treaty revisions are overlooked.
But the importance of such "interstitial" change is considerable. This...
Timeframe: Completed
Project Manager: Fredrik Langdal
As the battle for the budget of the European Union unfolds, the governments are setting priorities for the European Union. In this process, there are many references to our common interests and objectives. Advocates of various initiatives and projects often assert that their proposals will bring aboutEuropean added value.
...Timeframe: Completed
Project Manager: Carl Fredrik Bergström
The objective of "Strategi 2004" was to produce and publish a series of reports analysing the challenges for the IGC 2003/2004. 14 reports, examining the proposals that could be expected to be of central importance for the EU and the IGC, was presented at seminars during spring 2003.