Publications

This paper assesses the impact of inadequate domestic transposition of Directive 2004/38 on the right of EU citizens to move and reside freely within the territory of any member state. It also assesse...chevron_right

This report provides a state of the art of the main interdisciplinary academic discussions, EU acts and European Court of Justice (ECJ) case law surrounding issues related to citizenship, migration an...chevron_right

This report is a summary of the research project on the "Adequacy and Sustainability of Old-Age Income Maintenance" (AIM), which produced state-of-the-art additions to the debate on EU pension reforms...chevron_right

This paper presents an overview of how energy security is related to the external costs of electricity production. For European policy-makers, energy security is an important issue because private dec...chevron_right

This policy brief argues that the EU should put pressure on Moldova to stop its crackdown and investigate human rights violations. Furthermore, the EU should make an attractive offer of increased coop...chevron_right

This report assesses the needs and options for monitoring and reinforcing the rule of law in an enlarged EU. It looks at the mechanisms for monitoring in the EU, the Council of Europe and the UN and i...chevron_right

This paper aims at putting forward a set of policy recommendations for the European Commission's Directorate-General of Justice, Freedom and Security (DG JFS) to take into consideration as it develops...chevron_right

The coming weeks are a crucial period for the reform of the European supervisory system. The recently published report by the high-level group on financial supervision, chaired by former IMF Managing ...chevron_right

This policy brief assesses EU efforts to reform pension funds. The author explains that since World War II, every successive generation could look forward to a longer retirement period than the previo...chevron_right

This paper addresses costs and benefits of energy security policies. It looks at France, Germany, Italy and Spain for the period of 1980-2000 to estimate the cost premium of electricity generation due...chevron_right

This paper analyzes the nature, scope and implications of some of the legislative measures and practices constituting the 2008 Italian security package. In particular, it argues that they are incompat...chevron_right

This study analyzes the position of relevant actors and their capacity to increase their powers or to quell resistance during the process of extra-territorialisation of security measures based on data...chevron_right

This policy brief discusses the EU's energy supply risk in light of the gas dispute between Ukraine and Russia in January 2009. The author argues that the EU will become increasingly dependent on gas ...chevron_right

This report looks at the "O'Connor inquiry" and the "Iacobucci inquiry" established by the Canadian government to examine the country's involvement in the detention and torture of four citizens abroad...chevron_right

This paper discusses The Payment Services Directive (PSD), which is the legal basis for the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA). The author addresses the main concerns, as she tests the PSD against some...chevron_right