Clingendael European Studies Programme CESP

Dutch views on current EU affairs: Clingendael contribution to EU-27 Watch

September 2, 2010. Due to the new treaty provisions of the Lisbon Treaty and the economic crises the enlarged EU of 27 member states is on the search for a new modus operandi while also continuing membership talks with candidate countries. The EU-27 Watch project is mapping out discourses on these and more issues in European policies all over Europe. Research institutes from all 27 member states and the four candidate countries give overviews on the discourses in their respective countries. Read more »

Report and papers of conference on EU policy in the field of resource scarcity

August 23, 2010. On 26 and 27 April 2010, the Clingendael Institute and the government of the Netherlands organised the international conference “Enriching the Planet – Empowering Europe”. The report of this event, papers and other conference materials have now been published in a special booklet. Participants of the conference discussed the role the EU could play in catalysing the transition towards a more sustainable economy in the Union and abroad. They considered what the EU could do internally, how it could energize its sustainability agenda internationally, and how it could respond to global developments in the shortage of natural resources. The report can be downloaded here and on the conference website: http://www.clingendael.nl/resourcescarcity . Hardcopy versions can be obtained by sending an e-mail with your address details to cesp@clingendael.nl

CESP Lunchbijeenkomst: Nederland & de Euro

June 17, 2010. Een discussie over het Nederlandse optreden in de eurocrisis van 2010

De financiële crisis leek begin dit jaar te wijken. De beurzen klommen naar onverwachte hoogtes en de economische inzinking leek een V in plaats van een W te worden. In maart adviseerde het Centraal Planbureau nog om het herstel niet te belasten met harde bezuinigingen. Lees verder »

Recent publications
EN EU-27 Watch (Summary), Simone Wolters, Arnout Mijs en Louise van Schaik, Online publication, July 2010 - Download PDF (814 Kb)
NL Justitie in de wereld: Op weg naar een interne balans (Summary), Jaap de Zwaan en Suzan Nollen, Clingendael CESP Report, 2009 - Download PDF (617 Kb)
EN Conference Results: Enriching the Planet - Empowering Europe, Louise van Schaik and others., Article, Juli 2010 - Download PDF (3 Mb)
EN The External Dimension of Justice and Home Affairs A Different Security Agenda for the European Union? (Summary) Sarah Wolff; co-edited with Nicole Wichmann and Gregory Mounier , Book, 2009
EN Enriching the Planet - Empowering Europe: Optimising the use of natural resources for a more sustainable economy, Louise van Schaik, Jan Rood, Kees Homan en Barend van Wonderen, Article, 27 April 2010 - Download PDF (223 Kb)
EN Normative Power Europe in a Changing World: A Discussion (Summary), André Gerrits (ed.), Clingendael European Paper, December 2009 - Download PDF (519 Kb)
EN Revised Seminar Overview Paper 'The Eastern Partnership: Towards a New Era of Cooperation between the EU and its Eastern Neighbours?', Ketie Peters, Jan Rood and Grzegorz Gromadzki , Paper, December 2009 - Download PDF (160 Kb)

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Media
NL Nieuwe verkiezingen lijken onafwendbaar, Wilbur Perlot, in: Trouw, 27 juli 2010
NL Anti-Europese retoriek is slechts een pose, Adriaan Schout, in: de Volkskrant, 12 juni 2010
NL Griekse crisis: EU langzaam, maar razendsnel, Adriaan Schout, Wilbur Perlot en Simone Wolters, in: Trouw, 11 mei 2010
EN Exploring democracy in the Russian Federation: political regime, public opinion and international assistance, André Gerrits , Press article, 2010 - Download PDF (112 Kb)

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