EP4U Fact-File | Georgi Chapov, Permanent Representation of Bulgaria to the EU

In this series of videos from TEPSA’s “European Policies for You” (EP4U) project, we will invite people working in and around the EU Institutions to explain how the Union is contributing to the development of youth opportunities in their country. In this video, Georgi Chapov, First Secretary at the Permanent Representation of Bulgaria to the […]

EP4U Video Fact-File | Sebastian Fietkau, Accredited Assistant to Terry Reintke MEP

In this series of videos from TEPSA’s “European Policies for You” (EP4U) project, we will invite young people working in the EU Institutions to explain how the Union is contributing to the development of youth opportunities in their country. In this video, Sebastian Fietkau, Accredited Assistant to Terry Reintke MEP (Group of the Greens/European Free […]

VladimĂ­r BilÄŤĂ­k MEP on EU Equality Policy | EP4U Interviews

Non-discrimination and protection of fundamental rights are among the key expectations from any European democratic state. The EU and its Member States are bound and guided by the Charter of Fundamental Rights that promotes, inter alia, equality before the law, non-discrimination, cultural, religious and linguistic diversity, and equality between women and men. In the current […]

Radan Kanev on EU Migration Policy | EP4U Interviews

How has European Union migration policy evolved since the refugee crisis and the effects it had on internal EU politics? Is the New Pact on Migration and Asylum enough to fulfill Europe’s requirement for a common and workable approach to the migration issue? In the framework of the EP4U project, TEPSA has invited Radan Kanev, […]

LeĂŻla Chaibi MEP on EU Employment Policy | EP4U Interviews

How does the EU plan to raise its citizens out of the economic plight caused by COVID19? And what about solving broader employment or social issues? In the framework of the EP4U project, TEPSA has invited LeĂŻla Chaibi, MEP from the Left Group in the European Parliament and a member of La France Insoumise at […]

Alviina Alametsä MEP on EU Climate Policy | EP4U Interviews

What are the EU’s Climate Goals and Ambitions? Are they sufficient to tackle the threat of climate change? Or do we need to do better? In the framework of the EP4U project, TEPSA has invited Alviina Alametsä, MEP for the Greens, to talk about her reaction to EU Climate Policy. Dr. Emma Hakala from the […]

BREXIT: From Internal to External Differentiation

In this video, Brigid Laffan from the Robert Schuman Centre of the European University Institute explains how Brexit is a perfect case study in two critical aspects of differentiated European integration: external and internal differentiation. In this video, we explore the Barnier Escalier system of negotiation, and how the intersection of British and European red […]

EP4U Fact-File | Tomáš Zdechovský MEP, EPP

In this series of videos from TEPSA’s “European Policies for You” (#EP4U) project, we will invite MEPs from around the EU to explain how the Union is contributing to the development of youth opportunities in their country. In this video, Tomáš ZdechovskĂ˝, MEP from the Czech Republic in the European People’s Party group of the […]

EP4U Fact File | VladimĂ­r BilÄŤĂ­k MEP, EPP

In this new series of videos from TEPSA’s “European Policies for You” (EP4U) project, we will invite MEPs from around the EU to explain how the Union is contributing to the development of youth opportunities in their country. In this video, VladimĂ­r BilÄŤĂ­k, MEP from Slovakia in the European People’s Party group of the European […]

EP4U Fact File | Sara Cerdas MEP, S&D

In this new series of videos from TEPSA’s “European Policies for You” (EP4U) project, we will invite MEPs from around the EU to explain how the Union is contributing to the development of youth opportunities in their country. In this video, Sara Cerdas, MEP from Portugal in the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists […]

EP4U Fact-File | Irena Joveva MEP, Renew Europe

In this new series of videos from TEPSA’s “European Policies for You” (EP4U) project, we will invite MEPs from around the EU to explain how the Union is contributing to the development of youth opportunities in their country. In this video, Irena Joveva, MEP from Slovenia in the Renew Europe Group, talks about some crucial […]

Differentiation and the Future of Europe

In this video, Nicoletta Pirozzi gives her expertise on differentiated integration. She is the Head of the European Union Programme and Institutional Relations Manager at the International Affairs Institute in Rome, Italy; a Board member of TEPSA and coordinator of the EUIDEA project. In this DiCE Webinar, she explains how differentiated integration can – and […]

A Short History of Differentiated Integration in the European Union

In this video, the TEPSA Secretary-General Jim Cloos gives a short history of differentiated integration. Jim explores five different examples of differentiated integration: the accession of new Member States, the Schengen Area, the Euro, the Social Chapter of the Maastricht Treaty, and European Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP). Jim makes three conclusions: that DI […]

Differentiated Integration: Risks and Benefits

In this video, Sandra Kröger from the University of Exeter explains the risks and benefits of differentiated integration. In this video, we explore why differentiation can lead on the one hand to efficiency gains in a way which promotes diversity and makes things more fair; whereas on the other hand it risks fragmentation, division, and […]

Differentiation and Democracy

In this video, John Erik Fossum from ARENA Centre for European Studies (part of the University of Oslo) elaborates on the concept of differentiated integration in the framework of democracy theory. He discusses key elements of the debate around differentiation, including the fact that some forms of differentiation are necessary in order for democracy to […]

Explaining Differentiation: Concepts and Theories

This brand new series from the DiCE – Differentiation: Clustering Excellence, “DiCE Webinars” takes the full knowledge of Europe’s leading experts on differentiated integration, and presents it in an easy to digest video format. In this first video, Frank Schimmelfennig from ETH ZĂĽrich explains concepts and theories of differentiation, and answers such questions as: You […]

Video Contributions to the VIADUCT Annual Conference

The VIADUCT – Enhancing VIsibility of the Academic DialogUe on EU-Turkey CooperaTion Final Conference, organised by consortium partners TEPSA and CETEUS, was due to be held in Brussels on March 12 2020. The conference, entitled â€śBridge Over Troubled Water: Researching & Teaching EU-Turkey Relations”, and organised in the framework of the Erasmus+/Jean Monnet network â€śVIADUCT – Enhancing Visibility of the […]

SEnECA, Strengthening and Energizing EU-Central Asia relations

The project “SEnECA – Strengthening and Energizing EU-Central Asia Relations” seeks to improve research cooperation and to strengthen capacities in research and policy advice in the EU and Central Asia, having recognised the importance of Central Asia for Europe. An international consortium with twelve partner organisation form the EU and all five Central Asian countries, […]