The Future of Europe

The European Parliament's Press Service held a seminar on the 18-19 October 2016 to provide key media and institutional representatives the opportunity to look into issues of crucial importance to the EU in the coming years, ranging from unemployment and economic stagnation to the refugee crisis and the fight against terrorism.

This thematic digest provides links to selected publications provided by Parliament’s Policy Departments which were relevant to the topic of this seminar.

+ Implementation of the Lisbon Treaty: improving the functioning of the EU - foreign affairs, updated study
+ Renegotiation by the UK of its constitutional relationship with the EU: sovereignty
+ Legal and political context for setting up a European Identity Document
+ Potential and challenges of e-voting in the EU
+ The potential and challenges of e-participation in the EU
+ Overview of the European Monetary Union
+ Enhancing the legitimacy of Economic and Monetary Union governance
+ Mainstreaming employment and social indicators into macroeconomic surveillance
+ Reducing costs and barriers for businesses in the Single Market
+ A European Pillar of Social Rights: first reactions
+ Mid-term review of the Multiannual Financial Framework and Cohesion Policy
+ Mid-term revision of the MFF 2014-2020: state of play
+ Assessment of Horizon 2020 programme
+ Assessment of Youth Employment Initiative
+ On the way towards a European Defence Union: a White Book as a first step
+ The future of EU defence research
+ Does the new EU Global Strategy deliver on security and defence?
+ Will CSDP enjoy collateral gains from France's invocation of the EU's mutual defence clause?
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