News from the Jacques Delors Centre

After two crises, migration patterns in the EU have changed profoundly

Southern EU regions turned from net immigration to emigration regions, while a reversed trend took place in western and northern regions

More and more Europeans shop online cross-border

The Digital Single Market is deepening despite linguistic and regulatory barriers

Germans and their fear of inflation: A historic misunderstanding?

Jacques Delors Fellow Nils Redeker states that the German aversion towards inflation is a historical misunderstanding cited in Bloomberg.

Zeit Online - Print money like it's 1923. Or 1932?

Many Germans criticise the ECB's monetary policy. Jacques Delors Fellow Nils Redeker and his co-authors analyse the historical reasons causing the inflation fear, in Zeit Online, 01.11.2019 (in German).

In a more fragmented European Parliament, von der Leyen must find allies

Besides the RE group, ECR is a potential ally, as Greens/EFA support cannot be taken for granted.

Ursula von der Leyen faces tough challenges as Commission President, says Markus Jachtenfuchs.

Speaking on German radio Deutschlandfunk, Jachtenfuchs says assembling majorities will be hard.

Frontex will compromise a standing corps of 10.000 boarder guards by 2027

Personnel directly employed by Frontex will increase to 3.000, but the majority of officers will continue to be seconded by the member states

Bloomberg - ECB Gets Chance for German Reset With Lagarde-Schnabel Dual Act

A Quote from Lucas Guttenberg in Bloomberg

WirtschaftsWoche - Who will plug the Brexit billion hole?

As Brexit will leave a big gap in the EU-budget, Director of the Jacques Delors Centre Lucas Guttenberg speaks about his concerns in the WirtschaftsWoche on October 24, 2019 (in German).

Current state of accession talks in the Western Balkans

After last night’s EUCO, Enlargement process seems stuck for the foreseeable future

Optimism about EU’s future at all-time high

But closer look reveals stark differences across levels of education

The "essence" of EU fundamental rights

Mark Dawson co-edits special focus September issue of the German Law Journal.