News from the Jacques Delors Centre

While Rónán Riordan has always appreciated the European Union, it is serendipitous encounters and chance friendships which put him on the path to pursue a research career on the EU. In his PhD project, he investigates the impact of the CJEU on EU law-making.

Often labelled technocratic and expertise-driven, the Commission’s ‘unelected bureaucrats’ take public opinion seriously. In crises, the Commission uses agenda-priorities to respond to citizens’ cues, write Christel Koop, Christine Reh and Edoardo Bressanelli.

In the sixth episode of our German podcast series EU to go, Thu Nguyen and Sebastian Mack discuss which role financial markets can play in the fight against climate change. 

In an article published by dpa, Lucas Rasche talks about the consequences of the opening of the border between Turkey and Greece a year ago.

Lucas Guttenberg, Johannes Hemker, and Sander Tordoir comment on the  long-term effects of the recovery fund on eurozone governance.

The Corona crisis could increase inequality within the EU, Nils Redeker warns on WDR 5.

Only price signals can make the financial sector more climate-friendly in the long run, explains Sebastian Mack in the Süddeutsche Zeitung.