On 8-9 March 2018, the European Governance and Politics Programme (EGPP) at the European University Institute's Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies hosted its inaugural conference "2017: Europe's Bumper Year of Elections". The year 2017 saw a wave of key elections all across Europe,...

On 8-9 March 2018, the European Governance and Politics Programme (EGPP) at the European University Institute's Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies hosted its inaugural conference "2017: Europe's Bumper Year of Elections". The year 2017 saw a wave of key elections all across Europe,...

The contemporary debate on Islam both hides and reveals a deeper debate on the meaning of religion in a secular Europe. In fact, the more or less conflictual relationship with Islam compels Europeans to make explicit what "European values" they "oppose" to Islam. And herein begins the problem:...

On 27 May 2016, the Florence School of Regulation Communications and Media (FSR C&M) held its seventh Annual Conference. Following the adoption of the new Digital Agenda by the European Commission in May 2015, the event sought to look at 'Europe and the Others' to discuss whether the European...

Over the last decade, the European Commission has launched several procedures concerning the compatibility of hydropower right granting with European laws and regulations in several countries (e.g. France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, etc.). Meanwhile, other hydropower regimes (e.g. in Austria or...

Over the last decade, the European Commission has launched several procedures concerning the compatibility of hydropower right granting with European laws and regulations in several countries (e.g. France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, etc.). Meanwhile, other hydropower regimes (e.g. in Austria or...