Concerns about counterfeiting and piracy are becoming increasingly widespread and have now taken on an international dimension. Higher standards of intellectual property protection are being set multilaterally and through the inclusion of intellectual property provisions in bilateral trade...

The paper is an analysis of recent academic literature and of EP reports on the White Paper on European Governance, recently published by the Commission.

This publication summarises the presentations and discussions which took place at the conference, u0091Tripartism in an enlarged European Unionu0092, in Elsinore on 29 and 30 October 2002. Jointly organised by the Foundation and the Danish Ministry of Employment, the conference contributed to...

The report gives a rather gloomy picture of the current state of the Lisbon process, even though there has been some progress during the last year, such as the spread of new technology in society and the liberalisation of several markets, e.g. the energy market. However, in many areas action is...

The first, comprehensive report, "EXPLAINING ENLARGEMENT" was published in March 2002, and outlines the progress made since the launch of the strategy in May 2000.

The paper examines the impact of EU enlargement on migration, the effects of the transition period on the free movement in the enlarged Union and the abolition of border checks between the new and u0091oldu0092 member states. It argues that the present enlargement will remain unfinished for an...

The next few months are the last opportunity for Turkey to take steps that could influence the european Commissionu0092s recommendation in October on whether the Copenhagen political criteria have been met, and therefore whether to open accession negotiations, with the European Council due to...