Our new book on the #EuropeanCouncil has a cover 😍
With 16 new or revised chapters, it introduces the emergence, foundations, activities, and shortcomings of this pivotal institution
The book will become available in October, you can already pre-order it here 👇
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/european-...
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👉 Breaking a promise made earlier is not how an institution that relies so much on trust, informal norms and commitment can function. If the other national leaders let the Orbán tactics prevail, #EUCO might end up in paralysis - and with it EU policymaking more broadly
📣 New #openaccess #BJPIR article out now!
'Bilateralism in multilateralism: France-Germany in Europe and the interlinking of institutional forms in Regional Order and World Politics' by Ulrich Krotz & @lucasschramm91.bsky.social
🔗 buff.ly/SFPCtBZ
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
How does the Franco-German relationship shape the future of Europe? 🇪🇺
In their latest article, Ulrich Krotz & @lucasschramm91.bsky.social analyze how this bilateral partnership acts as the "engine" stabilizing European politics.
A must-read on regional order:
📥 t.ly/iBLTP
@bjpir.bsky.social
Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals (IBEI)
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We first theorize and conceptualize the three different forms of bilateralism and/versus/in multilateralism. We then examine a particularly prominent form of bilateralism in multilateralism: Franco-German relations in European integration
Ever wondered how the #EuropeanUnion would look like without the #EuropeanCouncil?
In this piece for @foederalist.eu, I do some counterfactual analysis: how EU policymaking and interinstitutional relations might work without #EUCO
www.foederalist.eu/2026/03/chef...
BJPIR
Lucas Schramm
Lucas Schramm
Lucas Schramm
Lucas Schramm
The #EuropeanCouncil earlier this month ended with Orbán blocking the EU‘s €90bn package for Ukraine. So good, so normal (unfortunately).
But something is different with this latest #EUCO blockage, I argue in this new piece for Verfassungsblog
verfassungsblog.de/a-deal-is-a-...
Three takeaways: