Commentaries and policy papers - ARENA Centre for European Studies

Analysis: Retreating from Europe: Rise and Fall of Political Ideologies in the 2009 European Election Campaign in Hungary

Maria Heller and Borbála Kriza, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest

Policy paper: Raging streets - Waking up to reality: Global street protest or a sign of democracy crisis?

Petra Guasti, Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz

Policy paper: The European crises in 10 points (and one mystical vision)

Agustín José Menéndez, University of León

Editorial: The Euro area after another crisis summit: ignore the elephant in the room at your peril

Waltraud Schelkle, European Institute, London School of Economics

Policy paper: The Triple Democratic Crisis of the European Union

Agustín José Menéndez, University of León

Commentary: Half Full not Half Empty: Europe in the Financial Crisis

David Mayes, University of Auckland

Policy paper: Democratic Surveillance or Bureaucratic Suppression of National Sovereignty in the European Union? Ideas on the Multilateral Surveillance Regulation

Stefan Collignon, Sant' Anna School for Advanced Studies

Policy paper: Europe’s Economic Government: Or How to Use the Treaty for More Effective Economic Coordination in the Euro Area?

Stefan Collignon, Sant' Anna School for Advanced Studies

The European malaise

Stefan Collignon, Agustín J. Menéndez and Mark N. Franklin examine the financial crisis in Europe and criticise European leaders and governments for lack of political will and leadership. It is suggested that the crisis is caused by European leaders failure to act in the collective interests of European citizens, and that this has negative implications for the European Union’s democratic legitimacy.

Policy memo: Minding the Gap

Yvonne Galligan, The Centre for Advancement of Women in Politics, and Sara Clavero, Queen's University Belfast, examine how gender democracy is being supported in Europe. Their study of two gender-related directives illustrates the potential for enhancing gender democracy through attention to the principles of deliberative democracy.