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Policy Brief
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16 Dec, 20
The African Continental Free Trade Area: The Role of EU Support for Africa’s Historic Trade Agreement
By: Ioana Lungu
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is an exceptionally ambitious project of Pan-African integration. Currently, the conclusion of negotiations has been hindered by COVID-19, and the start of trade under the AfCFTA trade regime has been delayed. Against this background, the author of this Policy Brief analyses in which way the EU, historically one of the first supporters of the AfCFTA, can help to meet this target.
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is an exceptionally ambitious project of Pan-African integration. Currently, the conclusion of negotiations has been hindered by COVID-19, and the start of trade under the AfCFTA trade regime has been delayed. Against this background, the author of this Policy Brief analyses in which way the EU, historically one of the first supporters of the AfCFTA, can help to meet this target.
Europa Club Wien
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03 Nov, 20
A new President for the USA: a geopolitical event for Europe?
Paris Agreement, China und Russia, 5G and stability in the Middle East. Donald Trump or Joe Biden - how will the 2020 US-Election results impact Europe and the world?
Publication
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23 Oct, 20
Voices of Central and Eastern Europe – Perceptions of democracy and governance in 10 EU countries
A new report by the Slovak think tank GLOBSEC (www.globsec.org) provides comprehensive insight into public satisfaction with the functioning of democracy and governance, trust in political actors and the media and predispositions towards conspiracy theories and misinformation in ten Central and Eastern European countries. As the Austrian partner within the project, the Austrian Society for European Politics (Österreichische Gesellschaft für Europapolitik / ÖGfE) helped to analyse Austrian specific results and has compiled a country report that focuses on public opinion in the alpine country.
Event
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20 Oct, 20
TEPSA Debate: “Euroscepticism and the Future of Europe: Views from the Capitals”
What impact does Euroscepticism have on European politics and the future of Europe? How do Eurosceptic parties shape the political debate about the future of the Union? Has the COVID-19 crisis impacted how Eurosceptic parties that are in power govern? Has Euroscepticism lost or gained ground during the COVID-19 crisis?
Survey
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07 Oct, 20
ÖGfE survey: Despite the Corona crisis, approval of EU membership remains at a high level
70 percent: Austria should remain an EU member, 14 percent: Austria should leave the EU
Policy Brief
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23 Sep, 20
YouTubing Europe: Transnational Communication and Identity Formation in a European Network
By: Dennis Lichtenstein
Plans for promoting European identity on social media start from crisis diagnoses, rightly stating that the European Union suffers from deficits in public communication and a lack of European identity. This Policy Brief argues that social media can compensate for the mass media’s deficits in transnational communication within the EU. It calls on the European public service media for coordinated social media engagement and recommends the establishment of a European network on the video-sharing platform YouTube.
Plans for promoting European identity on social media start from crisis diagnoses, rightly stating that the European Union suffers from deficits in public communication and a lack of European identity. This Policy Brief argues that social media can compensate for the mass media’s deficits in transnational communication within the EU. It calls on the European public service media for coordinated social media engagement and recommends the establishment of a European network on the video-sharing platform YouTube.
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