Jofre M. Rocabert

Articles de cet auteur (11)

The three challenges of the Ukranian transition

The multitude that took the center of Kiev months ago has returned to their daily lives, and the political phase that now begins will show if their fight has really transformed the country. This brief transition that Ukraine is in makes for a good time to think about the major fronts it must (…)

samedi 3 mai 2014

The handicapped convergence of European social policy

In the 90s, when European integration was a happier idea and journalists were busy predicting where it would take us instead of how to save it, some officials started to think about the possibilities of bringing to the European level a very national policy sector, this is social policy. At the (…)

jeudi 4 octobre 2012

On Steiner’s « The Idea of Europe »

What is it that makes European culture different from the cultures it is made of ? Among many other things, one of the most distinct features of European culture in today’s Europe is that it’s mostly self-made. Unlike one’s mother culture, which is acquired by socialization during early (…)

mercredi 4 mai 2011

Union européenne : du consensus à l’indifférence

Même si la force du Traité de Lisbonne a été mise en doute après la crise de l’Eurozone, ce rescapé de la défunte Constitution apporte des éléments positifs qui pourraient bien donner l’impulsion nécessaire à un gain de légitimité de la gouvernance européenne. L’un de ces éléments est le pas (…)

lundi 11 avril 2011

From Consensus to Irrelevance

Even if the strength of the Lisbon treaty has been casted in doubt after the eurozone crisis, this survivor of the frustrated constitution brings in positive elements that might give a necessary impulse to the legitimacy of European governance. One of these elements is the definitive step that (…)

lundi 7 février 2011

New government in Ukraine : pro-Russian or pro-European ?

After the presidential elections in February, Ukraine has started a new chapter in its relations with the European Union (EU). Last Monday the EU-Ukraine annual summit ended with considerable progress, although president Viktor Yanukovych is depicted as pro-Russian. Much has been said about (…)

dimanche 28 novembre 2010

Iceland and EU accession options

Last February Iceland received the positive opinion of the European Commission, and is likely to become the 28th member state as soon as 2011. The island knocked at Europe’s door looking for financial stability, but it’s social and political system might drive it to be one of the most Europhobic (…)

mardi 16 novembre 2010

The Road after Lisbon

Less than a year after the ratification of the latest EU treaty, the never-ending story of the European ‘constitutionalisation’ seems to have entered a new chapter. Scholars and national governments have started to analyse the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty, but yet without much result. The (…)

mardi 5 octobre 2010

International Court of Justice : Kosovo ruling

A month ago, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered an advisory opinion on Kosovo’s declaration of independence. It was titled Accordance with international law of the unilateral declaration of independence in respect of Kosovo, and had been requested by the UN General Assembly two (…)

dimanche 12 septembre 2010

International Climate Policy Post-Copenhagen : what role for the EU ?

After the Copenhagen failure, the EU has to set up a new strategy and find the tools to translate his soft power into effective international pressure. The wasted big chance The United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Copenhagen last December was presented as the most important (…)

mardi 4 mai 2010

Ashton’s External Action Service : the first draft

During March 2010, Catherine Ashton, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy finally presented the proposal for “establishing the organisation and functioning of the European External Action Service” (EEAS) to the Council . As previously highlighted by (…)

samedi 10 avril 2010