Short abstract:
How can the EU defend its economic security in a geo-economic world? Instruments like the #Anti-Coercion-Instrument and the #InvestmentScreeningFramework may provide answers, but we know little about their institutional consequences: Is the EU changing its institutional balance?
The European Union in a geo-economic world: Towards a new inter-institutional balance? The research recently published by Sophie Vanhoonacker and myself in the @jcms-eu.bsky.social is available now as a shorter blog post entry: 👇 jcms.ideasoneurope.eu/2025/10/12/t...
(2/2) Abridged abstract:👇
This article examines whether a new institutional balance is emerging in the field of EU economic security policies between Commission, Council and European Parliament. We look at the examples of the EU anti-coercion instrument and the EU investment screening framework.
Happy to share news about a recent open access article: Conzelmann, T. & Vanhoonacker, S. (2025). The European Union in a geo‐economic world: Towards a new inter‐institutional balance? Journal of Common Market Studies, Online first: doi.org/10.1111/jcms...
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Reform options for the IRM are being discussed in a recent submission by me to the Conference of State Parties: peer-reviews.info/news/
Also see the recommendations by the #UNCACCoalition on the same topic: mailchi.mp/uncaccoaliti... (3/3)
The discussion comes at a timely moment when the US is halting financial support to civil society organizations and programs, including those that focus on advancing #anticorruption and #goodgovernance.
States parties are gathering at the UNODC in Vienna to discuss reforms to the Implementation Review Mechanism (IRM) of the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). The US chair the meeting and oversee the reform process of the most important UN instrument to curb #corruption worldwide. (1/3)
Important statement from the American Bar Association, calling for the rule of law to be protected amid the flurry of changes under Trump 2.0