The Political Economy of the EU's New Green Industrial Policy: A Framework for Analysis The European Union (EU) has recently embraced a green industrial policy to stimulate the domestic production of strategic net-zero technologies such as solar panels, wind turbines and batteries. Whil...

New in JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies

Congrats to Ruben De La Cruz, Ferdi De Ville, Simon Rogissart, and Thijs Van de Graaf on this thoughtful piece on the EU’s green industrial policy.

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'Removing the Basis of the Historic Conflict? The Downing Street Declaration and the Contested Role of European Integration in the Northern Ireland Peace Process'

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Inside the Latest Issue of Contemporary European Politics Vol. 4, Issue 1 (March 2026) A fresh brew of European politics European politics rarely slows down, but lately, it feels like it is accelerating in every direction at once. With energy, climate, security, and democracy all in flu...

New CEP: Grounds for Debate newsletter 'Inside the Latest Issue of Contemporary European Politics Vol. 4, Issue 1 (March 2026)' is out now. Check it out.

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Marriage of Love? Cross‐Fertilisation Between Illiberalism and Euroscepticism The article contributes to the conceptual mapping of the interaction between Euroscepticism and illiberalism, suggesting that there is a mutual reinforcement process between them. The overlaps cover ...

New in JCMS: Marriage of Love? by Hloušek & Havlík explores how illiberalism & Euroscepticism increasingly reinforce each other in European politics. A sharp, timely piece on sovereignty, values, & party competition.

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To Be or Not to Be a Worker: Legal Uncertainty and Precarious Employment in the European Union Precarious employment has gradually moved onto the European Union (EU) policy agenda, so far culminating in the proclamation of the European Pillar of Social Rights (the Pillar). However, the effecti....

Who counts as a “worker” in the EU? This new JCMS article looks at how legal uncertainty around that definition shapes precarious and platform work, and why it matters for access to rights.

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‘This Is Not Europe’: Investigating the Commission's Anti‐Populist Articulation of ‘European Values’ Whilst ‘populism’ is often considered antithetical to ‘European values’, how this contrast shapes the very meaning of such ‘values’ remains underexplored. This article investigates the European Commi...

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'‘This Is Not Europe’: Investigating the Commission's Anti-Populist Articulation of ‘European Values’'

or how the Commission constructs the threat of 'populism' to deflect from its own exclusionary policies and discourses

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Behind every JCMS article is a question about Europe. From how the EU works to how people experience it, JCMS brings together research that helps us understand Europe in all its complexity.

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The Agencies of the European Union: A Glimmer of Hope for Enlargement? In recent years, the process of EU enlargement has become increasingly difficult. The longer the process drags on and the less likely accession appears, the more the candidate states are discouraged ...

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How do EU agencies shape enlargement? New research by Matis Poussardin shows how they sustain engagement with candidate countries, even when accession slows.

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Promotional poster for the JCMS Annual Lecture 2026 on a red background with a blue border. The lecture is titled “Gender equality contested: institutional responses to anti-gender politics in parliament and feminist democratic innovations.” It takes place on 18 June 2026 from 9:30 to 11:00 at the CES Conference, University College Dublin, Ireland. The speaker is Professor Emanuela Lombardo (Scuola Normale Superiore). Logos for UACES, JCMS, and CES appear on the left, with a circular image of Dublin’s Ha’penny Bridge at the bottom.

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Join Prof. Emanuela Lombardo at the CES Conference in Dublin (18 June) discussing gender equality, anti-gender politics, and democratic innovation in Europe.

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Themes from JCMS. Euroscepticism = opposition to or criticism of the EU.

Hard: reject the EU/support exit
Soft: criticise policies without rejecting membership

It shapes elections, parties & integration.

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An Inconvenient Wait: Ireland's Quest for Membership of the EEC, 1957–73 – By M.J. Geary Click on the article title to read more.

From the JCMS Archives! Ireland’s path to EEC was far from straightforward, shaped by setbacks, shifting priorities, & change. As we revisit the past we are reminded; is maith an scéalaí an aimsir (time is a great storyteller).

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Queering the EU’s Foreign Policy and external relations: What does this mean and why does it matter? By Dimitris Bouris (University of Amsterdam), Saul Kenny (Article 109), Hanna L. Mühlenhoff (University of Amsterdam) In our recent article for JCMS we set ou

New on the JCMS Blog: What does it mean to queer EU foreign policy? Bouris, Kenny & Mühlenhoff explore how gender and sexuality shape the EU’s external action and why challenging these assumptions matters.

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How do stakeholders build trust in EU agencies? Jana Gómez Díaz maps trust dynamics around the European Food Safety Authority, showing regular contact with EFSA strengthens credibility and relationships.

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Call for Papers now open for the UACES Graduate Forum Research Conference 2026. Theme: Europe at a Crossroads: Integration, Identity and Power in a Fragmenting World. Find out more and submit via www.uaces.org/gf26

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Always a Norm Exporter? The Case of Animal Welfare Policy and Trade By Francesco Duina (Bates College, USA) For decades, the EU has projected its internal legal frameworks onto the world. It has done so indirectly through the

What happens when the EU’s regulatory ambitions meet trade politics? In a December JCMS blog, Francesco Duina explores how animal welfare reform & the EU-Mercosur deal reveal limits to EU regulatory power.

Read here: jcms.ideasoneurope.eu/2025/12/20/a...

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Mobilising Judicial Voices: How and Why National Courts Express Their Opinions in the Preliminary Reference Procedure – A Case Study of Czechia This article interrogates the national courts' pre-emptive opinions expressed in the Article 267 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union preliminary reference procedure from both theor...

How do national courts shape EU law before the CJEU rules? A new JCMS article explores why judges express pre-emptive opinions in preliminary references with new data from Czech courts.

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Why Europe’s Political Debates Need a Clear Voice; Introducing the CEP newsletter on LinkedIn. From migration policy to the health of democracy itself, Europe’s political landscape is facing its most complex moment in decades. Yet serious analysis often stays behind paywalls or within academic ...

It's live! Check out the first issue of our newsletter "CEP - Grounds for Debate" over on LinkedIn. We're so excited for this new chapter. Join the conversation over a coffee.

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Legitimacy and legacy of the EU’s socio-economic crisis governance during Covid-19 By Marius Guderjan (Centre for British Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) and Mario Kölling (Department of Political Science, Spanish National Distance

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Marius Guderjan & Mario Kölling revisit the EU’s Covid-19 crisis response and ask what the lasting impact of its legacy for European governance is?

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The Political Legitimacy of Multilevel Crisis Governance: The EU's Recovery and Resilience Facility European-wide crises have required extraordinary responses from the EU and its member states that affected its governance and legal framework as well as its legitimacy. The recent COVID-19 pandemic s...

Check out this great JCMS article by Guderjan & Kölling on the EU’s Recovery & Resilience Facility. It shows how the RRF drove COVID-19 recovery and green/digital reforms while limiting parliamentary and local input.

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Still polishing that abstract? You’re in luck! The deadline for proposals UACES 56th has been extended to Sunday 8th February 🎉. With 16 themed tracks + an Open Track, it’s a great chance to share research, get feedback, & connect with the European Studies community.

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The Long‐Term Effects of Populism on Foreign Policy: Berlusconi's Legacy and Its Impact on Italy's Approach to the EU and International Politics What are the long-term effects of populism on foreign policy? This aspect has not been addressed yet by the burgeoning literature on the international consequences of populism. In this contribution, ...

This JCMS article by Sandra Destradi and Emidio Diodato looks at the long-term effects of populism on foreign policy, using Italy as a case study and focusing on Silvio Berlusconi’s legacy.

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From Capital Markets Union to Savings and Investments Union: Why the EU keeps changing the story on financial integration By David Howarth (University of Luxembourg) and Lucia Quaglia (University of Bologna) Financial market integration has been a core objective of European inte

Why does the EU keep rebranding financial integration? From CMU to the new Savings & Investments Union, the policy stays largely the same but the narrative shifts to chase support. A new JCMS 'Ideas on Europe' blog unpacks why.

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Regulating Uncharted Waters: The EU Platform Work Directive Between Uncertainty, Lobbyism and Politicisation In 2024, the EU adopted a much-debated directive on improving working conditions in platform work, which aims to facilitate the correct classification of people performing platform work and regulates...

New in JCMS: @svenschreurs.bsky.social on the EU Platform Work Directive, how pressure, legal creativity & timing broke deadlock & set new rules for platform work, & what this means for EU regulatory capacity.

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Signalling Questions in the Recovery and Resilience Dialogues: What MEPs Ask When They Are Not Asking for Accountability Parliamentary questions are often seen as instruments of executive accountability. Yet in the European Parliament's (EP's) Recovery and Resilience Dialogues, many questions appear to pursue alternati...

Happy to share this newly published article in JCMS examining parliamentary questions as tools of accountability & as forms of political signalling in contested & crisis-driven contexts.

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Unequal Solidarity: Club Rules and Crisis Support in the European Polity Is European solidarity during crises due to common or close identities? Or do Europeans punish rule-breaking countries by showing them less solidarity? Research on the determinants of European solida...

New JCMS research shows EU crisis solidarity depends on rule-following, but unevenly. Rule-of-law breaches cut support, fiscal & migration rules matter less, & CEE states are punished more than founding members.

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CEP is delighted to share a new special collection exploring Ireland & the EU. Bringing together new research on Brexit, governance, identity, and Ireland’s place in Europe.

Explore the collection here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

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Like JCMS? You’ll love our sibling journal @cep-uaces.bsky.social. We focus on European integration; they bring the latest on contemporary European politics and policy. Give them a follow!

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Out of Many, Many: Variation in East Central Europe Financial Governance Despite the EU's Single Market Following the global financial crisis, European financial authorities introduced a host of new initiatives intended to advance market integration, improve the quality of bank oversight and enhance bo...

Korbel Prof @epsteinprof.bsky.social & @piroskadora.bsky.social find that European financial reform has spawned growing diversity in financial policies, with East Central Europe markets contributing significantly to EU fragmentation. What are the implications? Read more in @jcms-eu.bsky.social

The Island of Ireland and the European Union: Past, Present and Future This Special Collection explores the evolving relationship between the island of Ireland and the European Union (EU) against a backdrop of profound political, economic and geopolitical change. Brexit...

New research in Contemporary European Politics examines how Brexit & wider crises have reshaped the island of Ireland’s relationship with the EU, highlighting resilience, identity, & small-state agency.

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All in this Together? Communities of Practice in UK–EU Cybersecurity Relations Post‐Brexit and Differentiated Re‐engagement Whilst formative work on characterising UK-EU cybersecurity cooperation points to re-engagement rather than disengagement, we seek to take this as our starting point in order to build a more complex ...

Brexit did not simply weaken UK–EU cybersecurity cooperation! New research in JCMS shows how collaboration has persisted through informal networks, shared expertise, & communities of practice.

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