Country studies
Research project | Updated 18/04/2011 
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“It is worth remembering that nation states took centuries to emerge. Europe's history teaches us that citizens must not be rushed, they must be won over to a project and to the pooling of sovereignty necessary for the realisation of shared ambitions. And clearly it falls to the nation state to re-politicise and relaunch the democratic debate, to spell out the European project. The European Commission cannot explain the European project alone. This is a job for the governments which take decisions in the European Council.”
Jacques Delors, Combats pour l’Europe, Economica, 1996

How does the European policy of the various member states change?
By answering this question we can better understand the current dynamics of European integration, since states are an essential actor in this process. Notre Europe publishes research on member states which throws light on today's Europe. In particular it proposes country studies to accompany the six-monthly rhythm of rotating EU presidencies. These are especially interesting moments for analysis, to the extent that they encourage the government assuming the presidency to clarify its priorities in European policy and to raise its citizens' awareness of European integration.

1 - Country studies to accompany the rotating EU presidencies

Publications

Think Global - Act European

Meanwhile, the analytical work of European think tanks is increasingly seen as an essential contribution to the definition of the EU agenda. The strength of these organisations lies in their capacity to develop synergies and mutual intellectual stimulation. This is why Notre Europe has assembled a group of think tanks, whose aim is to review the forthcoming 18-month agenda of each new Trio Presidency. For each specific issue (structural reform, economic governance, energy, climate change, migration, internal security...), experts analyse both the global context and existing challenges. They then take into account the new institutional structure and put forward concrete proposals.
Every 18 months, Notre Europe collects its expert analyses and produces a new edition of the Think Global Act European report.

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2 - The dynamics of European integration in terms of national

Publications
In view
Jacques Delors: 'Superficial' Franco-German engine needs kick-start
Tribune by Jacques Delors | 07/04/2011
Exclusive interview to Eurativ, Monday April 4 2011, Brussels
See also
Images Yougoslaves : cinéma yougoslave et figures de l'Autre en Europe
Note by Laëtitia Delamare | 29/07/2010
La Yougoslavie, et plus généralement les Balkans, sont pour l’Europe occidentale un espace à la fois proche et étranger, miroir et de repoussoir. Les guerres de succession yougoslaves, dans les années 90, ont fait ressurgir l’image du Balkanique irrationnel, brutal et sanguinaire. L’image d’un Autre en Europe. A travers un parcours dans le cinéma yougoslave, Laëtitia Delamare nous invite à revisiter ces lieux communs et à redécouvrir une société complexe dont les réalisateurs yougoslaves ont admirablement dépeint la vie quotidienne et les mythes, les évolutions et les blocages, les villes et les campagnes, les espoirs et les déceptions.
Where is Gemany Heading?
Study by Timo Behr, Janis A. Emmanouilidis, Almut Möller, William E. Paterson, Daniela Schwarzer, Stefan Seidendorf, Henrik Uterwedde | 02/07/2010
Directed by Renaud Dehousse and Elvire Fabry. At a moment when Germany is the focus of much attention on the European scene, Notre Europe has turned to a series of experts who examine the changes that have taken place in Germany’s European policy. What are the current driving actors and forces? Can Germany really be considered more inward-looking than it used to be? Is this a long-term trend? Contributions have been made by German (or German-Greek) experts and are completed by a British external point of view.
What is the impact of the EU interventions at the national level?
Study by Yves Bertoncini | 17/12/2009
How much do European Union (EU) interventions influence national public policies? Does the EU intervene in a "subsidiary" way, as asserted in the Community Treaties, or is it omnipresent and omnipotent as public opinion sometimes claims? For example, is 80% of national legislation of Community origin or, to the contrary, is it a much smaller share? At a time when EU citizens have just elected their representatives in the European Parliament for the next five years, it seems more necessary than ever to try to address these questions which are essential from a policy vantage point, but which have not yet generally given rise to very precise responses.
Team
Nadège Chambon

Senior Research Fellow.
Common Agricultural Policy reform, CAP budget. 
In charge of "CAP 2013" research project and of the "Citizens' Events" .
Email: nchambon@notre-europe.eu

Elvire Fabry
Senior Research Fellow. Head of the « Think Global Act European » project.
Email: efabry@notre-europe.eu
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EU 27: How to cope with the new challenges of Agriculture and Rural Development? Prague October 2008
Seminar report by Nadège Chambon, Marjorie Jouen
04/02/2009
The CAP and the other European Policies: Peculiarities and Convergence - Brussels December 2008
Seminar report by Nadège Chambon, Peter Timmerman
13/03/2009
Which Common Policy for Agriculture and Rural Areas beyond 2013? Stockholm September 2009
Seminar report by Jonas Eriksson, Nadège Chambon
19/01/2010
How to reform CAP to improve agriculture's contribution to the Europe 2020 Strategy? Madrid June 2010
Seminar report by Sofia Fernandes, Nadège Chambon
25/11/2010