Welcome to the European Policy Institutes Network

EPIN is a network of dynamic think tanks and policy institutes focusing on current EU and European political and policy debates. It is a comprehensive network with 31 members in 27 countries, including almost all the EU member states and candidate countries. EPIN aims to contribute to the debate on the Future of Europe through up to the minute, expert analysis and commentary and through providing easy access to understanding the different national debates.

Latest news:

• 12 June 2009: New EPIN Working Paper No. 24 If citizens have a voice, who’s listening? Lessons from recent citizen consultation experiments for the European Union by Stephen Boucher >>>

• 2 June 2009: New reports published by EPIN members ahead of EP elections:
  CEPS (Brussels) published The European Parliament – more powerful, less legitimate? An outlook for the 7th legislature by Julia De Clerck-Sachsse and Piotr Maciej Kaczyński >>>
  UPI-FIIA (Helsinki) published Flags and hymns are not for Finns: An evaluation of the European elections in Finland before the fact by Aaretti Siitonen >>>

• 19 May 2009: Two EPIN members published analysis on the Czech EU Presidency:
  SIEPS (Stockholm) published The 2009 Czech EU Presidency: Contested Leadership at a Time of Crisis by David Král, Vladimír Bartovic and Věra Řiháčkova >>>
  UPI-FIIA (Helsinki) published Czech Point. Mid-Term Evaluation of an On-Going Small State Presidency by Tiia Lehtonen >>>

• 15 May 2009: New DIIS (Copenhagen) publications: The Concept of Normative Powers in World Politics by Ian Manners >>>
  The choice of candidates for the European Parliament Elections 2009: Danish parties and their procedures for selecting candidates by Mette Buskjær Christensen >>>

Ratification of the Lisbon Treaty (status as of 4 June 2009):

With the support of the European Union: Support for organisations active at European level in the field of active European citizenship.