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Comment

07 December - 2021

The French EU Presidency from a Danish Perspective

The French EU Presidency from a Danish Perspective

Danes, including Danish politicians, tend to stop short of the Germans Alps when...

This speech was delivered by Kirsten Biering at the Conference - Countdown to the French EU Presidency - 29 November 2021....

Article

21 September - 2021

Kommissionsformand Ursula von der Leyen og SPD's Olaf Scholz. Foto Europa-Kommissionen

Difficult allies: Denmark, social democrats, and the German election

Difficult allies: Denmark, social democrats, and the German election

One should not expect members of Europe’s political families to automatically cheer for one another. Copenhagen may find...

Event

27 April - 2021

Transatlantic Relations after president Joe Biden's first 100 days

Transatlantic Relations after president Joe Biden's first 100 days

Analysis

26 August - 2020

How the frugal four could grow in number and influence

How the frugal four could grow in number and influence

Brexit has denied Denmark a regular ally in EU negotiations. Copenhagen can find new...

Brexit has denied Denmark a regular ally in EU negotiations. Copenhagen can find new friends – but it should start the hard...

Paper

02 November - 2019

Significant increase in activations of EU defence opt-out

Significant increase in activations of EU defence opt-out

Denmark’s EU defence opt-out increasingly excludes Denmark from participating in the EU’s defence and security cooperation....

Analysis

30 June - 2019

Difficulties of Enhancing the Eurozone’s Democratic Deficit

Difficulties of Enhancing the Eurozone’s Democratic Deficit

Significant disagreement in the Council exists on the nature of the European Monetary...

What is the status of the proposals put forward in the roadmap to enhance the democratic accountability of the EMU?

Book

03 June - 2019

Representative Democracy

Representative Democracy in the EU

Representative Democracy in the EU

Representative democracy is beset by a crisis of legitimacy across the world, but in Europe this crisis is compounded by the...

Paper

03 May - 2019

Who is big in Brussels?

Who is big in Brussels?

How come some small member states in the EU have more influence over policy-making than their size suggests they should have...

Paper

31 October - 2018

The Future of Schengen

The Future of Schengen

The Future of Schengen

This autumn, new controversy surrounded the Schengen border cooperation, as the Danish government decided to extend the...

Comment

13 October - 2018

The EU should increase financial coorperation

The EU should increase financial cooperation

The European Banking Supervision has passed the test

Although Denmark is not in the euro, we are probably the country that has the most interest in a stable currency and capital...

Brief

21 September - 2018

Danish ministers show up less than average at Council meetings

Danish ministers show up less than average at Council meetings

It is not always ministers that show up at meetings in the Council of the European Union. This is evident after an...

Report

12 June - 2018

Parliamentary oversight in the EMU: Stocktaking and ways forward

Parliamentary oversight in the EMU: Stocktaking and ways forward

In this report, we take stock of the effectiveness of existing national and European parliamentary oversight mechanisms...

Report

24 October - 2017

Investigation of informal trilogue negotiations

Investigation of informal trilogue negotiations

Investigation of informal trilogue negotiations

This study focuses on the use and added value, the lack of transparency and the possible democratic deficit of trilogues and...

Comment

11 August - 2017

The European Parliament’s oversight powers in economic governance

The European Parliament’s oversight powers in economic governance

The EP has largely been absent in key decision-making moments during the crisis.