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This policy brief looks at the potential changes to the balance of power within the Council of the European Union after Brexit, and the effect that the UK’s departure will have on the ‘Qualified Majority Voting’ mechanism that is commonly used.
Sébastien Maire will focus on a number of initiatives to address some of the physical, social and economic challenges in Paris. He will highlight how this new vision of more holistic public policy design and implementation is more efficient and relevant, both from a political and administrative perspective.
In this short article on behalf of the IIEA’s UK Group, John Temple Lang aims to provide some clarity on a number of phrases which, though widely used in the Brexit debate, are little understood, and which have caused some confusion.
This briefing recaps recent events in the Brexit debate, and analyses the options available in the aftermath of the defeat of the UK Withdrawal Agreement in the House of Commons.
A keynote address by Paschal Donohoe TD, Minister for Finance & Public Expenditure and Reform, as part of the IIEA’s series on Populism and Challenges to the Liberal Order co-hosted with Trinity College Dublin.
The IIEA hosted a special Christmas gathering of the Young Professionals’ Network, in which an expert panel reviewed the major events of 2018.
Professor Rana Mitter outlined the emergence of China as an important geopolitical actor; how Chinese engagement with Europe might look post-Brexit; and how Europe might respond.
In his address to the IIEA, Adam Price argued that Brexit and the disunity it has engendered in UK politics could be a centrifugal force for the relationships between the four countries of the United Kingdom. He argued that there is growing support for Irish unity and Scottish and Welsh independence, and proposed that planning begin for new and different unions between the Celtic nations across these islands.
On the day that The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration is formally being adopted, Michelle Klein Solomon analysed the implications and outcomes from the UN Conference in Marrakech (10-11 December). In her address to the IIEA, she discussed the leadership role that the IOM has played in developing a people-centred, balanced and forward looking global agenda on international migration.
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