think global act european European Think Tanks Contribution to the Trio of the French, Czech and Swedish Presidencies of the Union Fondation pour l’innovation politique Notre Europe Directed by Elvire Fabry and Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul TGAE GB.indb 3 28/04/08 12:09:56 fondation pour l’innovation politique 137, rue de l’Université | 75007 Paris – France Tel.: 33 (0)1 47 53 67 00 | Fax: 33 (0)1 44 18 37 65 E-mail: [email protected] | Website: www.fondapol.org notre europe 41, bd des Capucines | 75002 Paris – France Tel.: 33 (0)1 44 58 97 97 | Fax: 33 (0)1 44 58 97 99 E-mail: [email protected] | Website: www.notre-europe.eu 2008 – ISBN 978-2-917613-08-5 TGAE GB.indb 4 28/04/08 12:09:56 index Preface Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Jean-Claude Paye ..................................................................................................9 Think Global – Act European: Key Issues Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul, Elvire Fabry ...................................................................................................................11 part i – treaty of lisbon, democracy, budget ................................................................... 23 Treaty of Lisbon The Ratification and Implementation of the Treaty of Lisbon – What Is at Stake ? Panayiotis C. Ioakimidis – Eliamep ..................................................................................................................... 30 The Treaty of Lisbon and its Institutional Innovations Paweł Świeboda – DemosEuropa ......................................................................................................................... 35 The Investiture of the New Posts under the Treaty of Lisbon – Some Practical Reflections Sebastian Kurpas – CEPS .......................................................................................................................................... 42 The Ratification of Treaty of Lisbon – the KnownU nknown of the Troika Věra Řiháčková – Europeum .................................................................................................................................. 45 The Rotating Presidency under Passage to Post-Lisbon Rules – A Humble Task of Managing Regular Business Carl Fredrik Bergström – SIEPS ............................................................................................................................. 49 Democracy From a Europe of Projects to a Project for Europe and its Citizens Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul – Notre Europe ............................................................................................................ 55 A Call for a More Political Europe Loukas Tsoukalis – Eliamep .................................................................................................................................... 59 The Multiple Faces of Euroscepticism Catharina Sørensen – DIIS ....................................................................................................................................... 62 The Struggle for European Democracy Tereza Hořejšová – Europeum ............................................................................................................................... 66 Deliberative Democracy – Lessons from the Recent Past and Ways forward for the EU Stephen Boucher – Notre Europe ......................................................................................................................... 69 Budget Troubles Ahead – Can the EU Agree a Better Way of Negotiating its Budget? Sara Hagemann, Fabian Zuleeg – EPC .............................................................................................................. 74 TGAE GB.indb 5 28/04/08 12:09:56 Modernising the EU Budget – Strategies of Redeployment Daniel Tarschys – SIEPS .....................................................................................................................................80 Reforms of the EU budget – Towards a more or less Vigorous Process of European Integration? Jarosław Pietras – DemosEuropa ................................................................................................................. 85 The European Budget – The Right Means to Support a Project for Europe? Eulalia Rubio – Notre Europe .........................................................................................................................90 A Budget for the Future of the EU Jorge Núñez Ferrer – CEPS ...............................................................................................................................96 part ii – growth ......................................................................................................................................99 Lisbon Strategy The Trio Presidency and the Lisbon Strategy – Nothing to Do under European Skies? Peter Becker – SWP .............................................................................................................................................104 Lisbon Strategy Beyond 2010 Lukáš Pachta – Europeum ..............................................................................................................................109 Growth, Employment and Social Justice, the Lisbon Strategy Notwithstanding Nikos Koutsiaras – Eliamep ........................................................................................................................... 115 Conceiving a “Lisbon III” Beyond the Contradictions of the Existing Strategy Yann Echinard – Grenoble Universities Damien Tresallet – Fondation pour l’innovation politique ........................................................... 121 Internal Market Europe’s Future Internal Market – A Knowledge Economy without Borders? Hans Martens, Fabian Zuleeg – EPC .........................................................................................................127 Monetary Union 10 Years of EMU – What Conclusions for the Future of EMU Governance? Daniela Schwarzer – SWP ...............................................................................................................................135 Giving Europe an Economic Governance – From Inefficient Institutional Constraints to a Renewed Political Responsability Frédéric Allemand – Fondation pour l’innovation politique ........................................................ 141 European Social Vision EU Social Reality or Necessity? Maciej Duszczyk – DemosEuropa .............................................................................................................. 147 The Need for an Ambitious Social Agenda Marjorie Jouen – Notre Europe ....................................................................................................................153 TGAE GB.indb 6 28/04/08 12:09:56 part iii – justice, freedom, security......................................................................................... 159 Immigration Irregular and High-Skilled Migration – Not Such Strange Bedfellows Jakob von Weizsäcker – Bruegel .......................................................................................................................... 164 A Global Approach for Immigration Policy in Europe – Time for a Courageous Debate Elizabeth Collett – EPC ............................................................................................................................................ 169 European Migration Policy and the Labour Market – Thinking outside the Square Anna Triandafyllidou – Eliamep .........................................................................................................................174 EU Perspectives on Legal Migration and Asylum Steffen Angenendt, Roderick Parkes – SWP ................................................................................................. 180 Comments on the Commission’s “Border Package” of February 2008 Elspeth Guild, Sergio Carrera, Florian Geyer – CEPS .............................................................................. 186 Justice and Home Affairs JHA’s Challenging Path – From Amsterdam to Stockholm via Lisbon Jérôme Bacquias – EPC ............................................................................................................................................ 192 The New Politics of EU Internal Security Hugo Brady – CER ..................................................................................................................................................... 199 part iv – sustainable development .......................................................................................... 203 Energy-environment European Energy and Climate Policy – The Task of Implementing Ambitious Targets Susanne Dröge, Oliver Geden – SWP ..............................................................................................................208 20 20 by 2020 – The Commission is on the right track Simon Tilford – CER .................................................................................................................................................. 213 Reducing the Climate Change Bill Juan Delgado – Bruegel ..........................................................................................................................................220 Using Markets to Secure European Natural Gas Supplies Arno Behrens – CEPS .............................................................................................................................................. 225 CAP Health Check CAP Health Check – Prevention or Revision Needed? Tereza Svačinová – Europeum .............................................................................................................................231