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Navigating the Early Stages of EU Law-making
It’s crucial to understand the early stages of EU law-making because this is where key decisions are made. A simple map based on my recent presentation. Continue reading
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What’s new with the EU budget?
After painstaking negotiations, the EU institutions last week concluded the mid-term revision of the EU’s long-term budget. This post looks beyond some of the headline figures. Continue reading
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From Green to Industrial Deal: How EU Priorities are shifting towards Competitiveness
This post unpacks the EU’s political shift from championing the green transition towards bolstering EU competitiveness. Continue reading
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Last chance for trilogues: Deadlines for new EU legislation before the elections
It is crunch time for the EU system to agree new legislation before the upcoming elections. The many still ongoing trilogues – negotiations between the European Parliament, Council and the Commission on new legislation – need to conclude by mid-February… Continue reading
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How to identify upcoming EU laws
It is key to understand what policy ideas the Commission is (and is not) pursuing if you want to feed in your views early in the process. This post explains how/where you can find out what the Commission is planning. Continue reading
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A simple tool to explain the EU policy process – and why you need to engage early
To influence EU policy successfully, you first need to understand how it is made. Here I share my simple visual aid to explain the policy process to non-experts. Continue reading
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How many legislative files are still under negotiation?
Continuing the theme on the EU’s current workload, I now compare the numbers of legislative files that are still waiting to be finalised prior to the European elections. Continue reading
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Has the European Parliament always been this busy before the elections?
With European elections fast approaching, the EU Institutions have entered the final sprint to adopt unfinished pieces of legislation. But is the current legislative workload higher than usual for Parliament? Continue reading
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Everyday Rule-Making by the Commission: a primer on delegated and implementing acts
A brief explanation of the key characteristics of delegated and implementing acts, some of the Commission’s key tools in everyday rule-making. Continue reading
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Learning from Masterbuilders: A review of “How Big Things Get Done”
A bit of holiday reading inspired me to write a brief review of a new book by Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner titled “How Big Things Get Done. The Surprising Factors Behind Every Successful Project, from Home Renovations to Space… Continue reading
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Fabian Bohnenberger 