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Irish perspectives on European governance

Does EU coherence matter in foreign policy?

This new article challenges a key piece of conventional wisdom on EU foreign policy: Daniel C. Thomas (2012). Still Punching below its Weight? Coherence and Effectiveness in European Union Foreign Policy. Journal of Common Market Studies 50:3, 457-474. Abstract: Although scholars and practitioners have long argued that greater political coherence will make the EU a more effective international actor, the relationship between coherence and effectiveness has not been well defined or tested. Read more [...]

The EU and Fundamental Rights: Perspectives on the EU-ECHR relationship

This contribution might be of interest : The European Court of Human Rights and the Law of the European Union, Including the Charter: A Subtle Control between Adjustments of Systems and Mutual Influences The French version of this paper can be found at http://ssrn.com/abstract=2044855. It will be published in L’Union européenne et les droits fondamentaux: les nouveaux défis (The European Union and Fundamental Rights: New Challenges), Claude Blumann, Emmanuel Decaux & Jacqueline Dutheil Read more [...]