Armed conflicts as the greatest cause of fundamental rights’ violations worldwide: With many having criticised the European External Action Service for lacking ambition, how should the EU use its role as a diplomatic power to contribute to peace in the world?
Fundamental rights and statelessness: With many people across Europe being stateless, how should EU Member States work towards providing a nationality and a legal identity for every individual?
Social equality and non-discrimination against minorities: With the Roma still being the most discriminated against minority in Europe, how should the EU build on its Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies to guarantee social and economic equality, access to public services, and non-discrimination of Roma?
Europe’s external wall: How should the EU respond to the perils of illegal immigration and improve living conditions for asylum holders whilst accounting for fair burden-sharing amongst Member States?
Preventing future crises: Learning from the European economic, financial and sovereign debt crises, how should the governance of the Eurozone be restructured to safeguard the European Economic Area against asymmetric shocks?
Protection of the national legal standards and the development towards a full common market: How should the EU deal with financial havens, offshore accounts and tax-avoidance regulations in its Member States?
Mental health and the quality of human lives: With the rise in the number of Europeans suffering from mental health problems, how should the EU approach insufficient treatment of patients suffering from mental illness?
Towards an integrated European Energy Market: In the light of COP21, which innovative practices should the EU introduce to ensure affordable energy for consumers across the Member States whilst maintaining sustainability?
Health care and reproductive justice: After the failed resolution on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the European Parliament, which strategy should the EU pursue to ensure that women have access to effective sexual education as well as reproductive health standards?
A right to digital identity: With EU institutions maintaining that data protection is a fundamental right, which principles should be introduced to manage customer data of companies online within and beyond the EU’s borders?
Fundamental rights in a globalised economy: After more than 10 years of prolonged free trade negotiations, how can the EU put in place a coordinated approach to facilitate international trade while ensuring human rights and self-determination in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries?
Rethinking public policies: How can the EU better contribute to the implementation of its good governance principles on local, national and European levels? Which steps should it take to combat corruption?
Preventing violations of fundamental rights by police forces: What common guidelines should the EU set to protect both the freedom of speech and public security?
A legal and practical fundamental rights safeguard for those deprived of freedom in prison facilities: Which common guidelines should the EU Member States agree on regarding detainees’ rights and freedoms, detention facilities, and social rehabilitation?
Unregulated Warfare: Which stance should the EU take on the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and how should a global agreement on common principles be developed?