With Bosnia and Herzegovina being the last Balkan state to enter Stabilization and Association process (SAA), what further steps should EU undertake in order to help facilitate post-conflict transformation processes in Balkan countries?
It is predicted that by 2050 there will be nine billion people living on planet Earth. With increasing economic well-being driving demand for agricultural commodities, how should Europe ensure domestic and international food security while at the same time protecting the environment and farmers’ livelihoods?
Considering the importance of international vehicular languages in a globalized world as well as the commitments made in the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages: How can Member States facilitate linguistic mobility while honouring the abovementioned treaty?
2015 as the European Year of Development and the target year for the UN Millennium Development Goals: How can the EU support the Least Developed Countries in reaching ambitious results regarding their youth policy?
The European Union has been largely successful at promoting and maintaining high living-standards in face of declining growth and socioeconomic challenges. However, mounting pressure from the financial crisis and its repercussions, the EU North-South competitive gap, and the rise of emerging economies puts the EU in a precarious position. How can the EU ensure sustainable living standards and global competitiveness, and what measures should be taken to tackle internal disparities of competitiveness between EU Member States?
Equal opportunities for people with disabilities as the way to ensure fundamental human rights: Which policies should be adopted in order to integrate all groups into an increasingly efficient and competitive European labour market?
With the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership high on the European and American agenda, how should the EU position itself to reach maximum gains amid unanswered political and economic questions?
The gas crisis of 2009 and Russia’s energy dominance: With the recent events in Ukraine highlighting the dangers of overdependence on imported energy, what steps can the EU take to limit its reliance on external energy sources and protect consumers from potential price shocks caused by power politics? What steps can the EU take to ensure energy security does not deteriorate already heated relations?
With an increasing number of migrants attempting to enter the EU within the last years, there is disagreement over whether the Dublin III regulation ensures an effective and humane asylum process. How should the EU protect the rights of asylum seekers whilst ensuring that Member States can cope with the influx of refugees? What measures should be taken to provide both short-term and long-term solutions?
Building European military capabilities – The Petersberg tasks: from a defined spectrum of military actions that the EU can undertake, to the Union’s global contribution on peacemaking tasks and combat forces in crisis management, how can the EU best underwrite its Common Security and Defence Policy? To what extent should this be achieved through the use of military means?