News 2017
EIF activities at the "Day of Political Science" in Graz
On 1 December 2017, the three EIF researchers Henning Deters, Katharina Meissner, and Magnus Schoeller will present some their work at the "Day of Political Science" in Graz. EIF's Director Gerda Falkner, as head of the section "EU studies" of the Austrian Association of Political Science, has organised and will chair panel 2.4: "Gerichte und Parlamente in der EU-Mehrebenenpolitik". Her paper is on the ECJ and Austria - the first 20 years.
27 November 2017: Austria in a Social Europe?
EIF's Director discusses with Austria's Chancellor Christian Kern, EP's former Vice-President Othmar Karas, and two former Social Ministers of EU member states, in the frame of a conference in the Austrian National Bank initiated - inter alia - by the German Bertelsmann Stiftung. Gerda Falkner is the moderator of a panel discussion about different models for a "Social Europe".
Policy Brief published with the College of Europe in Bruges/Belgium
EIF researchers Henning Deters and Magnus Schoeller assess the likelihood of a revival of the French-German tandem: "Waiting for Merkron: The Franco-German Relationship and Eurozone Reform after the Elections" (October 2017).
New Premises
In August 2017 the EIF moved to a new address:
Apostelgasse 23 / 1st floor, 1030 Vienna.
Vienna Lecture on the European Union by Prof. Susanne K. Schmidt on 12 June 2017
Prof. Susanne K. Schmidt from the University of Bremen will hold the next Vienna Lecture on "The Court of Justice of the European Union and the EU's Policy Process". For more details please click here.
