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Analysis

In this section we regularly publish short commentaries, analyses and briefing papers by UCL’s research staff on current debates and future challenges concerning the EU and Europe.

Translated version of Expresso interview with Albert Weale

EU governance and reform

06/2012
 EU reforms call for new approach to referendums
Ronan McCrea (UCL Laws)
05/2012 The worrying inevitability of EU intergovernmentalism
Olaf Cramme (Policy Network)

EU Public Policy

European Monetary Union and the Eurozone Crisis

05/2012 Steering Clear of the Euro Precipice
Yannos Papantoniou, former Greek Economy and Finance Minister, President of the Center for Progressive Policy Research.
03/2012 The Problems of European Monetary Union - Asymmetric Shocks or Asymmetric Behaviour?
Andrea Boltho (Magdalen College, Cambridge)
Wendy Carlin (UCL Economics)
09/2011 10 Questions about the Eurozone Crisis and whether it can be solved
Wendy Carlin (UCL Economics)

European Citizenship

Social Europe

04/2012 Reviving the ‘Social Europe’ Myth – from Ring of Gyges to European Prometheus
Nicola Countouris (UCL Laws), Mark Freedland FBA (Oxford)

French Presidential Elections 2012

04/2012 Analysis: First round of French Presidential Elections
Philippe Marlière (UCL French)
04/2012 France grows tired of Nicolas Sarkozy, its half-baked president
Philippe Marlière (UCL French)
04/2012 Jean-Luc Mélenchon's policies are no far-left fantasy
Philippe Marlière (UCL French)
04/2012 Pre-Election Analysis: Politics, Populism and Le Pen
Summary of expert panel debate and filmed interviews

Research Policy on European Cultural Heritage

03/2012 Declaration on the Joint Programming Initiative 'Cultural Heritage and Global Change: A New Challenge for Europe
May Cassar (UCL Centre for Sustainable Heritage)
Uta Staiger (UCL European Institute)

Václav Havel

12/2011 Reflections on the Death of Václav Havel: Havel Today
Tim Beasley-Murray (UCL SSEES)

Britain and Europe

 12/2011 Britain and Europe
Jack Straw (Visiting Professor, UCL School of Public Policy)
 10/2011 England Looking Outwards in the 16th and 17th centuries
Helen Hackett (UCL English)

Liberalism in Europe

08/2011 A Liberal Crisis in Europe?
Richard Bellamy (UCL School of Public Policy)

The Future of Healthcare in Europe

01/2012
 The Future of Healthcare in Europe - Meeting future challenges: key issues in context
UCL Policy Briefing
 05/2011 High-quality, comprehensive and without barriers to access?
Albert Weale, Sarah Clarke (UCL School of Public Policy)
  Pharmaceutical cost-control
Jonathan Wolff (UCL Philosophy)
  Social determinants of Health in Europe
Sir Michael Marmot, Ruth Bell, Peter Goldblatt (UCL Epidemiology and Public Health)
  Overview and powerpoint presentations
Combined resources available here

The European Court of Human Rights

02/2011 Disinformation - The ECtHR under attack in the UK?
Başak Çalı (UCL School of Public Policy)
  ECHR - Bringing Home the Facts
Richard Bellamy (UCL School of Public Policy)

Multiculturalism

02/2011 Cameron's Multiculturalism
Cécile Laborde (UCL School of Public Policy)

Religion and Secularism

12/2010
 Europe, without the Candles
François Guesnet (UCL Hebrew and Jewish Studies)

German Unification

10/2010
 Unified Germany 20 Years On
Mary Fulbrook (UCL German)