EU Reform: The View from Local Government
Serafin Pazos-Vidal
Local government in Scotland is greatly affected by the EU, with regulations and targets to implement that involve large …
European Futures
Scotland’s academic blog on Europe, from the Edinburgh Europa Institute
Prisoner Voting and the UK’s Imprisoned European Policy
Piet Eeckhout
Following this month’s EU court ruling on voting rights for prisoners, Piet Eeckhout situates the judgement in context and asse…
#ImagineEurope at the Turing Summit
Clare Llewellyn and Laura Cram
The Imagine Europe project explores how people use social media to talk about the UK’s relationship with the EU. …
The Refugee Crisis Has Challenged Europe’s Outsourcing of Migration Control
Christina Boswell
The refugee crisis in Europe should not be understood simply as a humanitarian crisis, writes Christina Boswell. Those Syr…
The European Legal Order: Beyond Inter-State Retaliation
William Phelan
The power and position of the European Court of Justice today is often attributed to its landmark rulings establishing the prim…
Changes to the UK’s EU Membership Might Require the Consent of the Scottish Parliament
Cormac Mac Amhlaigh
In-Depth Analysis
In this extended article, Cormac Mac Amhlaigh considers the implications of the UK’s EU renegotiatio…
The EU-Russia Gas Trade: A Case of Mutual Dependence
Marco Siddi
The deterioration in EU-Russia relations as a result of the crisis in Ukraine has strained the EU-Russia energy partnership, writ…
The Legal Implications of EU Withdrawal for the UK and Scotland
Tobias Lock
In-Depth Analysis
In this extended article, Tobias Lock examines the process for a Member State to leave the EU and the effects of w…
The Use of #Migrant and #Refugee on Twitter
Clare Llewellyn and Laura Cram
In discussions on the mass movement of people from the Mediterranean Basin to Europe, the choice of words can pla…
Scotland and Brexit – What Will the Euroref Campaign Look Like?
Peter Lynch
Although UK-wide referendums are not frequent, Scotland has more extensive experience with them, most recently in the independe…