| Description |
1 online resource (27 pages) |
| Series |
Clingendael report |
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Clingendael report.
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| Contents |
Introduction. -- From whole-of-government to a joined-up approach. -- The EU's three-layered quandary. -- Security and migration -- where strategy meets reality. -- Two approaches: business as usual and conflict and crisis. -- Two approaches: business as usual and conflict and crisis. -- Finding realism (and some inspiration) in models: the PCD and QDDR. -- Concluding remarks: setting priorities |
| Summary |
This Report examines the background of the EU's call for a joined-up approach to security. The main reason is clearly Europe's refugee/migration crisis, which (former European Commission President) José Manuel Barroso labels as "the most serious crisis in many years the EU is facing, probably even the most serious since the beginning of the process of European integration." If this is true, tackling the migration crisis has become an existential question for the EU, which will need to prove that it is fit for purpose. This Report outlines the main options for the EU to join up its policies, taking the current migration crisis as a (modest) case study. These conclusions will be drawn against the background of a brief examination of earlier ambitious efforts to improve policy co-ordination, both in the EU (the Policy Coherence for Development) and the US (the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review). The Report concludes that the EU may have to acknowledge that more drastic changes need to be made to avoid muddling through, resulting in disappointment. Ultimately, (coalitions of) member states need to take the lead, offering the EU the opportunity to streamline its own instruments, institutions and policies in a more depoliticised setting. If the EU itself is not "joined-up" (as an organisation), it can hardly expect to steer others (member states and third countries) towards the "coherent and comprehensive" approach it deems so necessary. This Report further concludes that the EU does not only face tough institutional challenges, but also major deep-seated problems: rising Euro-scepticism, the return of geopolitics and an enduring economic malaise. These "atmospheric" complications constitute the intricate backdrop against which the EU's joined-up approach has to be fostered today. One could argue that this puts extra pressure on the EU (as well as member states) to make it work this time around |
| Notes |
"September 2016." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Clingendael, viewed May 20, 2017) |
| Subject |
European cooperation.
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Security, International -- European Union countries -- International cooperation
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Emigration and immigration.
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European cooperation.
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| SUBJECT |
European Union countries -- Emigration and immigration
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| Subject |
European Union countries.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Nederlands Instituut voor Internationale Betrekkingen "Clingendael", author.
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