Written by Marcin Grajewski.
The European Political Community (EPC) held its inaugural meeting on 6 October in Prague, bringing together on an equal footing the leaders of the EU’s 27 Member States and 17 other European countries. French President Emmanuel Macron had called for the creation of the EPC after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, to serve as a forum for political dialogue and cooperation on security, stability and prosperity. Its first gathering, attended by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and British Prime Minister Liz Truss among others, focused on the war and the resulting energy crisis in many countries. The EPC will meet twice a year, meeting next in Chişinău, the capital of Moldova.
This note gathers links to recent publications and commentaries from many international think tanks on the European Political Community. Some earlier publications on European governance can be found in a previous edition of the ‘What Think Tanks are Thinking’ series.
The European (geo)Political Community: More than meets the eye?
Barcelona Centre for International Affairs, October 2022
Five takeaways from the European Political Community summit
Carnegie Europe, October 2022
The European Political Community: A successful test?
Center for Strategic and International Studies, October 2022
The European Political Community: Time to invest in the power of democracies
European Policy Centre, October 2022
Filling Europe’s geopolitical vacuum
German Council on Foreign Relations, October 2022
European Political Community meets for the first time
Polish Institute of International Affairs, October 2022
The beginning of the European Political Community
European Policy Centre, October 2022
What difference can the European Political Community make?
Foreign Policy Association, October 2022
What can the European political community achieve?
Groupe d’études géopolitiques, October 2022
Europe in a different world
Institute Montaigne, October 2022
The European Political Community: A step toward differentiated integration in Europe?
London School of Economics blog, October 2022
The UK has been given an opportunity to help shape the future of the European Political Community: It should take it
London School of Economics blog, October 2022
European Political Community: Opportunities and limitations
SETA Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research, October 2022
European summit in Prague sets agenda and isolates Moscow
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, October 2022
Macron’s ‘European Political Community’ risks two-tiered European Union
Wilson Center, October 2022
The European Political Community: A sword striking water
Voltaire Network, October 2022
Enlarging and deepening: Giving substance to the European Political Community
Bruegel, September 2022
Will the European Political Community actually be useful?
Centre for European Policy Studies, September 2022
Macron is serious about the ‘European Political Community’
Centre for European Reform, August 2022
Enlargement and a European political community
European Council on Foreign Relations, July 2022
The European Political Community: A new anchoring to the European Union
Jacques Delors Institute, May 2022
La Communauté politique européenne et la question de l’adhésion de l’Ukraine at l’Union européenne
Fondation Jean-Jaurès, May 2022
Read this ‘at a glance’ on ‘The European Political Community‘ in the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.
[…] Community – EPC) wird derzeit vielfach geschrieben (einen guten Überblick liefert die Zusammenstellung des European Parliament Research Service). Erstmals einer breiteren Öffentlichkeit bekannt wurde diese durch eine Rede Emanuel Macrons vor […]