Latest Blog Posts

The warning was clear over a decade ago, but Britain failed to listen.

By Monika Brusenbauch Meislová (Masaryk University, Czech Republic), Julie Smith (Cambridge University, UK) and Ed Turner (Aston University, UK) As we discuss in our recent article in the Journal of Common Market Studies, a proposed youth mobility scheme between the European Union and the United Kingdom ought to have been an easy win. After all, […]

By Thibaud Deruelle (European Society for Medical Oncology), Sandra Lavenex and Matis Poussardin (both University of Geneva, Switzerland) When we think of how the European Union (EU) extends its influence beyond its borders, we often picture trade deals or enlargement negotiations. Yet, another quieter—but no less significant—form of cooperation is unfolding through EU agencies. Working […]

The first time Europe had free movement of people, a single market, and a single currency was under the Roman Empire. The Itiner-E project, created with Google’s support, has digitally recreated the enormous 186,000-mile road network that once connected Rome’s dominion from Britain to the Balkans. People, goods, and ideas travelled freely across a continent ruled […]

By Marylou Hamm (Science Po, France / European University Institute, Italy) From the Greek debt crisis and the 2015 migration crisis to the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, the European Union has faced overlapping emergencies over the past fifteen years. These crises have tested not only financial actors and member states, but also […]

On 06 November 2025, EUHealthGov hosted Julidè Mayer for a webinar exploring the EU relations with neighbouring third countries in the area of health. Julidè Mayer is a second-year MPH student in Global Health Management and Policy at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, and has been researching EU cross-border regional cooperation in […]