TEPSA Newsletter April 2015 EditionEditorial

"The tragedies in the Mediterranean andthe European Neighbourhood Policy", byProf. Jaap de Zwaan, TEPSA SecretaryGeneralThe human tragedies taking place in the Mediterranean shock theworld. Recently new forms of barbarism, where immigrants werekept imprisoned in non-seaworthy boats and drowned aftercapsizing, came to light. Immediate reactions and actions areexpected, more particularly from the European Union.

EU Ministers of Foreign and Home Affairs have adopted a ten-point plan in their meeting of 20 April. This plan hasbeen confirmed at a special meeting of the European Council on Thursday 23 April. One of the agreed measuresrelates to cooperation with third countries, in particular Libya, where many people trying to flee to Europe often starttheir travel.

When referring to cooperation with third countries, the question arises whether explicit mention should not be mademore generally, of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). Indeed, ENP covers all states surrounding theMediterranean (and Eastern Europe). In this case, however, the reference obviously is to the ENP countries of theMediterranean: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel and Palestine.

The EU has for a long time - itself being preoccupied by the economic crisis - somewhat neglected its relations withthe Mediterranean countries concerned, several of them being former colonies of Member States. For a long timewe have underestimated the relevance of good relations with that neighbourhood for our own stability and security.

Now, measures to cope with the influx of immigrants coming from Africa (and Asia) could be integrated in acomprehensive and integral policy regarding these Mediterranean ENP countries. Here we may think - in the firstplace - of rescue operations and measures to combat international crime (human trafficking, corruption, fraud,blackmail and the like), but also of measures how to prevent people to leave their homes, region and country (byrendering assistance in the process of reconstruction after conflict, other forms of development aid, making ofinvestments and the like). Neighbourhood countries may also help by creating ‘safe havens’ on their own territory,where immigrants can submit their applications for asylum or, in the case in question, a residence permit, meanwhileprofiting from protection provided by the host country.

Of course we must realize that nearly all Mediterranean countries involved suffer from the consequences of the ArabSpring, now better to be referred to as an Arab Winter. Indeed, many of those countries are politically unstable andfind themselves in a vehement process of transformation. However, after a long period of neglect they anyhowrequire more attention from our side that has happened in the past.

So, there are enough reasons to integrate a discussion and, more importantly, concrete actions on - how to copewith the tragedies in the Mediterranean and the underlying problems in the countries of origin - in the broadercontext of the EU Neighbourhood Policy. In that framework all sorts of relevant measures may be discussed andadopted in a comprehensive manner: on the one hand assistance for a better system of governance/democracy andtrade arrangements/privileges for the ENP countries concerned, on the other hand common actions to combathuman trafficking and other forms of international crime.

An adequate implementation of all intentions mentioned will not only provide useful contributions to solve the

tragedies at stake, they will also serve our own interests: safety and security in Europe. Furthermore such a moreactive approach can revitalize a policy domain - ENP - which was only modestly developed during the last couple ofyears. Last but not least, it will position the European Union as a credible global player in that other part of the world,our neighbourhood.

It is up to the Commission to take first steps in this area. There is no time to lose.

Jaap W. de Zwaan

Introducing a TEPSA Member institute

Introducing Centre d'Etudes etde Recherches EuropéennesRobert Schuman (CERE)The Centre d’Etudes et de RecherchesEuropéennes Robert Schuman (CERE) is anindependent public research institution which hasbeen conducting scholarly research in the area ofinternational relations and European integration

history since 1990. The seat of the CERE is the birthplace of Robert Schuman, the founding father of the EuropeanCoal and Steal Community (ECSC). The Luxembourg Prime Minister himself, with the support of nationalresearchers, initiated the creation of the CERE as an independent research institution. Since 2013 the institute hasclosely been connected with the Ministry of Higher Education and Research. The CERE tries to form a link betweenthe academic and the public world and the realm of international political practice.

First of all, the CERE tries:

• to promote knowledge of European integration history and politics• to facilitate the publication of research results in the field of European integration history and European politics• to implement cooperation with different European political research institutes on an international level• to organize colloquia, workshops and training sessions for researchers, students and journalists with experts frompolitics, justice, economy, administration and the academia• to advise the government on any question related to international relations and European integration.

The main activities of the CERE Robert Schuman are the following ones: The CERE organizes lectures, seminarsand conferences related to international affairs. It cooperates with government institutions to provide up-to-dateindependent analysis on global political matters. It organizes scholarly events such as national and internationalconferences, seminars, roundtable discussions and presentations. It cooperates with many governmental andnon-governmental organizations from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and abroad.

The CERE library has been integrated into the National public library system BibNet. The services of the CERElibrary, a specialized library, provide public library and information services.

The CERE develops educational activities and training activities for students, teachers and journalists. A specialtraining programme is devoted to journalists from Turkey and the Balkan region. In cooperation with other Europeanand national institutions the CERE is active in the dissemination of knowledge on European integration.

The history department of the CERE focuses its research efforts on the historical development of the European steelpolicy. Furthermore, it biennially publishes the Journal of European Integration History, together with the Groupe deLiaison des Historiens auprès de la Commission Européenne.

The European policy department concentrates its research on Luxembourg’s role in the European integrationprocess. It cooperates with various research institutions in the field of International Relations, European Studies and

Security Studies. Its mission is to contribute to the European and international relations research. Thus, it is involvedin various projects with networks like Notre Europe Jacques Delors, Building Bridges of the IFRI or TEPSA. TheCERE has also contributed regularly to various TEPSA projects such as EuroWatch.

The CERE is organizing the next TEPSA presidency conference, which is to be held in Luxembourg on 4th and 5thJune 2015.

The main topics on the agenda of the pre-presidency conference will be:

• The Energy Union - European Development Year• Grexit - Brixit? Can Greece and the United Kingdom leave the European institutions?• TTIP (EU – USA) – CETA (EU – Canada) negotiations• The institutional debate, one year after the EP election• The Juncker Plan: a possible re-launch of the European economy?• European Neighbourhood policy in trouble? EU – Russia relations and the Ukraine conflict• Immigration – Integration, a new opportunity for the EU?

Tribute on the honour of John Pinder by Andrew Duff

John Pinder : Like a PilgrimJohn Pinder OBE was that rare thing: an intellectual leader in politics. A résumé of his career speaks for itself: aftermaths and economics at Cambridge – at King’s College, that of Alan Turing and Maynard Keynes – he joined up tothe Royal Artillery in 1943 and evermore kept that style of a military officer, smart, upright, patriotic andmoustachioed. Like a lot of his generation, the experience of war against fascism settled his trajectory. His firstcivilian job was as press officer to Federal Union (1950-52), at that stage an influential political force not only amongthose who were smartly engaged in constructing post-War Europe but also with those hard-pressed in managing thegradual but decisive closure of the British Empire.[1] John’s father was a professional soldier, for a timecommanding the army in the North West Frontier (Waziristan), and his family had business interests in Indian tramsand railways: making India run on time gave his son a lasting affection for travel, foreign languages and punctuality.

From 1952, Pinder joined the Economist Intelligence Unit where with others he continued to develop the hard andfast case for British membership of the European Communities. From 1964 to 1985 he was Director of the leadingsocial science think-tank in London, Political and Economic Planning (PEP) – subsequently renamed the PolicyStudies Institute (PSI). The list of publications he authored or oversaw, and the quality of those he employed isimpressive by any standards. A Pinder network grew of scholars, journalists, civil servants and politicians (of allparties) who were committed in the best sense to the goals of social justice, economic growth, democraticdeepening and internationalism.

The Pinder network, of course, did not stop at Dover. He drew especially close to the Movimento FederalistaEuropeo (MFE). With Jacques Vandamme he co-founded the Trans-European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA)in 1974, and kept up a busy schedule of teaching as Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges for thirty years(where so many of Europe’s political class sat at his feet). He served as President of the Union of EuropeanFederalists (UEF), which he loved, from 1984-90 (the Thatcher years); and he was always as active as could be inthe service of the European Movement both in the UK and internationally. Few invitations to speak or write weredeclined, and engagements accepted were fulfilled conscientiously.

From 1985 to 2008, John Pinder was the Chairman of the Federal Trust for Education and Research, founded byWilliam Beveridge in 1945. Although always shy and self-effacing, John was also soldierly bold. He would neverhesitate in calling on friends in high places – such as Roy Jenkins, Edward Heath, Altiero Spinelli and even ValéryGiscard d’Estaing – especially when he deemed them (all too often) to be lacking in zeal or consistency for theEuropean cause. His own high standards led him to expect much of others.

John Pinder was a brilliant editor of others’ works, as well as a kindly but critical mentor of those younger whom herecruited to work alongside him. His lengthy bibliography very well illustrates the rich breadth of his intellect and

politics: economist, politologue, environmentalist, historian, teacher, benefactor. And we are truly fortunate that afterhis death on 7 March at the age of 90 his writing and example are still with us – liberal, continuing and humane.

He was a very good writer, tackling complex subjects with scruple and without condescension.[2] Here he is on theTreaty of Maastricht:-

‘The question at issue is whether the powers [of the European Union] are to be exercised in common by anintergovernmental system, which is both inefficient and undemocratic, or by an effective system which respects theprinciples of democratic government, with the rule of law based on fundamental rights and with properlyrepresentative government under which representatives of the people – together with, in federal systems, therepresentatives of the states – enact the laws and control the executive. This system is based on British, more thanon any other, political philosophy. It is very sad that British governments should oppose its application to theEuropean Union where interdependence renders a new level of government necessary.’

Pinder strongly promoted the EU’s enlargement to the east as well as its democratic reinforcement. He was one ofthe first to advocate the holding of a European constitutional convention.

‘Such a procedure is a novelty for the British. Our constitution has developed in a different way. But the exercise ofpolitical power in common with our neighbours to deal with the problems of mutual interdependence has reached apoint where a constitution will be needed to ensure that it is properly controlled; and the need will become moreacute as the number and diversity of member states increases. The European constitution cannot evolve over thecenturies as the British one did. Nor should it be allowed to develop much further by the methods employed tonegotiate the Maastricht Treaty. The Treaty is a positive achievement. But it is confusing and obscure and it has notcarried the people with it. Europeans need an effective Union with a democratic structure, which must beestablished in a way that can secure the consent of the citizens. … Only thus can Europeans provide for thesecurity, prosperity and environment that they should have in the intensely interdependent Europe of the twenty-firstcentury.’[3]

In Who’s Who, John recorded his interests as ‘music, walking, foreign languages and literature’. His holidays withPauline walking in France and Italy never ceased to rejuvenate him. We can picture him thoughtfully trudging on, inhigh spirits like a pilgrim, with stubborn perseverance towards a destination becoming ever clearer and nearer.

Andrew Duff

Director of the Federal Trust, 1993-99

Member of the European Parliament, 1999-2014

President of the Union of European Federalists, 2008-13

[1] See John Pinder & Richard Mayne, Federal Union: The Pioneers, 1990.

[2] See for example John Pinder, The European Union: A Very Short Introduction, 2001.

[3] Andrew Duff, John Pinder & Roy Pryce (Eds), Maastricht and Beyond: Building the European Union, 1994, pp.283 & 285.

News from TEPSA Secretariat

TEPSA Pre-PresidencyConference in Luxembourg,4-5 June 2015

Luxembourg will hold the Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the second half of 2015. In thiscontext, the Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Européennes Robert Schuman, the Luxembourg TEPSA member,

will organize the next TEPSA Pre-Presidency Conference to be held in Luxembourg city onThursday 4th and Friday5th June 2015. Please find the draft programme here.

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New Intern at TEPSANicolas Boblin is part of TEPSA team since April 2015. He contributes to the organisation ofconferences and meetings, provides assistance in editing reports, newsletters and publications,supports in the preparation of tender applications for EU institutions and other funds and isregularly in contact with the European Institutions. Holding a Master’s …

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News from TEPSA Projects

THESEUS Summer School2015 in Brussels, 22-26 June2015

The THESEUS Summer School 2015 on “Justice, Security and Liberty: Conflicting Goals?” will take place on the22-26 June 2015, at the Fondation Universitaire, in Brussels. It aims to promote interdisciplinary and internationalnetworks among a new generation of Europeans, each year the THESEUS Summer School looks for 25 excellentyoung professionals and researchers to discuss European challenges with high-level experts and decision makers.THESEUS is a well-established …

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PADEMIA AnnualConference in Brussels,2-3 July 2015PADEMIA – Erasmus Academic Network onParliamentary Democracy in Europe willhold its Second Annual Conference inBrussels on 2-3 July 2015. The motivation ofPADEMIA is to establish a Europe-wide andsustainable network of 56 academics from 31 countries to promote research and teaching in reaction to growingEuropean demands to study parliamentary democracy in Europe. PADEMIA seeks to enhance …

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News from TEPSA Member Institutes

News from the Centre International de Formation Européenne (CIFE)CIFE invites interested candidates to apply for its Master programme in EU studies and international relations

starting in October 2015. The concept of this international, multilingual programme is an itinerant one: Participantschange study location and live in three different cities over the academic year. Candidates can apply for …

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News from the College ofEurope (Bruges)The College of Europe in Bruges wouldhereby like to invite paper proposals for aninternational conference on “Theorizing theEuropean Neighbourhood Policy” which will

take place on 17-18 September 2015. The conference, which is supported by the European Commission, aims tocontribute to …

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News from the Finnish Institute of International AffairsDirector Tiilikainen has been appointed to an eminent panel. FIIA’s Center for US Politics and Power will organise its2nd Summer Session in September. Meanwhile, FIIA has taken on projects on German foreign policy andEuro-Mediterranean Partnership. Teija Tiilikainen appointed to an OSCE panel on European security. Director TeijaTiilikainen takes part in the OSCE Panel of Eminent Persons on …

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News from the Institute ofInternational Relations,Prague

We are looking for a Senior Research Fellow in International Law by 30 April 2015. More specifically, the IIR isseeking to appoint one full-time or two part-time research fellow(s). The position would be held within the IIR Centrefor International Law, which the Institute intends to establish. The principal duty …

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News from the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)IAI has joined the European Security Forum, a new EU security and defence initiative focused on strategic securitychallenges and foreign policy issues likely to affect the EU in the years ahead (http://www.security-round-table.eu/esrt/focus/event/2015/ESF-2014.php). IAI and partners have launched a new "GTE Question of the Month" featureas part of the Global Turkey in Europe publication series on Turkey's evolving relationship …

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News from the Institute forDevelopment andInternational Relations(IRMO) ZagrebA debate on the future of the European Union was organised in Zagreb IRMO and the Initiative New Pact for

Europe, under the auspices of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (HAZU) on the 8 April 2015. Alongrepresentatives of the Academy and IRMO, the event was attended by Croatian Members of the EuropeanParliament, Members of Croatian …

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Upcoming events at TEPSA Member Institutes

Upcoming events at the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), April-May2015On the 29th of April 2015, in Rome, the IAI will organized the France-Italy Strategic Forum, a conference on "theprojection to the South of Europe (from Maghreb to Sub Saharan Africa)" (http://www.iai.it/en/node/3969 (theconference); http://www.iai.it/en/ricerche/france-italy-strategic-forum (the Forum)). On the 4th of May 2015, in Rome,the IAI will organized the International conference “EU and its neighbours: charting the way forward”, …

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Conference on “The EUand China: Reform andGovernance”, College ofEurope (Bruges), 4-5 May2015

On 4-5 May 2015 the EU-China Research Centre and the InBev-Baillet Latour Chair of European Union-ChinaRelations at the College of Europe will organise a conference on “The EU and China: Reform and Governance”. Theconference will be hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee (4 May 2015) and the EuropeanParliament (5 May 2015) in Brussels. …

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Public Lecture on "A SecureEurope in a Better World", at theInstitute of InternationalRelations, Prague, 6 May 2015A public lecture with a subsequent discussion on thetopic "A Secure Europe in a Better World?" will takeplace on the 6th of May 2015 at the Institute of International Relations in Prague. The Centre for European Securityof the Institute of International Relations cordially invites you to a public discussion on the future of security inEurope with J. Peter Burgess, Research Professor, Peace Research Institute Oslo …

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Conference on "An Evolving EU Engaging aChanging Mediterranean Region" at the Institute forEuropean Studies of the University of Malta, 12 May

2015On the 12th of May, the Institute for European Studies of the University of Malta willorganize the third Jean Monnet chair conference called "An evolving EU engaging achanging Mediterranean region". This conference is supported by EU Life LongProgramme and will take place Dar l-Ewropa in Valetta from 8.30 to 17.15 (including

standing lunch and coffee breaks). To …

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Symposium called "A European commongood" organised by the "CentreInternational de Formation Européenne"(CIFE), 21-22 May 2015In the framework of its research department activities, CIFE isorganising a symposium in Brussels, on the 21st and 22nd of May,on the question of a "European Common Good". Asking thisquestion has become topic since the financial, economic,"sovereign" debt crisis and ensuing disputes over the purpose of European "togetherness" arose. The symposiumwill contribute to clarify how …

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20th Annual Conferenceon “Security architecture inthe CEE: present threatsand prospects for

cooperation”, Central European Political Science Association, Vilnus,25-26 September 2015On 25-26 September 2015, the Central European Political Science Association in cooperation with the Institute ofInternational Relations and Political Science (IIRPS) and the Lithuanian Political Science Association will host amajor conference in Vilnius, entitled Security architecture in the CEE: present threats and prospects for cooperation.The conference will be organized with the aim to mark the remarkable transition of …

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Past events at TEPSA Member Institutes

Past events at the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), January-April 2015On the 14th of April 2015, in Rome, the IAI organized the second event jointly organised by IAI and Luiss on "Whichrole for the EU in international relations? Understanding the post-Lisbon foreign policy at times of change"(http://www.iai.it/sites/default/files/iai-luiss_150414.pdf (programme)). On the 9th of April 2015, in Rome, Mr. BekimÇollaku, Minister of European Integration of the Republic of Kosovo …

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Lecture on “RussianForeign Policy, Ukraine'sEuropeanization and theEU's Eastern PartnershipProgram: Lost In

Translation?”, College of Europe (Natolin), 15 April 2015On 15 April 2015, the Natolin (Warsaw) campus of the College of Europe hosted the second ENP Chair GuestLecture of 2015, which deals with the current war in Ukraine in light of EU and Russian foreign policy …

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Past events at the Elcano RoyalInstitute, February-March 2015On the 23rd of March 2015, a seminar on “Illicitfinancial flows” was organised by the Center forGlobal Development (CGD) and the Elcano RoyalInstitute, the seminar has discussed the draft of anew CGD paper entitled: "Illicit financial flows: Policyresponses in Europe and implications for developingcountries" written by Iliana Olivié and Aitor Pérez, analysts at the Elcano …

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Past events at the Institute of InternationalRelations, Prague, February 2015The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic in cooperation with theCentre for European Security of the Institute of International Relationsorganized a lecture with a subsequent discussion with H.E. Ahmet Üzümcü,the Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of ChemicalWeapons. The topic of the lecture was “What made the Organisation for theProhibition of Chemical Weapons successful?”. The lecture dealt with thework of the OPCW in Syria, but it also touched upon …

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Publications from TEPSA Member Institutes

Publications from the Istituto AffariInternazionali (IAI), January-March2015Five new reports on European Union by the Istituto AffariInternazionali

Maria Giulia Amadio Viceré, Beyond the

Intergovernmental-Supranational Divide in EU Foreign Policy: Insights from Kosovo, (IAI Working Papers15|01) January 2015, 21 p.

Because of the intergovernmental nature of EU foreign policy, the role of the European Commission in EU externalaction is often considered …

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Publications from the Elcano Royal Institute, February-April 2015Mario Esteban and Miguel Otero-Iglesias. What are the prospects for the new Chinese-led Silk Road and AsianInfrastructure Investment Bank? ARI 23/2015 - 17/4/2015.

The new Silk Road is the most ambitious international initiative yet to be launched by the Chinese President, XiJinping. This policy has many strands, one of the most prominent being the creation of the Asian …

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Publications at the Centre International deFormation Européenne (CIFE)Latest Publications at CIFE Policy Papers

Ryszard Piaseck, « Formal and Informal Institutions andEconomic Development - comparative research », Policy PaperN. 14 bit.ly/PaperPiasecki

George N. Tzogopoulos, « The New Phase of the Greek Drama »by , Policy Paper n. 13 bit.ly/NewPhaseGreekDrama

Hartmut Marhold, « The Juncker-Plan - a New Paradigm? », Policy Paper n. 13 http://bit.ly/Marhold_JunckerPlan

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Publications from the College of Europe (Natolin), 2015-2016Dimitris Bouris, The Vicious Cycle of Building and Destroying: the 2014 War on Gaza, Mediterranean Politics,Vol. 20, Issue 1, 2015.

Dimitris Bouris, Peace should be enforced before negotiated: It's time for a paradigm shift in EU policiestowards the Israel-Palestine conflict, Middle East Monitor, Wednesday, 01 April 2015. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/articles/guest-writers/17820-peace-should-be-enforced-before-negotiated

Tobias Schumacher, Cristian Nitoiu, Russia’s Foreign Policy towards …

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Publications from theFinnish Institute ofInternational Affairs, 2015

Timo Behr and Teija Tiilikainen (eds.), Northern Europe and the Making of the EU’s Mediterranean and MiddleEast Policies, Ashgate 2015.

Rosa Balfour, Caterina Carta, Kristi Raik (eds.), The European External Action Service and National ForeignMinistries: Convergence or Divergence, Ashgate 2015.

Juha Käpylä and Harri Mikkola, On Arctic Exceptionalism: Critical reflections in the light of the Arctic Sunrisecase …

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Publications from the Institute for European Studies, University ofMaltaThe Institute is pleased to announce the publication of two new papers in the 'A Decade of EU Membership' seriesexploring the first ten years of Malta's membership of the EU:

Dr Mario Thomas, The Europeanisation of Maltese Interest Groups: A Comparative Study After the FirstDecade of EU Membership

Dr Philip von Brockdorff and Gaetano Buttigieg, Sectoral Impact: An Insight into How the Maltese Dairy SectorAdapted to EU Membership.

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Public Consultation, by the European Commission

"Towards a new EuropeanNeighbourhood Policy""Towards a new European Neighbourhood Policy"Article 8 of the Treaty on European Union states that'the Union shall develop a special relationship withneighbouring countries, aiming to establish an area ofprosperity and good neighbourliness, founded on thevalues of the Union and characterized by close and peaceful relations based on cooperation'. The EuropeanNeighbourhood Policy (ENP) was designed …

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