Under what conditions does the European Parliament challenge international agreements?

@marinebardou.bsky.social and @tomdelreux.bsky.social show that contestation can arise even without politicisation 👇

🖇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The EP can influence international agreements by adopting resolutions.

However, the EP does not do so systematically: it chooses its battles.

In a new @jcms-eu.bsky.social article with @marinebardou.bsky.social we explain when the EP adopts resolutions.

👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...

🚢 🌍New publication for @greendealnet.eu special issue in INEA: Making waves or ripples? The influence of the European Green Deal on the revised IMO GHG strategy. rdcu.be/d7JF3

🇪🇺 Beyond formal rules, how do the European Parliament & the Commission interact when the EU negotiates international agreements ?

🌍 I find important differences between policy fields, with trade standing out.

➡️ Article in @efareview.bsky.social : doi.org/10.54648/eer...

@Marinebardou.bsky.social at UCLouvain distinguishes 6 practices + 3 types of EP-Commission interactions in negotiating int’l agreements to demonstrate the value of analysing inter-institutional dynamics, rather than focusing solely on the perspective of the EP’s assertion.

👉 tinyurl.com/47fjh82v

Happy to share my new publication on Brussels-based Think Tanks' activites and #climate change during #Brexit.

Originally part of my MA, this has been a long time coming!

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

📣 With @marinebardou.bsky.social & Thomas Laloux, we led a web scraping training with R during last week’s MethodsNET workshop in Louvain-la-Neuve!

Find all the materials (slides + exercises) for anyone interested in learning web scraping ⏩ github.com/agoutsmedt/m...

#rstats

🌍 Are you interested in international agreements negotiated by the EU?
🇪🇺 I am planning to submit a panel on the EU as a negotiator of international agreements at EUIA 2025
Panel abstract below ⬇
📑 If you are interested, send me a paper abstract (300 words max) by 30/09!
📧 marine.bardou@uclouvain.be

🌍 When it comes to international agreements, is the European Parliament an early bird or a late riser?

🇪🇺 In this article, I distinguish six patterns of EP activities, depending upon their nature, frequency and timing.

👉 Free copies here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/BUJ9H...

😶‍🌫️ Curious about the EU Emission Trading System works?

Tune into our latest podcast episode with Peter Vis & @janagheuens.bsky.social.

We explore #EUETS's role, its impact and social implications under the #GreenDeal & global carbon pricing.

👉 www.greendealnet.eu/Podcast-9-Pr...

Is the EU's Digital Markets Act about competition policy or digital sovereignty? A little bit of both, @catherinehoeffler.bsky.social and I argue in this @jeppjournal.bsky.social article. Using Neil Fligstein's political-cultural approach, we also explain why.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Want to make amazing trade routes maps?
Check out my latest video where I use the UN Comtrade database to visualize the wheat trade in 2022. You won't believe how easy it is!

Link to video: youtu.be/3FsiIqCBIrE

Please RT and give it a try! 🙌

Today, Zettlr turns 6 years old. As is customary, we have collected the achievements of 2023 and the plans for 2024 in our yearly celebration post!

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📄 New Policy Brief #Demotrans | Using Regional Products to Study Regional Representation in the European Parliament.

Check our latest policy brief on the use of parliamentary questions in the study of territorial representation.
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t.co/Xizz9T50qR