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🤔 What strategies can help reduce political polarisation in Europe?
If this question gets you thinking, then enter our #ActEU student paper contest!
Write a short essay and get a chance to be invited to Brussels 🇧🇪 to attend the project's final conference 🏆
More info 👉 tinyurl.com/ActEUPaper
If this question gets you thinking, then enter our #ActEU student paper contest!
Write a short essay and get a chance to be invited to Brussels 🇧🇪 to attend the project's final conference 🏆
More info 👉 tinyurl.com/ActEUPaper
Central Europe has been a frontrunner in the rise of #populism in Europe 👉 Why? Find out in our latest TEPSA Animated Explainer in collaboration with the #ActEU project.
Watch it on YouTube 🔗 youtu.be/qQKiMoWRyk4
@iirprague.bsky.social
Watch it on YouTube 🔗 youtu.be/qQKiMoWRyk4
@iirprague.bsky.social
Why is POPULISM widespread in Central Europe? | TEPSA Animated Explainer
YouTube video by Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA)
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Central Europe has been a frontrunner in the rise of #populism in Europe 👉 Why? Find out in our latest TEPSA Animated Explainer in collaboration with the #ActEU project.
Watch it on YouTube 🔗 youtu.be/qQKiMoWRyk4
@iirprague.bsky.social
Watch it on YouTube 🔗 youtu.be/qQKiMoWRyk4
@iirprague.bsky.social
In his contribution to our latest Experts' Debrief, Giacomo Benedetto focuses on the issue of #flexibility - the possibility for the next Multiannual Financial Framework to respond to unexpected needs.
Read the full text here ➡️ tepsa.eu/policy-advic...
@royalholloway.bsky.social
Read the full text here ➡️ tepsa.eu/policy-advic...
@royalholloway.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 10:02 AM
In his contribution to our latest Experts' Debrief, Giacomo Benedetto focuses on the issue of #flexibility - the possibility for the next Multiannual Financial Framework to respond to unexpected needs.
Read the full text here ➡️ tepsa.eu/policy-advic...
@royalholloway.bsky.social
Read the full text here ➡️ tepsa.eu/policy-advic...
@royalholloway.bsky.social
Is scepticism good for #democracy? 👉 We asked
@csic.es's Laura Morales in our latest #ActEU explainer
🔗 youtu.be/CqsN86EgIx8
@cchscsic.bsky.social
@csic.es's Laura Morales in our latest #ActEU explainer
🔗 youtu.be/CqsN86EgIx8
@cchscsic.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Is scepticism good for #democracy? 👉 We asked
@csic.es's Laura Morales in our latest #ActEU explainer
🔗 youtu.be/CqsN86EgIx8
@cchscsic.bsky.social
@csic.es's Laura Morales in our latest #ActEU explainer
🔗 youtu.be/CqsN86EgIx8
@cchscsic.bsky.social
Citizens' frustration towards #democracy is growing 👉 Why are people losing faith in the democratic system?
Find out in our latest #TEPSAExplainer with #ActEU Researcher Laura Morales ⤵️
Watch the full video 🔗 youtu.be/CqsN86EgIx8
@csic.es @cchscsic.bsky.social
Find out in our latest #TEPSAExplainer with #ActEU Researcher Laura Morales ⤵️
Watch the full video 🔗 youtu.be/CqsN86EgIx8
@csic.es @cchscsic.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Citizens' frustration towards #democracy is growing 👉 Why are people losing faith in the democratic system?
Find out in our latest #TEPSAExplainer with #ActEU Researcher Laura Morales ⤵️
Watch the full video 🔗 youtu.be/CqsN86EgIx8
@csic.es @cchscsic.bsky.social
Find out in our latest #TEPSAExplainer with #ActEU Researcher Laura Morales ⤵️
Watch the full video 🔗 youtu.be/CqsN86EgIx8
@csic.es @cchscsic.bsky.social
📢 Do you want to win a FREE copy of “The United States and the Future of Europe: Vies from the Capitals?” 🤩 Head over to our Instagram and enter our prize draw!
Follow the instructions in our pinned post – good luck! 🍀
👉 www.instagram.com/reel/DQwIpTu...
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Follow the instructions in our pinned post – good luck! 🍀
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November 21, 2025 at 10:43 AM
📢 Do you want to win a FREE copy of “The United States and the Future of Europe: Vies from the Capitals?” 🤩 Head over to our Instagram and enter our prize draw!
Follow the instructions in our pinned post – good luck! 🍀
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@oegfe.bsky.social
Follow the instructions in our pinned post – good luck! 🍀
👉 www.instagram.com/reel/DQwIpTu...
@oegfe.bsky.social
Happening tomorrow ⏰ "Portugal e as relações transatlânticas: uma ponte entre os EUA e a Europa”, an in-person discussion on Portugal's relations with the US 🇵🇹🇺🇸
🗓️ 21 November, 15:00 WET
📍 University of Lisbon
🗣️ In Portuguese
Find out more here 👉 tepsa.eu/events/portu...
🗓️ 21 November, 15:00 WET
📍 University of Lisbon
🗣️ In Portuguese
Find out more here 👉 tepsa.eu/events/portu...
November 20, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Happening tomorrow ⏰ "Portugal e as relações transatlânticas: uma ponte entre os EUA e a Europa”, an in-person discussion on Portugal's relations with the US 🇵🇹🇺🇸
🗓️ 21 November, 15:00 WET
📍 University of Lisbon
🗣️ In Portuguese
Find out more here 👉 tepsa.eu/events/portu...
🗓️ 21 November, 15:00 WET
📍 University of Lisbon
🗣️ In Portuguese
Find out more here 👉 tepsa.eu/events/portu...
"From great expectations to hard times?" 👉 In their contribution to our Experts' Debrief, Marco Nicolich and Harm van de Plassche consider whether the next #MFF has what it takes to be a 'Hamiltonian moment' for Europe.
Read it here 🔗 tepsa.eu/policy-advic...
Read it here 🔗 tepsa.eu/policy-advic...
November 20, 2025 at 10:29 AM
"From great expectations to hard times?" 👉 In their contribution to our Experts' Debrief, Marco Nicolich and Harm van de Plassche consider whether the next #MFF has what it takes to be a 'Hamiltonian moment' for Europe.
Read it here 🔗 tepsa.eu/policy-advic...
Read it here 🔗 tepsa.eu/policy-advic...
🤔 What strategies can help reduce political polarisation in Europe?
If this question gets you thinking, then enter our #ActEU student paper contest!
Write a short essay and get a chance to be invited to Brussels 🇧🇪 to attend the project's final conference 🏆
More info 👉 tinyurl.com/ActEUPaper
If this question gets you thinking, then enter our #ActEU student paper contest!
Write a short essay and get a chance to be invited to Brussels 🇧🇪 to attend the project's final conference 🏆
More info 👉 tinyurl.com/ActEUPaper
November 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
🤔 What strategies can help reduce political polarisation in Europe?
If this question gets you thinking, then enter our #ActEU student paper contest!
Write a short essay and get a chance to be invited to Brussels 🇧🇪 to attend the project's final conference 🏆
More info 👉 tinyurl.com/ActEUPaper
If this question gets you thinking, then enter our #ActEU student paper contest!
Write a short essay and get a chance to be invited to Brussels 🇧🇪 to attend the project's final conference 🏆
More info 👉 tinyurl.com/ActEUPaper
🇪🇺🇺🇸 ‘If Europe wants to effectively make it through the next three years (or more) and build genuine strategic autonomy, it must start fighting back against Trump’s main instrument of influence in Europe: the political far right.’ 📃
A TEPSA Commentary by Samuel Dempsey 👇
tepsa.eu/analysis/eur...
A TEPSA Commentary by Samuel Dempsey 👇
tepsa.eu/analysis/eur...
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
🇪🇺🇺🇸 ‘If Europe wants to effectively make it through the next three years (or more) and build genuine strategic autonomy, it must start fighting back against Trump’s main instrument of influence in Europe: the political far right.’ 📃
A TEPSA Commentary by Samuel Dempsey 👇
tepsa.eu/analysis/eur...
A TEPSA Commentary by Samuel Dempsey 👇
tepsa.eu/analysis/eur...
Reposted by Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA)
Democracy Retreat Highlights: Youth activism is helping shape EU policies, but tokenism, underrepresentation and funding cuts block progress.
What’s needed? Lower voting ages, real power-sharing, early civic education and new governance models!
Learn more 👉 nets4dem.eu/democracy-re...
What’s needed? Lower voting ages, real power-sharing, early civic education and new governance models!
Learn more 👉 nets4dem.eu/democracy-re...
November 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Democracy Retreat Highlights: Youth activism is helping shape EU policies, but tokenism, underrepresentation and funding cuts block progress.
What’s needed? Lower voting ages, real power-sharing, early civic education and new governance models!
Learn more 👉 nets4dem.eu/democracy-re...
What’s needed? Lower voting ages, real power-sharing, early civic education and new governance models!
Learn more 👉 nets4dem.eu/democracy-re...
Democracies are not living up to citizens' expectations 👉 Why? #ActEU Researcher Laura Morales tells us more in our latest Explainer
🔗 youtu.be/CqsN86EgIx8
@csic.es @cchscsic.bsky.social
🔗 youtu.be/CqsN86EgIx8
@csic.es @cchscsic.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Democracies are not living up to citizens' expectations 👉 Why? #ActEU Researcher Laura Morales tells us more in our latest Explainer
🔗 youtu.be/CqsN86EgIx8
@csic.es @cchscsic.bsky.social
🔗 youtu.be/CqsN86EgIx8
@csic.es @cchscsic.bsky.social
The U.S. has been a key strategic partner for Romania during difficult times, yet how does the situation stand in 2025, with a conflict nearby?
➡️Check out the chapter on 🇷🇴-🇺🇸 relations of our book 🔗
tepsa.eu/book-on-the-...
@oegfe.bsky.social @sfu.ac.at @unidue.bsky.social
➡️Check out the chapter on 🇷🇴-🇺🇸 relations of our book 🔗
tepsa.eu/book-on-the-...
@oegfe.bsky.social @sfu.ac.at @unidue.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The U.S. has been a key strategic partner for Romania during difficult times, yet how does the situation stand in 2025, with a conflict nearby?
➡️Check out the chapter on 🇷🇴-🇺🇸 relations of our book 🔗
tepsa.eu/book-on-the-...
@oegfe.bsky.social @sfu.ac.at @unidue.bsky.social
➡️Check out the chapter on 🇷🇴-🇺🇸 relations of our book 🔗
tepsa.eu/book-on-the-...
@oegfe.bsky.social @sfu.ac.at @unidue.bsky.social
📸 A look back at our Secretary-General Jim Cloos' address at @cyprusineu.bsky.social.
💡 It provided a valuable opportunity to share his personal experience of the Council of the European Union and to engage with diplomats on the upcoming Cypriot Presidency.
#CY2026EU
💡 It provided a valuable opportunity to share his personal experience of the Council of the European Union and to engage with diplomats on the upcoming Cypriot Presidency.
#CY2026EU
November 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
📸 A look back at our Secretary-General Jim Cloos' address at @cyprusineu.bsky.social.
💡 It provided a valuable opportunity to share his personal experience of the Council of the European Union and to engage with diplomats on the upcoming Cypriot Presidency.
#CY2026EU
💡 It provided a valuable opportunity to share his personal experience of the Council of the European Union and to engage with diplomats on the upcoming Cypriot Presidency.
#CY2026EU
As the Netherlands is currently working on forming a new centrist-led government, how should it handle its relationship with the US?
➡️Check out the chapter on 🇳🇱-🇺🇸 relations of our book 🔗
tepsa.eu/book-on-the-...
@maastrichtu.bsky.social @oegfe.bsky.social @sfu.ac.at @unidue.bsky.social
➡️Check out the chapter on 🇳🇱-🇺🇸 relations of our book 🔗
tepsa.eu/book-on-the-...
@maastrichtu.bsky.social @oegfe.bsky.social @sfu.ac.at @unidue.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
As the Netherlands is currently working on forming a new centrist-led government, how should it handle its relationship with the US?
➡️Check out the chapter on 🇳🇱-🇺🇸 relations of our book 🔗
tepsa.eu/book-on-the-...
@maastrichtu.bsky.social @oegfe.bsky.social @sfu.ac.at @unidue.bsky.social
➡️Check out the chapter on 🇳🇱-🇺🇸 relations of our book 🔗
tepsa.eu/book-on-the-...
@maastrichtu.bsky.social @oegfe.bsky.social @sfu.ac.at @unidue.bsky.social
🇵🇹 For our Portuguese-speaking followers 👉 Do you want to know more about Portugal's perspective on the transatlantic relationship? Check out our upcoming public seminar on 21 November at 3 PM WET.
Find out more🔗 tepsa.eu/events/portu...
Find out more🔗 tepsa.eu/events/portu...
November 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
🇵🇹 For our Portuguese-speaking followers 👉 Do you want to know more about Portugal's perspective on the transatlantic relationship? Check out our upcoming public seminar on 21 November at 3 PM WET.
Find out more🔗 tepsa.eu/events/portu...
Find out more🔗 tepsa.eu/events/portu...
Discover our latest #Nets4Dem Democracy Retreat Highlights: "Innovating Democracy: Can youth participation become a blueprint for wider and deepened democratic innovation at the EU level?", exploring youth participation beyond tokenisation and towards a new democratic model 👇
tinyurl.com/Nets4DemNo2
tinyurl.com/Nets4DemNo2
November 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Discover our latest #Nets4Dem Democracy Retreat Highlights: "Innovating Democracy: Can youth participation become a blueprint for wider and deepened democratic innovation at the EU level?", exploring youth participation beyond tokenisation and towards a new democratic model 👇
tinyurl.com/Nets4DemNo2
tinyurl.com/Nets4DemNo2
🚨 #ComingSoon! We have just recorded a new episode of #EuropeChats 🥳 TEPSA's Secretary-General Jim Cloos sat down with Klaus Welle to discuss the future of the #MFF.
Stay tuned for the full discussion on our YouTube channel‼️
Stay tuned for the full discussion on our YouTube channel‼️
November 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
🚨 #ComingSoon! We have just recorded a new episode of #EuropeChats 🥳 TEPSA's Secretary-General Jim Cloos sat down with Klaus Welle to discuss the future of the #MFF.
Stay tuned for the full discussion on our YouTube channel‼️
Stay tuned for the full discussion on our YouTube channel‼️
🧐Ever wondered about 🇵🇱's perspective on the transatlantic relationship? ➡️ Read about it in Magdalena Gora's chapter of our latest book
Find it here🔗 tepsa.eu/book-on-the-...
@oegfe.bsky.social @sfu.ac.at @unidue.bsky.social
Find it here🔗 tepsa.eu/book-on-the-...
@oegfe.bsky.social @sfu.ac.at @unidue.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
🧐Ever wondered about 🇵🇱's perspective on the transatlantic relationship? ➡️ Read about it in Magdalena Gora's chapter of our latest book
Find it here🔗 tepsa.eu/book-on-the-...
@oegfe.bsky.social @sfu.ac.at @unidue.bsky.social
Find it here🔗 tepsa.eu/book-on-the-...
@oegfe.bsky.social @sfu.ac.at @unidue.bsky.social
Reposted by Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA)
⁉️ ¿Por qué la gente está perdiendo la fe en el sistema democrático? ¿Cómo afecta la desconfianza en la democracia a la sociedad? ¿Y cómo podemos recuperar la confianza política de la gente? 👉 ¡Descúbrelo en #TEPSAExplainer con Laura Morales! @lauramdu.bsky.social @ipp-csic.bsky.social de #ActEU
⁉️ Why are people losing faith in the democratic system? How does distrust in democracy impact society? And how can we recover people's political trust?👉 Find out in our new #TEPSAExplainer with #ActEU Researcher Laura Morales!
🔗 youtu.be/CqsN86EgIx8
@csic.es @cchscsic.bsky.social
🔗 youtu.be/CqsN86EgIx8
@csic.es @cchscsic.bsky.social
Are people losing FAITH in democracy? | Laura Morales
YouTube video by Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA)
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 8:59 AM
⁉️ ¿Por qué la gente está perdiendo la fe en el sistema democrático? ¿Cómo afecta la desconfianza en la democracia a la sociedad? ¿Y cómo podemos recuperar la confianza política de la gente? 👉 ¡Descúbrelo en #TEPSAExplainer con Laura Morales! @lauramdu.bsky.social @ipp-csic.bsky.social de #ActEU
⁉️ Why are people losing faith in the democratic system? How does distrust in democracy impact society? And how can we recover people's political trust?👉 Find out in our new #TEPSAExplainer with #ActEU Researcher Laura Morales!
🔗 youtu.be/CqsN86EgIx8
@csic.es @cchscsic.bsky.social
🔗 youtu.be/CqsN86EgIx8
@csic.es @cchscsic.bsky.social
Are people losing FAITH in democracy? | Laura Morales
YouTube video by Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA)
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
⁉️ Why are people losing faith in the democratic system? How does distrust in democracy impact society? And how can we recover people's political trust?👉 Find out in our new #TEPSAExplainer with #ActEU Researcher Laura Morales!
🔗 youtu.be/CqsN86EgIx8
@csic.es @cchscsic.bsky.social
🔗 youtu.be/CqsN86EgIx8
@csic.es @cchscsic.bsky.social
As #Slovakia struggles to detach itself from Russian gas, what prospects can its transatlantic relationship offer? ➡️ Check out the chapter on 🇸🇰-🇺🇸 relations of our book 🔗
tepsa.eu/book-on-the-...
@comeniusuni.bsky.social @oegfe.bsky.social @sfu.ac.at @unidue.bsky.social
tepsa.eu/book-on-the-...
@comeniusuni.bsky.social @oegfe.bsky.social @sfu.ac.at @unidue.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 10:26 AM
As #Slovakia struggles to detach itself from Russian gas, what prospects can its transatlantic relationship offer? ➡️ Check out the chapter on 🇸🇰-🇺🇸 relations of our book 🔗
tepsa.eu/book-on-the-...
@comeniusuni.bsky.social @oegfe.bsky.social @sfu.ac.at @unidue.bsky.social
tepsa.eu/book-on-the-...
@comeniusuni.bsky.social @oegfe.bsky.social @sfu.ac.at @unidue.bsky.social
#NewPublication 📣 "The role of EU development cooperation in addressing irregular migration in Africa", authored by Cathrine Talleraas (@cmi.no) and requested by the @europarl.europa.eu.
Read it here 👉 tepsa.eu/analysis/the...
Read it here 👉 tepsa.eu/analysis/the...
November 10, 2025 at 9:39 AM
#NewPublication 📣 "The role of EU development cooperation in addressing irregular migration in Africa", authored by Cathrine Talleraas (@cmi.no) and requested by the @europarl.europa.eu.
Read it here 👉 tepsa.eu/analysis/the...
Read it here 👉 tepsa.eu/analysis/the...
Polarisation intensifies antagonist feelings in democratic societies 👉 In our latest #TEPSAExplainer, #ActEU Researcher Pelin Musil talks about the consequences of political #polarisation 🎞️
Watch it on YouTube ➡️ youtu.be/WRDouV438zc
@iirprague.bsky.social
Watch it on YouTube ➡️ youtu.be/WRDouV438zc
@iirprague.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Polarisation intensifies antagonist feelings in democratic societies 👉 In our latest #TEPSAExplainer, #ActEU Researcher Pelin Musil talks about the consequences of political #polarisation 🎞️
Watch it on YouTube ➡️ youtu.be/WRDouV438zc
@iirprague.bsky.social
Watch it on YouTube ➡️ youtu.be/WRDouV438zc
@iirprague.bsky.social
New #TEPSABrief‼️ Sara Arezes (@collegeofeurope.bsky.social) explains what the EU needs to do to strengthen the provision of European Public Goods (#EPGs) 👉 tepsa.eu/analysis/the...
November 7, 2025 at 9:04 AM
New #TEPSABrief‼️ Sara Arezes (@collegeofeurope.bsky.social) explains what the EU needs to do to strengthen the provision of European Public Goods (#EPGs) 👉 tepsa.eu/analysis/the...
Just 3 days left to produce a 3-minute maximum video!
Submit your creation about your vision of democracy before 9 November 2025 and win a trip to Brussels 🇧🇪 to the #ActEU final conference (and add another line to your CV!) 🏆
How to participate 👉 tinyurl.com/ActEUContest
Submit your creation about your vision of democracy before 9 November 2025 and win a trip to Brussels 🇧🇪 to the #ActEU final conference (and add another line to your CV!) 🏆
How to participate 👉 tinyurl.com/ActEUContest
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Just 3 days left to produce a 3-minute maximum video!
Submit your creation about your vision of democracy before 9 November 2025 and win a trip to Brussels 🇧🇪 to the #ActEU final conference (and add another line to your CV!) 🏆
How to participate 👉 tinyurl.com/ActEUContest
Submit your creation about your vision of democracy before 9 November 2025 and win a trip to Brussels 🇧🇪 to the #ActEU final conference (and add another line to your CV!) 🏆
How to participate 👉 tinyurl.com/ActEUContest