RELEX Working Group on EU External Relations

Contact: David Kleimann and Boris Rigod at relex@eui.eu 

The Relex Working Group is a researcher-run group, intended to bring together researchers of all disciplines interested in EU external relations.

The group meets regularly once every two weeks on Wednesday at 5-7 p.m. in Sala Triaria.

It is an informal forum, where you present and discuss your research in a friendly atmosphere, and receive comments, suggestions and opinions on your subject and methodology. Furthermore, visiting scholars are encouraged to participate and exchange view with the resident researchers. The Working Group also organises workshops and conferences in the area of EU External Relations.

Throughout the year, we would like our members to create a mutually supportive network and we strongly encourage participants to attend on a regular basis to create a cohesive group and provide continuity to discussions.

 

I. Cluster-themes

- The Duty of Cooperation in External Affairs / The EU and its Member States on the international scene:

• The EU as a Security and Defence Policy Actor
• The EU as a “Principled” Foreign Policy Actor
• The Role of the European Court of Justice in External Relations
• The Post-Lisbon Common Commercial Policy
• Joint session with the Comparative European and Latin American Studies WG
• Workshop on “Ever-Closer in Brussels – Ever-Closer in the World? The Big Question Marks of EU External Action after Lisbon”

 

II. Sessions

Depending on a number of people who would be willing to present and discuss subjects, we are planning to devote at least one session to each of the cluster themes. We expect participants to present in one of the sessions (thesis related topic), if there is no participant presenting in a session, the topic will be modified

 

 

Activities 2011-2012

The Tentative Schedule for the Academic Year 2011-2012  

 

 

Past Activities

Workshop Programme 2010/2011

21-22/01/2011: Workshop on “Ever-Closer in Brussels – Ever-Closer in the World? The Big Question Marks of EU External Action after Lisbon”, Sala Capitolo, Badia Fiesolana

08/12/2010: Sovereign yet bound: The EU Member States as Foreign Policy Actors

24/11/2010: EU External Action: A "Principled" Foreign Policy?

10/11/2010: The EU and international security II

27/10/2010: The EU and international security I

13/10/2010: Inaugural Session “Kadi II – The Never-Ending Story Continues?”, roundtable discussion

 

Workshop Programme 2009/2010

26/05/2010: Joint RELEX and CEULAS WG on the EU-Latin America summit, Fabiano De Andreade Correa (EUI Researcher), Andrés Malamud (Lisbon University, Institute of Social Sciences), María Belén Olmos Giupponi (Universitdad rey Juan Carlos, Madrid), Lucas Lixinski (EUI Researcher)

12/05/2010: World Trading System and the EU, Anna Pitaraki (EUI Researcher) and Laura Puccio (EUI Researcher); The external dimension of energy policy, Anna Soedersten (EUI Researcher)

04/05/2010: Special RELEX session Enlargement, Iceland and the Europe with SIEPS Members, Prof. Hillion (University of Leiden) and Prof. Mendes Pinedo (University of Iceland)

28/04/2010: Presentation of the Thesis: “A paradigm for coherence in EU external Relations law: the European Neighbourhood Policy”, Bart van Vooren (EUI Researcher)

21/04/2010: Joint RELEX and Environmental Law WG on External dimension of EU Environmental Policy, Prof. Elisa Morgera (University of Edinburgh), Fabiano De Andreade Correa (EUI Researcher), Spyridon Drosos (EUI Researcher)

17/03/2010: Human Rights (3) Case studies II – Social Rights in EU External Policy, Siegfried Schieder (Jean Monnet Fellow) and Giovanni Gruni (EUI Researcher)

03/03/2010: Human Rights (3) Case studies I - Human Rights and Counter-terrorism, Maria Tzanou (EUI Researcher) Dorothy Estrada-Tanck (EUI Researcher)

19/02/2010: Human Rights (2) inter-court dialogue, Federico Fabbrini (PhD 2nd Year) and Olafur Isberg Hannesson (EUI Researcher)

22/01-23/01/2010: WORKSHOP on 'Framework for Economic Development in EU External Relations':

• Karolina Podstawa (EUI Researcher), Trends in the International Human Rights Protection System as Visible in EU External Actions – Human Rights and Development

• Pascal Vennesson (EUI Professor SPS Department and RSCAS), Security-Development Nexus in EU Policies

• Janine Silga (EUI Researcher), The Migration and Development Nexus in the EU: toward a New Conception of International Mobility?

• Tamirace Fakhoury (EUI RSCAS), A Critical Appraisal of the EU's Global Approach to Migration (GAM): a Useful Policy-Making Instrument in the EU-MENA Context?

• Marco Botta (EUI Researcher), Does the EU Competition Law Model Satisfy the Needs of the Emerging Economies? Lessons from the Countries without a “Carrot”

• Fabiano Correa (EUI Researcher), External Dimension of Sustainable Development and its Impact on EU-Mercosur Relations

• Marco Sanfilippo (Department of Economics, University of Florence), European Report on Development; Laura Puccio (EUI Researcher), EU Preferential Rules of Origin Regimes in FTAs with Developing Countries: the Limits of Regional Harmonisation• Ilze Dubava (EUI Researcher), International Investments Law and Sustainable Development in EU external relations

• Maurizio Carbone (Department of Politics, University of Glasgow), Shifting Responsibilities: Coordination and Coherence in EU Development Policy

16/12/2009: External Dimension of the European area of Freedom, Security and Justice, Helena Carrapiço (EUI Researcher), Human Rights (1) institutional aspects, Karolina Podstawa (EUI Researcher)02/12/2009: Coherence of Development Policy, Tine van Criekinge (Jean Monnet Fellow), Janine Silga (EUI Researcher), Saha Devina (EUI Researcher)

18/11/2009: Coherence and Institutional Dimension of External Policy of the EU (3) – the EU and international legal order, Joris Larik (EUI Researcher)

04/11/2009: Coherence and Institutional Dimension of External Policy of the EU (2) - International Responsibility of the EU, Andres Delgado (EUI Researcher) and Madalina Moraru (EUI Researcher)

21/10/2009: Coherence and Institutional Dimension of External Policy of the EU (1) – from AETR to Treaty of Lisbon, Markus Klamert (Visiting Fellow from WU Wien), Bart Van Vooren (EUI Researcher), Kristin Reuter (EUI Researcher)

 

Workshop Programme 2007/2008

30/04/2008: 'Access to Justice in Diplomatic and Consular Protection of EU Citizens' (A. Ianniello Saliceti, RSCAS Fellow)

09/04/2008: "Is the EU a strategic actor in East Asia? The case of EU-China space cooperation" (Nicola Casarini), China's foreign policy towards the EU. The cases of market economy status and arms embargo" (Frank Gaenssmantel)

20/02/2008: EU-Russia Relations. Speakers: Roman Petrov (MWF) and Aaron Matta (LAW researcher)

14–15/12/2007: (Workshop) Security Aspects in EU External Policies Sala Triaria RELEX Working Group Presentations

05/12/2007: The EU among IOs (Stephane Tock), EC mixed competence in relation to dispute settlements within international organisations (Erik Lagerlof)

28/11/2007: New Governance Methods in Common European Asylum System(Nadine El-Enany), The Migration and Development Nexus (Janine Silga)

14/11/2007: Legal framework of migration management in EU (Lehte Roots), The regulatory framework for the management of the EU's External Borders (Jorrit Rijpma)

08/11/2007: The military role of the EU within the framework of the ESDP (Valentina Falco); The CSFP–Union and the Community in post-conflict peace-building: departmentalised solution for convergent objectives? (Martina Spernbauer)

17/10/2007: Liberalization of Capital Movements and Foreign Investment in Euro-Mediterranean Agreements: An alternative approach to sustainable development? (Angelos Dimopoulos), EU-China Trade Disputes in the WTO: A Bystander's Perspective (Chien-huei Wu)

 

Workshop Programme 2006/2007

30/05/2007: Thomas Grunert (EP): The role of the EU in the settlement of frozen conflicts in the European neighbourhood countries

16/05/2007: EU sanctions: the untold story (Clara Portela, SPS)

09/05/2007: 'Unilateral measures and WTO dispute settlement: An EC perspective' (Antonis Antoniadis, EUI)

16/12/2006: RELEX discussion

13/12/2006: A report from the field – on the interviews conducted notably with EC delegation's officials in Tokyo and Taipe (Prof. Pascal VENNESSON, SPS), EU–China (Frank GAENSSMANTEL, SPS)

22/11/2006: Concurrence of jurisdiction between the ECJ and other international courts and tribunals (Sofia FERREIRA, LAW), The international liability of the EU (Andreas DELGADO, LAW), EC/Member States Judicial Standing Towards/In International Organizations (Erik LAGERLOF, LAW)

16/11/2006: RELEX lunch discussion

08/11/2006: Construction of the ESDP (Fabian BREUER, SPS), EU Peace Operations (Chiara RUFFA, SPS), The EU and International Humanitarian Law (Valentina FALCO, LAW)

31/10/2006: RELEX lunch discussion

25/10/2006: EU and Western Balkans (Martina SPERNBAUER, LAW), EU-Russia (Aaron MATTA, LAW), Wider Europe: the Influence of the EU on Neighbouring Countries. The Case of Russia and the Ukraine (Gabriella MELONI, SPS)

18/10/2006: Export of the EU common values in external relations (Roman PETROV, Max Weber Fellow), Constitutional principles in EU external relations (Michal GOLABEK, LAW), Use of law in external relations, in particular in the European Neighborhood Policy (Bart VAN VOOREN, LAW)

 

Workshop Programme, February-March 2006

15/03/2006: EU, US, Russia and a New Paradigm in International Relations - EU Transatlantic Relations (Patryk Pawlak), EU and Russia (Aaron Matta Maya), Prof. Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann.

08/03/2006: EU in International Negotiations, Case presentation, View from the Council Presidency (Stephane Tock), EU Common Foreign and Security Policy - CFSP & autonomous sanctions (Clara Portela)

22/02/2006: EU Neighbourhood Policy, Aspects of EU Neighbourhood Policy (Prof. Marise Cremona, EU), The Cyprus Issue (Skoutaris Nikolaos)

08/02/2006: EU Inter-Regional Cooperation - EU cooperation with Mercosur: looking at the promotion of democracy (Fiorella Triscritti), EU & China (Frank Gaenssmantel)