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Open Europe? – Control of the borders

Europe's response room: Navigating the perfect storm after the US Midterms

Benelux Summit: The Benelux as a pioneer and laboratory for European integration?

Cartoons Day 2026

Princess Beatrix Lecture 2026 by Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

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Benelux Summit: The Benelux as a pioneer and laboratory for European integration?

President of Cyprus

“Europe cannot choose the moment in which it must lead”: President of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides

European heritage

Cartoons Day 2026

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Expert interviews

“Europe needs to work towards a Europeanised NATO:” How will the US midterms affect EU security?

Princess Beatrix Lecture 2026 by Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

Open Europa de prijs van arbeid, Tivoli Utrecht

Open Europa? over arbeidsmigranten: ‘Wat moet de EU doen?’

Sphinxdebat Maastricht Centre Ceramique

Plukt Maastricht de economische vruchten van Europa? ‘Genoeg ideeën, maar het schort aan lef’

Maastricht Policy Hackathon: AI levy takes the prize

President Donald Trump

Europe’s response room: Navigating the perfect storm after the US Midterms

Europaspel

Nationale Wetenschapscommunicatiedag: What type of European are you? Take the test!

Protest against AfD in Germany

“Berlin will be more strict than before”: Why Germany’s new political reality is a European problem

President of Cyprus

In conversation with the President of the Republic of Cyprus, H.E. Mr Nikos Christodoulides

Canada’s new path to the EU: What does “associate membership” mean?

Ursula von der Leyen

Von der Leyen: “Europe needs to compete and protect”

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Expert interviews

“Germany first”: What AfD’s landslide in Saxony-Anhalt means for Europe?

Europaspel Museumnacht Kids Maastricht

Museumnacht Kids: What type of European are you? Take the test!

Weekend van de wetenschap Europa

Weekend of Science: What type of European are you? Take the test!

Maastricht Policy Hackathon (MPH)

The Maastricht Policy Hackathon (MPH)

Europe Speech with Minister Berendsen

C-US cultuuragenda Euregio kick-off tijdens Cultura Nova

C-US Kick-off: A cross-border cultural programme for the Euregio

Cartoon by Zehra Omeroglu, for the European Cartoon Awards (ECA)

The power of the cartoon – an Afternoon of Sharp Lines and Sharper Insights

Debatreeks Studio Europa x Sphinx: Plukt Maastricht de economische vruchten van Europa?

Debate series Studio Europa x Sphinx: Is Maastricht benefiting economically from Europe?

Café Europa De staat van Europa, State of the Union

Café Europa special: The State of Europe in a Dangerous World

Europe Speech Minister Tom Berendsen Maastricht

Europe Speech by Minister of Foreign Affairs Tom Berendsen

Grensbord met Duitsland/Deutschland Grenze

From exemption to the rule: Why the legality of border controls is doubtful under the new Schengen code

EU Pact on Migration and Asylum: a game changer or bound to fail?

Expert interviews

EU Pact on Migration and Asylum: a game changer or bound to fail?

Studio Europa–EPC Policy Brief Collection on New Perspectives on Migration

From Idea to Cartoon – Draw Along with Maarten Wolterink

State of the Union Law

Expert interviews

The State of the Union Law: “For the EU to defend its fundamental values, Member States must support them”

The phone booth 'Talk EU to Me' at Bonnefanten in Maastricht

PAS Festival: interactive phone booth ‘Talk EU to Me’ in Maastricht

10 years since the Brexit: how is the relationship between EU and UK now?

10 years after Brexit: Why the UK’s relationship with Europe still defines its politics

Abstract Global Business and Finance Digital Graphics of Russia

Expert interviews

Beyond the platform debate: Wartime Russia’s volunteer networks and the EU’s digital democracy dilemma

Still uit de HUMAN-documentaireserie Glasland (2025)

Open Europe? – The cost of labour

Still uit de VPRO-documentaire The Gates of Europe (2026) voor evenement Open Grenzen in Utrecht

Open Europe? – Control of the borders

European Voices of Tolerance: pupils from the Netherlands and Germany present manifesto to Members of the European Parliament

Hylke Dijkstra appointed UM Europe Chair at Studio Europa Maastricht

Hylke Dijkstra appointed UM Europe Chair at Studio Europa Maastricht

Cartoon

Exposition: Award-winning European cartoons on display at Centre Céramique

Picture for International Staff Week at Maastricht University

Workshop International Staff Week: Connecting research, public debate and policy

Textiles FashionClash Centre Ceramique Maastricht event

EU as a patchwork of nations: Stitching together European diversity

European Voices of Tolerance in Maastricht

European heritage

European Voices of Tolerance in Maastricht: from treaty to manifesto

Meer samenwerken in de Euregio: hoe kunnen we energiecrisis oplossen?

Expert interviews

Energy crisis in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine: is cross-border cooperation on electricity a solution?

Roundtable conversations about the EU migration pact

Roundtable discussion: What way forward for EU Migration Policy?

‘Bulgaria does not need to become the ‘new Hungary’ – this is very much the case already’

The phone booth 'Talk EU to Me' at Bonnefanten in Maastricht

Europe Day: interactive phone booth ‘Talk EU to Me’ in Centre Céramique

Het Berlaymontgebouw in Brussel

European heritage

European Voices of Tolerance: third gathering in Brussels

Viktor Orbán European Parlement Hungary

Orbán loses his grip on Europe: ‘The spirit of democracy has been reawakened in Hungary’

Hungarian elections panel discussion and film screening in Maastricht

Predictions and analysis on the Hungarian elections: ‘Orbán is like a bug in the system’

Lokaal Europa editie Democratie in digitale tijden in Amsterdam, bij Pakhuis de Zwijger

Local Europe: three events on the impact of European politics on Dutch citizens and businesses

Debatavond Sphinx en Studio Europa in Centre Ceramique over Europese identiteit Maastricht

A Dutch or European city? ‘Maastricht is a bit of everything’

Studio Europa Maastricht and European Policy Centre launch joint Policy Brief Collection on EU Migration Policy

Expert interviews

“A stable neighbourhood is a first-order security interest for us.”

“If Orbán stays in power, Hungary will become even more marginalised”: Why Hungarian elections matter for the EU

Christine Neuhold and Jan Smits

“We need to bundle the policy expertise we have on Europe”: What’s behind UM’s Europe Strategy

Research on Europe

Join our team: UM Europe Chair and UM Research Fellows on Europe

Stadhuis Maastricht

Waarom gemeenteraadsverkiezingen en Europa-beleid hand-in-hand gaan

Hungary’s elections and Europe’s response: Screening & discussion

Talk EU To me

Talk EU to Me: reflecting on female representation in European politics

War between US, Israel and Iran

Expert interviews

“The EU cannot stay out”: Pressure mounts on Brussels over Iran conflict

Local Europe: The Netherlands and Europe between Power Blocs

European Voices of Tolerance: second gathering in Maastricht

Talk EU to me: Female representation in European politics

Gender equality

Expert interviews

“It’s about who they are, not what they stand for”: the long road to gender equality in EU politics

Burgerdialoog in Geleen over duurzaamheid

Limburgers komen bijeen om te praten over duurzaamheid: “Veel ideeën komen hier samen”

Bombed building in Ukraine

Four years after the Ukraine invasion: Where does Europe stand on security?

European Voices of Tolerance kicks off in Amsterdam

Phone booth

Talk EU to me: Female representation in European politics

Maastricht

Debate series Studio Europa x Sphinx: Is Maastricht really a European city?

Nederlandse landbouw

Expert interviews

Local Europe: The impact of EU agricultural policy on Dutch farmers

Yaroslav Hrytsak Ukraine

Why Ukraine is a European country: “We belong to the same family — like brothers”

The White House Board of Peace - Trump

Expert interviews

“The Peace Board tells us more about power than peace”: From the UN to ‘Trump Inc.’

Iran protest in Washington

Expert interviews

Iran’s protests, EU sanctions, and Trump’s challenge to international law

Europe versus United States

Expert interviews

Trump versus the EU: How should European leaders respond?

Hergebruik circulaire economie Limburg

CitiDem-burgerdialoog: Hoe ga jij met afval om, en hoe kunnen we meer gaan hergebruiken?

Jongeren Europese vlag

European Voices of Tolerance: Eerste bijeenkomst in Museum Ons’ Lieve Heer op Solder

Social media regulation

Expert interviews

“Most content is removed by platforms, not EU courts”: How Europe is making Big Tech accountable

Maastricht Treaty reading woman

Academic research

Our Research Calls are open again: What’s new and why it matters

From Venezuela to Greenland: How Trump’s actions are shaking European security

Why Ukraine is a European country: A conversation with historian Yaroslav Hrytsak

Lokaal Europa: De toekomst van jonge boeren in Europa

A year of votes, wars, and wake-up calls: Europe’s defining moments of 2025

‘Russia’s brutal aggression against Ukraine has challenged the European project of peace’

Rewatch the third Princess Beatrix Lecture here

Expert interviews

‘Europe is a democracy, so we need to complete the green transition democratically’

Mathieu Segers-lezing 2026 door Klaas Knot

From disinformation to drones: How Europe can prepare for the next crisis

Lessons from EU Food Experts: ‘If it’s not safe, it’s not food’

Lokaal Europa: Democratie in digitale tijden

Nieuwe inzichten en praktische handreikingen: hoe zet je Europa op de kaart in de gemeente?

Q&A – Blijf sleuren: zo veroverde Europa een plek in het Leids gemeentebeleid

Q&A – Van losse initiatieven naar beleid: zo bouwde Leeuwarden aan een sterke Europese strategie

Q&A – Van losse kansen naar een breed mandaat: zo benut Hasselt Europa in het nieuwe bestuur

Café Europa Eindejaarsshow 2025

European Cartoon Award 2025: Cartoons Day & Award Ceremony

How do you get Europe on the agenda after the municipal elections?

Surprising predictions and sharp insights at Studio Europa’s live exit poll night

What’s on Europe’s plate? Science, policy and the future of food

Expert interviews

Five years after Belarus’s uprising: Is Europe doing enough to support democratic forces?

3rd Princess Beatrix Lecture by Kęstutis Budrys, minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

Nu het buitenland de verkiezingen binnenkomt, moet het over de Europese Unie gaan

Nederland moet stikstofprobleem zelf oplossen, zonder steeds te wijzen naar Brussel

Expert commentary

Steel tariffs explained: Why is the EU doubling them — and at what cost?

Expert interviews

When compromise fails: What France’s chaos and the Dutch vote mean for Europe

Oekraïne mag geen voetnoot zijn tijdens de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen

Expert interviews

Safeguarding the ballot: Can Brussels counter Russia’s grip on European elections?

Belgische lessen voor het Nederlandse woonbeleid

Industriebeleid bepaalt onze toekomst, niet de woningnood

“She’s painting a picture of European unity”: What von der Leyen’s State of the Union tells the world

Weekend van de wetenschap Europa

Weekend van de Wetenschap | Welk type Europeaan ben jij? Doe de test!

Discover Maastricht through your nose: A SmellWalk at the Market Square

Arts and culture

From Bosnia to the Netherlands: Uniting European cities through industrial heritage

From The Hague to Brussels: The Dutch vote and Europe’s future

Europa’s State of the Union LIVE – Café Europa live in Nieuwspoort

“Europe has to wake up”: MEP Reinier van Lanschot discusses EU’s future with UM students

Expert interviews

“We have to start thinking as Europeans”: What do Russia-Ukraine peace talks mean for the EU?

Expert interviews

European leaders at the White House: A turning point – or a fleeting show of resolve?

Behind the scenes of European politics with MEP Reinier van Lanschot

Expert interviews

Europe and the 5% NATO target: Economic push or political hurdle?

Café Europa live – Europa tegen de rest

Kick-off the Anti-City Guide

Team update – New Head of Studio Europa Maastricht

Expert interviews

“Europe can’t rely on the US as much as it currently is doing”: What will the future of EU and NATO look like?

Model European Parliament Limburg

Weaponised puppies and big tech: can Europe protect democracy from disinformation?

Expert interviews

Beyond fake news: The EU’s struggle to tackle online disinformation

Navigating the new world order: Europe’s defence and the future of NATO

Studio Europa Maastricht partners with Limburg Model European Parliament Conference

Expert interviews

“The ease with which politicians attack journalists is very worrying”: Can the EU protect press freedom?

Europe’s social model is an (still) unfulfilled promise

European Cartoon Award

Cartooning workshops during Museum Night Maastricht

Why Europe’s security requires EU enlargement

Expert interviews

The future of extended reality (XR) in Europe: Balancing innovation and regulation

Disinformation, data, democracy: can the EU ensure a safer digital future?

Expert interviews

EU policies and social media: Impact of body image in the digital age

Brexit, Trump, and the shifting EU landscape: A reckoning for Europe’s future

Expert interviews

The Digital Services Act against conspiracy theories: How EU policies tackle online misinformation

Have your say: How effective are citizens’ assemblies?

Can AI improve European public services?

Sollicteer nu bij Studio Europa Maastricht!

Expert interviews

“Vance and Musk appropriate the discourse of free speech to kill it”: Can DSA protect democracy from populism?

Academic publications

New policy brief collection on digitalisation!

Workshop: Learn to draw your own cartoons

5 years after Brexit: Is Europe on the brink of another breakup?

Opinion pieces

Europe, can we get a nanny, please?

Germany’s new government: will it lead or lag in shaping Europe’s future?

What does research actually say about anti-migration measures?

Expert interviews

European elections and the normalisation of the extreme right: What the Madrid summit means for the EU?

Europatoespraak door voormalig minister van Defensie, Ruben Brekelmans

Expert interviews

“European security doesn’t come for free”: societal resilience, a new defence commissioner, and budget challenges

Expert interviews

Between NATO, Trump, and the far right: How will German elections impact EU security policies?

Public Responses to Europe’s Turbulence | Joris Melman | Studium Generale lecture series

The History and Future of EU Climate Action | Koen van Zon | Studium Generale lecture series

Moral Dimensions of AI and Big Tech; Europe’s Policy | Katleen Gabriels | Studium Generale lecture series

Europe’s Security Policy and the Role of the NATO | Nele Ewers-Peters | Studium Generale lecture series

Geoeconomics and Industrial Policy | Sander Tordoir | Studium Generale lecture series

Mathieu Segers Lecture by Frans Timmermans (with livestream)

Nach der Wahl: Impact of the German elections on the EU

Expert interviews

“Closing borders would diminish the sense of unity that defines Europe”: Schengen Museum director on freedom of movement

Europe speeches

Europe speech minister of Defence Ruben Brekelmans

Local Europe: overview of the first three meetups

Expert interviews

Tata Steel and the Clean Industrial Deal: How will the EU Commission approach green transition?

Meta’s moderation changes and Musk’s influence on German elections: Can the Digital Services Act protect European users?

From 2024 to 2025: Expert takeaways and what’s next

“The biggest challenge for Europe is staying united”: honorary consuls on promoting EU values through education

Van grijs naar groen: Tata Steel en schone industrie

Expert interviews

“We want to protect our citizens from bad practices”: How EU is regulating AI

Memorial for Mathieu Segers at Centre Céramique

Local Europe

Local Europe #1 – Securing Europe: A Local Perspective

Café Europa – De Europese Eindejaarsshow

Lokaal Europa over AI: van Europese visie naar lokale realiteit

Speech NATO Admiral Rob Bauer – Princess Beatrix Lecture

Inspiring European unity: What Princess Beatrix’s legacy means for young Europeans today

About Local Europe – the new European Commission

The Morning After: Post-Election Scenarios for EU-US Relations

From floods to war: Can Europe handle its next crisis?

Trumps overwinning laat zien: Europa moet snel op eigen benen leren staan

Wat zou een presidentschap van Kamala Harris kunnen betekenen voor Europa?

“Threats have become more sophisticated and transnational”: Europol’s Director on new challenges to EU security

Donald Trump en Kamala Harris, kandidaten zonder klimaatplan

“Trump will bully Europe”: How propaganda and religion shape US elections

Steven Lectrr Degryse is the winner of the European Cartoon Award 2024

Wie er ook wint op 5 november, Europa staat er alleen voor

De onmacht van Europa in Oekraïne en het Midden-Oosten

Expert interviews

“Information is used as a weapon”: Eva Hartog on reporting from Russia, freedom of speech in Europe, and societal polarisation

De toekomst van de vrije wereld: wat de Amerikaanse verkiezingen voor Europa betekenen

Princess Beatrix lectures

Admiral Rob Bauer to address NATO’s collective security at the Princess Beatrix Lecture 2024

Princess Beatrix Lecture 2024 by NATO Admiral Rob Bauer

Is Brussels concerned about the Dutch rule of law?

Expert interviews

Unresolved division: Lasting impact of German reunification on national and European identity

Race to the bottom: how the EU Migration Pact challenges European solidarity

The morning after: post-election scenarios for EU-US relations

A European Commission with new faces; does that also mean a completely new policy?

Herdenking Mathieu Segers – Opening Europa Archief Mathieu Segers en boekpresentatie Europa en het idee uit de toekomst

35 years of a unified Germany in the EU: From Iron Curtain to integration challenge

Arts and culture

Just published: issue six of the ERB

The impact of social media – PAS

Expert interviews

Continued support in security and continued scepticism of globalisation: What Kamala Harris’ nomination might mean for the EU

Expert interviews

Make Europe Great Again: how the Hungarian EU presidency upsets Brussels

European Cartoon Award Cartoons day

MACIMIDE Annual Work Conference Program

Expert interviews

“The EU is not short of rules. It’s whether they are enforced or not.”

Mathieu Segers’ historical holiday top 5

Excerpt from European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly’s speech at Maastricht University

The European election results

‘Een grotere strategische autonomie van de EU vergt meer investeringen in de Europese militaire capaciteiten’

Looking back on the third edition of the Maastricht Debate

What role will the Polish PiS party play in Brussels?

European Election Debate for Limburg Youth

Nabeschouwing op de verkiezingsuitslag: Wakker worden in een ander Europa

Between narratives and reality: The EU at the gates of a new mandate

De Europese Uitslagenavond

Schuift het Europees Parlement na de verkiezingen de klimaatregels opzij?

Charting the EU’s Path Forward: Insights from European Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra

The flirting with Meloni in Europe

The European elections through French eyes

De grensregio is gebaat bij meer EU

Is the course of the EU becoming more right-wing under the influence of Germany?

Speech and Q&A with European Commissioner for Climate Action - Wopke Hoekstra

European Leading Candidates in Debate – Who Will Determine the Course in the EU?

Party leader debate

Podcast Europa draait door comes to Maastricht University

Het Maastricht Debate is welkom

Museumnacht: Discover European Heritage at the Maastricht Museum

DISCOVER EUROPEAN HERITAGE AT THE MAASTRICHT MUSEUM

Maastricht Debate

FAQ Maastricht Debate Watch Party

Maastricht Debate

The Maastricht Debate 2024

‘European influencers’ with De Kiesmannen and interactive panel discussion European elections

De Green Deal under pressure – Diederik Samsom

Europa’s Industrial New Deal

The Major Geopolitical Challenges & Who do you call if you want to speak to Brussels?

Arts and culture

Number five of the ERB

The lessons from the Corona recovery fund

Democratie vergt onderhoud

The EU and developing countries in the WTO: reforming special and differential treatment

Mathieu Segers’ Book Tips

Maastricht Debate

Maastricht Debate Watch Party

‘Boerenprotesten in Brussel zijn misschien wel de ultieme reclame voor de Europese democratie’

Concerns about the rule of law – Poland, Hungary and the Netherlands

Maastricht Debate Watch Party

Grootste mankement aan democratie in de EU is gebrek aan politiek debat

Looking ahead to the European elections

UM designates Mathieu Segers archive as academic heritage

The Germany Special

Captains of Circularity

Dagverslag: een terugblik

Reflectie op strategische dialoog door facilitatoren

Creatieve samenvatting van de dag

Beleidsadviezen Universiteit Maastricht

Presentaties

Captains of Circularity

Informatie over genodigden en sprekers

Studio Europa partners with POLITICO Maastricht to host 2024 Maastricht Debate

Expert interviews

The European system is a strange kind of creature

Special Collection Policy Briefs handed over to Marieke Spijkerboer, Director Sustainable Living Environment and Circular Economy

Studium Generale – Lecture series on the EU in collaboration with SEM

Studium Generale – Lecture series on the EU in collaboration with SEM

Studium Generale – Lecture series on the EU in collaboration with SEM

Studium Generale – Lecture series on the EU in collaboration with SEM

Studium Generale – Lecture series on the EU in collaboration with SEM

Recording of podcast Café Europa + Screening Merkel

The End of Year Show 2023 – in memory of Mathieu

In Memoriam Mathieu Segers

Café Europa Eindjaarsshow 2023

Captains of Circularity

Systems change begins with yourself

Expert interviews

Literature as a vehicle for European cultural deepening

Free Press under Pressure: young Europeans work towards media literacy and independent journalism

Arts and culture

Number four of the ERB

The European view of Israel vs Hamas & Polish developments

Expert interviews

The power of personal choices to change systems

The impact of the Berlin Process on the Western Balkan

The ‘metamorphosis’ of Hoekstra & Polish elections

‘Europa voor en tegen’ (Dutch edition) on the way to more than 80 schools’

Free Press under Pressure

Apply now: Free Press under Pressure project

Nora Wilhelm: Strategies for Change – New Pathways from Knowing to Doing

European Cartoon Award

Ben Jennings is the winner of the European Cartoon Award 2023

ECA 2023: the shortlist revealed

Arts and culture

Dress to Protest

The Maastricht Debate

‘Political structures must adapt to young people’

ECA 2023: the longlist announcement

European Cartoon Award

The European Cartoon Award presents its first ‘Cartoons Day’ at Beeld & Geluid in The Hague

Cartoons Day & Award Ceremony European Cartoon Award 2023

The special summer edition with Kysia Hekster, Clara van de Wiel & Derk Marseille

Living with water in Limburg: Frans Timmermans in conversation with young people about climate adaptation

Café Europa: The special summer edition with Kysia Hekster, Clara van de Wiel & Derk Marseille

The big Europe interview with minister Kaag

Café Europa book tips

A scoping review to explore how European citizens use social media and how it affects their civic life

Europe Youth Parliament Summer Academy

Brussels election campaign kicks off

Tension in the Balkans and a European family day in Moldova

European Cartoon Award

Last Call! Submit your cartoons before 1 June 2023

Connected through stations: (inter)national opportunities for Limburg creators

Turkish elections through a European lens

Academic research

Strategic Dialogue on European Universities

“Every day is Europe day at Studio Europa”

DutchCulture on Tour: panel discussion ‘Station to station: Limburg creators across the border’

‘Europe is a bastion of freedom and humane laws.’

Expert interviews

A chain reaction in European defence cooperation

Arts and culture

Out now: Issue Three of the ERB

New Sketch of Europe: Europe in Times of War

Collective emotions

Pint of Science Festival: The EU and you: far away or close by?

Pint of Science Festival: Are social media disrupting our lives?

The endogeneity of optimum currency areas in light of pan-European intra-industry trade patterns and business cycle synchronicity

Governing the varieties of sovereign risk in EMU: the rise of state-contingent common public policies

For and Against Europe (English edition)

European identity in wartime

Europe lecture minister Kajsa Ollongren and live recording Café Europa

DutchCulture on Tour X Limburg-based creators: Information and networking event

‘Everything costs money in the end.’

NATO visit

BBBanking crisis

Europe speeches

European heritage

Princess Beatrix lecture

30 years Maastricht Treaty

Europe’s relationship with China

Climate Pact and Future of Europe in Green and Digital Transformation

Growing green careers

The Dutch in the EU – guest lectures

Strategic dialogue on European Universities

Launch ‘EU-bouwers aan het woord’ (EU builders talking)

Transatlantic solidarity in Munich

30 years Maastricht Treaty

Gouvernement aan de Maas joins Canon of the Netherlands network

No kiss from Scholz for Macron

Understanding the gains from wage flexibility in a currency union: the fiscal policy connection

The Conference on the Future of Europe: Lessons learned for deliberative democracy in the EU*

Podcast episode on Maastricht Treaty and poem

Our man at the Taliban

Podcast launch: Europe around you

Re-negotiate: A new social contract in an age of crises

How storytelling can help us to work on a better Europe

Café Europa end-of-year show 2022 – Special live edition

The battle between Brussels and Orban

EU builders’ talking

Arts and culture

Out now: Issue Two of the ERB

Mestreech ’92: a memory scape

Café Europa: Eindejaarsshow 2022 – Speciale live-editie

Europe speeches

President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella at Studio Europa Maastricht

World Cup special: the power of the ball

The faltering French-German engine

Arts and culture

Zuyd Crossing Borders

Expert interviews

‘In the end, it’s not about numbers and percentages, it’s about people’

Speech of the President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella

Millennial History

Putin’s European friends

Crossing Borders

30 years Maastricht Treaty

Highlights of the academic conference on 30 years Maastricht Treaty with Thomas Piketty & Paul De Grauwe

Working on Europe Academy: Migration and well-being

Working on Europe Academy: Real-world health data in the EU

Working on Europe Academy 2022

Working on Europe Academy: Digital health tools

Working on Europe Academy: Executive federalism and politicisation in the EU

Working on Europe Academy: The European socioeconomic project

30 years Maastricht Treaty

Looking back at ‘Euro at 20: shifting paradigms?’

Let’s play dillemmarama

How to turn a supertanker: mainstreaming climate objectives in the EU through independent institutions

Roel Wijnants

Is The Netherlands EU’s most frugal member even in times of war?

Mestreech ’92: local memories of the Maastricht Treaty as cultural heritage

CC-BY-4.0: © European Union 2022 – Source: EP

European ambitions and energy plans in times of war

Will the radical right rise to power in Italy?

The new prime minister of the United Kingdom and the consequences for the EU

Sketch of Europe

Sketch of Europe on 20 years euro

Smalltalk Heerlen – Aachen

European Cartoon Award 2022 ceremony at PAS Festival

Sketch of Europe

Sketch of Europe

Keynote lecture by Paul de Grauwe: ‘The fragility of the eurozone: endemic or temporary?’

Keynote lecture by Thomas Piketty: Rising inequality and the democratisation of Europe

Euro at 20: keynote lecture by Joachim Bitterlich

30 years Maastricht Treaty

Conferences: Euro at 20

Expert interviews

‘Cultural events in the Euregion help to broaden our horizons.’

Special issue: Reflecting on citizens’ views: EU in the World and Migration

Princess Beatrix lectures

“The spirit of the Maastricht Treaty can overcome current challenges in Europe”

Everything about the farewell and succession of Boris Johnson – Tim de Wit

EU & NATO Expansion Special

30 years Maastricht Treaty

Europe week

30 years Maastricht Treaty

Conference on the Future of Europe

Expert interviews

Put a bit of imagination into Europe

Academic conference on 30 years Maastricht Treaty: the past, present, and future of European Integration

The corona recovery fund – from drawing board to Polish plans

Europe speeches

The Future of the Netherlands is European – Europe speech Sigrid Kaag

30 years Maastricht Treaty

The Conference on the Future of Europe (recap)

The European Review of Books

The nascent energy war

Crisis in Europe & Beyond

The shifting sands of Europe: COVID-19, energy, and the drumbeat of war

Arts and culture

Out now: Issue One of the ERB

Green deal in wartime – Diederik Samsom

Princess Beatrix lectures

Inaugural Princess Beatrix Lecture by Élisabeth Guigou

Smalltalk

Europe in a new world

Expert interviews

In the bio-economy, circularity goes further than just recycling

Special Europe Week shows Maastricht, Limburg and Maastricht University as workplace for the future of Europe

Arts and culture

Debat(h)etub during Museumnight Maastricht

Our view on Europe. In conversation with Wopke Hoekstra

Princess Beatrix lectures

Élisabeth Guigou to give inaugural Princess Beatrix-lecture in the presence of Princess Beatrix

The French presidential elections – Macron vs Le Pen

Bursting the Brussels Bubble, EU Careers in the Region

Join Workplace Europe: Circular Economies without Borders – Edition 6

30 years Maastricht Treaty

The missing puzzle piece: reconciling labour migration and the European social model

European citizens on migration and EU foreign policy: how to assess the citizen recommendations of the Conference on the Future of Europe?

Café Europa – 30 years of the Maastricht Treaty

30 years Maastricht Treaty

Kingsday – minting of special Maastricht Treaty commemorative coin

Inaugural Princess Beatrix lecture by Élisabeth Guigou

Expert interviews

From upcoming elections in Hungary and France to the war in Ukraine: two experts about the extreme-right

30 years Maastricht Treaty

Call for papers: The 30th Anniversary of the Maastricht Treaty

Ukraine and Putin – Orban

How can the European capitals of culture cities balance the ‘United in Diversity’ concept?

Arts and culture

The European Cartoon Award

Europe in wartime

30 years Maastricht Treaty

(Un)covering Europe: a Franco-Dutch perspective on the future of European journalism

Expert interviews

Bye birthday pictures, hello human ads: welcome to a new era on social media

War in Europe

The Missing Puzzle Piece: reconciling labour migration and the European social model

The Debate Tub during Museum Night Maastricht

Documentary ‘the Magic of Cartoons’ during Museumnight Maastricht

The future of the Netherlands is European – 30 years after the Maastricht Treaty. In conversation with Sigrid Kaag

The Big European Challenges – Frans Timmermans

Frans Timmermans receives children’s book on the European Union

30 years Maastricht Treaty

30 years of the Maastricht Treaty and the European Union: in conversation with Frans Timmermans

The role of the EU-Turkey statement in refugees’ decision-making

European Youth Parliament in Rotterdam

30 years Maastricht Treaty

Expats x Migrants

Café Europa France Special – Macron & Putin, EU Presidency and French Elections

Expert interviews

The EU must now prepare for a world after Biden, says Hylke Dijkstra, and that means a bigger budget for defence and security

(Un)covering Europe: a Franco-Dutch perspective on the future of European journalism

Expats X Migrants, street exhibition about prejudice towards migration

Launch of the Big European Activity Book with Frans Timmermans

30 years of the Maastricht Treaty and the European Union: in conversation with Frans Timmermans

30 years Maastricht Treaty

G30 exclusive meeting with French Ambassador Luis Vassy and Special Envoy Wepke Kingma

Conference on the Future of Europe – David Van Reybrouck

30 years Maastricht Treaty

Essay competition finalists announcement

Café Europa – The European end-of-year show

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) students visit Maastricht to search for stories of Europe

#4 Miniseries: 30 Years Maastricht Treaty – Tensions in and around Europe

#3 Miniseries: 30 Years Maastricht Treaty – The Role of the Netherlands

#2 Miniseries: 30 Years Maastricht Treaty – The Negotiations

#1 Miniseries: 30 Years Maastricht Treaty – The History of origin

Special podcast series ‘Café Europa’ on the Maastricht Treaty

Expert interviews

Who calls the shots in Europe? That question should be front and centre at the Conference on the Future of Europe, Karin van Leeuwen believes

Expert interviews

The EU and Trump aren’t that different when it comes to migration, argues Melissa Siegel

Café Europa: De Europese Eindejaarsshow 2021

Waiting for a new European migration crisis – Clara van de Wiel

30 years Maastricht Treaty

Kick-off Maastricht Treaty anniversary celebrations with opening of exhibition by Minister van Engelshoven

30 years Maastricht Treaty

G30

Euro at 20: shifting paradigms?

Launch Oral History Project

Creathon

Cartoon Cube in Maastricht 2022

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Conference on the Future of Europe, citizen’s panels

Kick-off anniversary season 30 years Maastricht Treaty with opening exhibition

Kick-off G30

European heritage

My Big Activity Book about Europe

Addressing the climate crisis: making a just transition happen on the local level

Digitisation – and the new geopolitical battle

The EU vs Poland – and the Eastern European perspective

Complying with international and regional law during the pandemic

Administrative capacity-building as the solution for effective Cohesion Policy performance?

Personalised nutrition: the European Union’s fragmented legal landscape and the overlooked implications of EU food law

The case for an open border: a postfunctionalist framework of cross-border cooperation

Arts and culture

Boulevard Europa

Workplace Europe

Arts and culture

Here In Europe

Dress to Protest

Pop-Up Atelier Europa

European Cartoon Cube 2021

Expert interviews

“Let’s assume the EU Green Deal works out in Europe. What will the rest of the world look like?”

Academic publications

Why America should continue to lead NATO and why Europe should embrace U.S. leadership

The future of EU-NATO relations: doing less better

Capability development in Europe: How can the EU defence push benefit the transatlantic partnership?

The Russian dilemma for NATO and the EU. How the “renewed” West should stand up for its values

Café Europa podcast

Expert interviews

‘I censor myself all the time’ says Tom Janssen, winner of the 2021 European Cartoon Award.

How to engage with Europe digitally: Lessons learnt and opportunities to seize

Arts and culture

The winner of the European Cartoon Award 2021 is…

Charta 2020

Expert interviews

MEET-UP: women on the challenges of integrating in Limburg

30 years Maastricht Treaty

Apply for the G30 and take the future of Europe into your own hands!

The Big German Election Special – the Results

The State of the Union – New Self-Awareness in Brussels

Shortcut Brussels – Lisa Witteman

Academic research

New Research Directors appointed at 89 Netherlands

Research with Impact: Effectively Influencing Policy-making Processes

The history of feminism in comics

MEET-UP: local and migrant women on the challenges of integrating in Limburg

Arts and culture

The European Cartoon Award 2021 announces its 16 nominees

30 years Maastricht Treaty

Maastricht to host European citizens’ summit on the future of Europe

Register now for the Working on Europe: YUFE Academy

Working on Europe: YUFE Academy, Session 5

Working on Europe: YUFE Academy, Session 4

Working on Europe: YUFE Academy, Session 3

Working on Europe: YUFE Academy, Session 2

Working on Europe YUFE Academy, Session 1

Workplace Europe

Workplace Europe: Mind the Gap! – Edition 5

Germany special – Beatrice de Graaf

The role of ESM emergency fund & secret Brexit diary

Workplace Europe

Recommended reading in preparation for Workplace Europe: Mind the Gap! – Edition 5

The State of the Union – The Dutch Europe Debate

Academic research

‘Made in Europe’ has the potential to become a very valuable quality label for AI, says Gerhard Weiss

Workplace Europe

Mind the Gap! How regions and their institutions can claim their role at the Conference on the Future of Europe – Edition 5

The European Football Championship special – Simon Kuper

30 years Maastricht Treaty

What do you remember about the 1991 Maastricht Summit? Joep Leerssen and Bart Stol want to hear

Join Workplace Europe: Mind the Gap! – Edition 5

Arts and culture

Issue Zero – Opuscule

89 Netherlands is looking for a new Research Director

Belgium and the gap with the Netherlands – Steven van Hecke

Presentatie project Mapping the Nieuwstraat/Neustraβe

Academic research

Panel gesprek – Kunstmatige intelligentie in Europa: De mens centraal?

Mestreech ‘92: uw herinnering is erfgoed

The second edition of the European Cartoon Award 2021 is open for submissions

Mario Draghi’s New Italy – Pepijn Corduwener

Workplace Europe

Workplace Europe: Digital innovation in the Euregion – Edition 4

From sleep-deprived customs officers to firefighting technology, border stories help us understand Europe better

One year of crisis: the shame and the recovery plans – Mathijs Bouman

A Transatlantic Roundtable on Human Mobility

Workplace Europe

Maastricht & the Euregion: A Workplace for Digital Innovation – Edition 4

Macron’s France – Stefan de Vries

Wat moet het volgende kabinet doen voor Limburg als grensregio? Zes partijen geven antwoord

Join Workplace Europe: Digital Innovation in the Euregion – Edition 4

30 years Maastricht Treaty

Commemorative coin celebrating 30 years of Maastricht Treaty

Panel Discussion: “European Heritage and Identity: Stories from Border Regions”

Wat heeft de Tweede Kamer te zeggen over EU-beleid? In gesprek met drie ervaringsdeskundigen

Europees Erfgoedlabel voor Verdrag van Maastricht voor vier jaar verlengd

Terugkijken: Europa in De Nationale Verkiezingsshow met de Kiesmannen

The election result in European perspective – Catherine de Vries

30 years Maastricht Treaty

Citizens join broad debate on future EU

Podcast Stoorzenders: KiesAdvies en het Eurovisie Kiesfestival

De Nationale Verkiezingsshow met de Kiesmannen

Expert interviews

Barking back at Brussels: can national parliaments influence European decision-making?

The Dutch election special

Café Europa with Caroline de Gruyter & Volt

Europese samenwerking in de Tweede Kamer: hoeveel macht heeft het Nederlandse parlement?

Stemmen vanuit de grensregio

Project ‘Mapping The Nieuwstraat/Neustrasse’: Europa in het alledaagse.

Expert interviews

Curbing the power of digital platforms: in conversation with Catalina Goanta

What does Biden mean for Europe? – Bernard Hammelburg

89 Netherlands is looking for a new Head of Chapter

Podcast Stoorzenders: Dom Doen over Europa vs. Big Tech

30 years Maastricht Treaty

The Sound of Economics podcast on 30 years of EMU in collaboration with Bruegel

What awaits Europe in 2021?

30 years Maastricht Treaty

RELAY: joining forces to discuss the political guidelines of the European Commission

“The Green Deal: what are its implications for animals and nature?”

Podcast Stoorzenders: Red de Millennial en de Betrokkenheid bij Europa

Vijf dingen die je moet weten over het nieuws uit Europa

Online Special: Europa Komt Samen. Verdrag Van Maastricht 1992.

Podcast Stoorzenders: De Kiesmannen En Het Nieuwe Europese Verhaal

Expert interviews

How can Biden heal divisions in the US? “Rectify the wealth gap”, says Roberta Haar

The successor of Merkel

Europe comes together

The European end-of-year show

Boulevard Europa

A virtual road trip | Crossing Borders in Times of Covid-19

Workplace Europe

Workplace Europe: Euregion Meuse-Rhine after Corona – Edition 3

Film: Hart van de democratie, in conversation with director Suzanne Raes

Spokespersons have their say

Film: Collective, with an introduction by Cristian Surubaru (Romanian with Dutch subtitles)

Film: La Última Primavera live @ Lumière Cinema

Café Europa: De Europese eindejaarsshow 2020

Join Workplace Europe: Euregion Meuse-Rhine after Corona – Edition 3

Visit Boulevard Europa

Academic research

What is the corona crisis doing to our expectations for the future? “The utopian views have disappeared already”

Our man in Europe – Thomas Erdbrink

Expert interviews

Ten years of Viktor Orbán: “This is not just crisis management, but the far right in power”

Call for Working Papers! Contribute to the Working on Europe Paper Series (WEPS)

European taxpayers’ money and public institutions. What is the link?

Is water a border?

Biden or Trump – What is at stake for europe? (Guest speaker: Arie Elshout)

Wasn’t the East-West divide supposed to go away?

Flexibel ondernemerschap in de grensregio? Er is werk aan de winkel

The geopolitical battle between Russia and Europe (Guest speaker: Hubert Smeets)

Exhibition European Cartoon Award 2020 (postponed due to COVID-19)

Arts and culture

Who is the winner of the very first European Cartoon Award?

Workplace Europe

Workplace Europe: Active European Citizenship – Edition 2

De Europese Green Deal is al (in) Hier

The State of the Union – The EU edition of ‘Prinsjesdag’

Apply now to a position at the MWoE Young Researchers Network!

The answer to organised crime in our border region is European cooperation

The year of the truth for Europe (Guest speaker: Stephane Alonso)

Exhibition: ‘Those who want to know Europe, experience the (European) stories from Heer’

Academic research

Meet the postdocs! And get to know all about the research of Europe!

Bitterballendebate #3 – Open borders and flexible entrepreneurship

‘Here’ in Europe continues! What is Europe’s role in our daily lives?

Meet the postdocs! Discover what it means to be a Postdoc @ Studio Europa

Academic research

We can barely tolerate the uncertainty about coronavirus – but we’ll have to

The corona agreement and Rutte’s role as a leader of the small ones

Next step in Maastricht program, Working on Europe

Expert interviews

How open should the university be?

Academic research

The concern of microplastics in food and the environment

Join Europe’s research! Research calls are open!

The stories from ‘Hier’ in Europa: #1 A shopping resident from Heer

Mayor Annemarie Penn-te Strake visits “Here” in Europe

Academic research

Will the Euro survive the corona crisis? “We don’t have sufficient mechanisms to absorb shocks together”

Backstage at decision-making process in Brussels

“Here” in Europe: week 1

Arts and culture

Press release: we proudly present the shortlist of the European Cartoon Award 2020!

Academic research

‘Hier in Europa’: the role of European cooperation in our daily lives

New book release: The Regulation of Social Media Influencers (eds. Catalina Goanta & Sofia Ranchordàs)

Bitterballendebate #2 – Consequences of the Green Deal in Heer

Bitterballendebate #1 – Security in a borderless border region

Here in Europe

Expert interviews

How to make ethically responsible corona policy? “We simply don’t know enough about the virus”

Mark Zuckerberg in conversation with Thierry Breton

The Dutch position in Europe

Academic research

Analysis by Cristian Surubaru: EU funds and the COVID-19 crisis

Organising for the Europe of tomorrow

The role of the ECB in times of crisis

Read all about the Maastricht Treaty

Publication Mathieu Segers in Science Guide on “the art of Verstehen”

Europe in time of crisis

Looking back: The Maastricht Debate 2019

Expert interviews

“More than ever the credibility of European cooperation is at stake”

Café Europa is open again!

Join Workplace Europe: Active European Citizenship – Edition 2

The legacy of division: Oost en West na 1989

Catalina Goanta joins talk on AI on Al Jazheera television

Lecture: science, citizen and the public value of the university

Masterclass for young researchers: citizen engagement in research

Lecture: The EU after Brexit

Community-engagement in your research?

Science, citizenship and public value of universities

Arts and culture

Online Award Ceremony European Cartoon Award 2020

Academic research

Europe after Brexit (NL)

Arts and culture

Press release: launch of the European Cartoon Award 2020

Dress to Protest

Collaboration with FASHIONCLASH: Dress to Protest

Maastricht Debate

The Maastricht Debate: Challenges to the EU – The East-West divide

Maastricht Debate

Maastricht Debate Series: EU Agencies

Workplace Europe

Announcement: Second edition workplace Europe – Active European citizenship

Maastricht Europe Days 6-8 December 2019

Workplace Europe

Workplace Europe: cooperation in the Euregion – Edition 1

In the Engine Room of the EPP

The special end of the year show

Café Europa: De Speciale Eindejaarsshow 2019

Join Workplace Europe – Edition 1

Wanted: Ideas for a better Euregion Meuse-Rhine!

Dress to Protest

Dress to Protest: stories from the studio

Dress to Protest

Dress to Protest: 75 years liberation

Fashionclash festival

Research Agenda networking

Playing poker with Orban, Boris Johnson and Klaas Knot

Maastricht Europe Days 2019

Team Ursula – The new European Commission

Euroregional business: boundless opportunities

Idea competition for a better Euroregion

MWOE at INKOM 2019

INKOM Photo competition

Europe in your district

INKOM 2019

Dress to Protest

I Am So Angry – I Made A Sign

The European top positions

De Kracht van Diversiteit

European Democracies in Crisis

The elections and what now?

Your vote counts?! In conversation with Maastrichtenaar Mathieu Segers

The big preview of the European elections – Part 2

The big preview of the European elections – Part 1

De Grote Europashow met de Kiesmannen

Dress to Protest: what do young people think about Europe and today’s challenges?

The Maastricht Debate and Live Viewing Party

The battle of the Netherlands in the Eurozone

Podcast Café Europa

Your vote counts?!

Brexit: a gift from heaven?

Live Viewing Party

European Elections

LET’S TALK

Wrong Lessons from History

ITEM Student Debate

The Great Europe Show

The Maastricht Debate

MaasXEurope Convention

This is London

Europe: Stories of love & hate

Surviving Trump, Brexit, BRICS

Maastricht Europe Days 2018

The Maastricht Debate Series

Workshops: dress to protest

EUregions week 2020

Panel discussion – Artificial intelligence in Europe: human-centered?

Is water a border?