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Europe’s relationship with China

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Climate Pact and Future of Europe in Green and Digital Transformation

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Growing green careers

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The Dutch in the EU – guest lectures

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First strategic dialogue on European Universities

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

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Transatlantic solidarity in Munich

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Gouvernement aan de Maas joins Canon of the Netherlands network

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No kiss from Scholz for Macron

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

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

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Podcast episode on Maastricht Treaty and poem

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Our man at the Taliban

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Podcast launch: Europe around you

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

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How storytelling can help us to work on a better Europe

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

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The battle between Brussels and Orban

Oral history

EU builders’ talking

Arts and culture

Out now: Issue Two of the ERB

Oral history

Mestreech ’92: a memory scape

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President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella at Studio Europa Maastricht

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World Cup special: the power of the ball

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The faltering French-German engine

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Zuyd Crossing Borders

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

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Speech of the President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella

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Millennial History

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Putin’s European friends

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Crossing Borders

30 years Maastricht Treaty

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

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Working on Europe Academy: Migration and well-being

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

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Working on Europe Academy 2022

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Working on Europe Academy: Digital health tools

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

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Working on Europe Academy: The European socioeconomic project

30 years Maastricht Treaty

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

Working papers

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

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

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

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European ambitions and energy plans in times of war

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Will the radical right rise to power in Italy?

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

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Smalltalk Heerlen – Aachen

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European Cartoon Award 2022 ceremony at PAS Festival

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Sketch of Europe

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

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

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Euro at 20: keynote lecture by Joachim Bitterlich

30 years Maastricht Treaty

Conferences: Euro at 20 & 30 years Maastricht Treaty

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

Policy briefs

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”

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

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EU & NATO Expansion Special

30 years Maastricht Treaty

G30

Europe week

Europe week

30 years Maastricht Treaty

Conference on the Future of Europe

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Put a bit of imagination into Europe

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

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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

Arts and culture

The European Review of Books

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The nascent energy war

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Crisis in Europe & Beyond

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

Arts and culture

Out now: Issue One of the ERB

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Green deal in wartime – Diederik Samsom

Princess Beatrix lectures

Inaugural Princess Beatrix Lecture by Élisabeth Guigou

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Smalltalk

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Europe in a new world

Expert interviews

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

Europe week

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

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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

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The French presidential elections – Macron vs Le Pen

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Bursting the Brussels Bubble, EU Careers in the Region

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Workplace Europe: Circular Economies without Borders

30 years Maastricht Treaty

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

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

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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

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Ukraine and Putin – Orban

Policy briefs

How Can the European Capitals of Culture Cities Balance the ‘United in Diversity’ Concept?

Arts and culture

The European Cartoon Award

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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

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War in Europe

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

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The Debate Tub during Museum Night Maastricht

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Documentary ‘the Magic of Cartoons’ during Museumnight Maastricht

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

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The Big European Challenges – Frans Timmermans

30 years Maastricht Treaty

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

Policy briefs

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

Education

My Big Activity Book about Europe

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How can the European capitals of culture cities balance the ‘united in diversity’ concept?

Arts and culture

Expats x Migrants

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

30 years Maastricht Treaty

Conference on the Future of Europe

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

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

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Expats X Migrants, street exhibition about prejudice towards migration

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Launch of the Big European Activity Book with Frans Timmermans

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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

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Conference on the Future of Europe- David Van Reybrouck

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Café Europa – The European end-of-year show

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

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

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

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#2 Miniseries: 30 Years Maastricht Treaty – The Negotiations

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

Expert interviews

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

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

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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

Re:Generation Maastricht

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Euro at 20: shifting paradigms?

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Launch Oral History Project

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Creathon

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Cartoon Cube in Maastricht

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Conference on the Future of Europe, citizen’s panels

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

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Kick-off G30

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

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Digitisation – and the new geopolitical battle

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The EU vs. Poland – and the Eastern European Perspective

Working papers

Complying with international and regional law during the pandemic

Working papers

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

Working papers

Personalised Nutrition: The European Union’s Fragmented Legal Landscape and the Overlooked Implications of EU Food Law

Working papers

The Case for an Open Border: A PostFunctionalist Framework of Cross-Border Cooperation.

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Boulevard Europa

Workplace Europe

Workplace Europe

Arts and culture

Dress To Protest: 75 Years Of Liberation

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Here In Europe

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Dress To Protest: Stories From The Studio

Arts and culture

Pop-Up Atelier Europa

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European Cartoon Cube

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“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

Policy briefs

The future of EU-NATO relations: doing less better

Policy briefs

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

Policy briefs

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

Expert interviews

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

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

Arts and culture

The winner of the European Cartoon Award 2021 is…

Public debate

Charta 2020

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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!

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The Big German Election Special – the Results

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

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Shortcut Brussels – Lisa Witteman

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New Research Directors appointed at 89 Netherlands

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Research with Impact: Effectively Influencing Policy-making Processes

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European Cartoon Cube

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The history of feminism in comics

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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

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Register now for the Working on Europe: YUFE Academy

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Working on Europe: YUFE Academy, Session 5

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Working on Europe: YUFE Academy, Session 4

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Working on Europe: YUFE Academy, Session 3

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Working on Europe: YUFE Academy, Session 2

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Working on Europe YUFE Academy, Session 1

Workplace Europe

Workplace Europe: Mind the Gap!

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Germany special – Beatrice de Graaf

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The role of ESM emergency fund & secret Brexit diary

Workplace Europe

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

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The State of the Union – The Dutch Europe Debate

Expert interviews

‘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

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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

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Workplace Europe: Mind the Gap!

Arts and culture

Issue Zero – Opuscule

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89 Netherlands is looking for a new Research Director

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Belgium and the gap with the Netherlands – Steven van Hecke

Arts and culture

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

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Mario Draghi’s New Italy – Pepijn Corduwener

Workplace Europe

Workplace Europe: Digital innovation in the Euregion

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

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

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A Transatlantic Roundtable on Human Mobility

Workplace Europe

Maastricht & the Euregion: A Workplace for Digital Innovation

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Macron’s France – Stefan de Vries

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Workplace Europe: Digital Innovation in the Euregion

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

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The Dutch election special

Expert interviews

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

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Café Europa with Caroline de Gruyter & Volt

Academic research

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

Expert interviews

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

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What does Biden mean for Europe? – Bernard Hammelburg

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89 Netherlands is looking for a new Head of Chapter

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What can Europe expect in 2021?

30 years Maastricht Treaty

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

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

Public debate

Podcast Stoorzenders: Red de Millennial en de Betrokkenheid bij Europa

Public debate

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

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The successor of Merkel

Education

Europe comes together

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The European end-of-year show

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Boulevard Europa

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

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

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Spokespersons have their say

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

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Film: La Última Primavera live @ Lumière Cinema

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Workplace Europe #3 Euregion Meuse-Rhine after Corona

Workplace Europe

Participate in the third (online) edition of Workplace Europe on 11 December

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Visit Boulevard Europa

Expert interviews

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

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Join the research of Europe! Reopening of four calls within the MWoE research agenda

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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”

Academic research

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

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

Podcasts

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

News

Is water a border?

Café Europa

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

Podcasts

Zou de grens tussen oost en west niet verdwijnen?

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

Events

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

Events

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

Arts and culture

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

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

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

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

Events

Bitterballendebate #3 – Open borders and flexible entrepreneurship

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

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

Expert interviews

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

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

Expert interviews

How open should the university be?

News

The concern of microplastics in food and the environment

News

Join the research of Europe! Funding opportunities within the MWoE research agenda

Interviews

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

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

Expert interviews

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

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Backstage at decision-making process in Brussels

News

“Here” in Europe: week 1

Arts and culture

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

News

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

News

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

Events

Bitterballendebate #2 – Consequences of the Green Deal in Heer

Events

Bitterballendebate #1 – Security in a borderless border region

Academic research

Here in Europe

Expert interviews

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

News

Mark Zuckerberg in conversation with Thierry Breton

Café Europa

The Dutch position in Europe

News

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

Events

Organising for the Europe of tomorrow

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The role of the ECB in times of crisis

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

News

Looking back: The Maastricht Debate 2019

Expert interviews

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

Café Europa

Café Europa is open again!

Events

Workplace Europe #2 – Active European Citizenship

Events

The legacy of division: East and West after 1989

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Catalina Goanta joins talk on AI on Al Jazheera television

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

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Masterclass for young researchers: citizen engagement in research

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Lecture: The EU after Brexit

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Community-engagement in your research?

Events

Science, citizenship and public value of universities

Events

Online Award Ceremony European Cartoon Award 2020

Events

Europe after Brexit (NL)

Arts and culture

Press release: launch of the European Cartoon Award 2020

Arts and culture

Collaboration with FASHIONCLASH: Dress to Protest

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

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Maastricht Debate Series: EU Agencies

Workplace Europe

Workplace Europe: cooperation in the Euregion

News

Maastricht Europe Days 6-8 December 2019

Café Europa

In the Engine Room of the EPP

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The special end of the year show

News

Wanted: Ideas for a better Euregion Meuse-Rhine!

News

Dress to Protest: stories from the studio

Arts and culture

Dress to Protest: 75 years liberation

Events

Fashionclash festival

Events

Research Agenda networking

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Playing poker with Orban, Boris Johnson and Klaas Knot

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Maastricht Europe Days 2019

Café Europa

Team Ursula – The new European Commission

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MWOE at INKOM 2019

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INKOM Photo competition

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Dress to Protest

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Dress to Protest

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I am so angry- I made a sign !

Café Europa

The European top positions

Events

European Democracies in Crisis

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The elections and what now?

News

Your vote counts?! In conversation with Maastrichtenaar Mathieu Segers

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The big preview of the European elections – Part 2

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The big preview of the European elections – Part 1

Events

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

News

The Maastricht Debate and Live Viewing Party

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The battle of the Netherlands in the Eurozone

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Live Viewing Party

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Brexit: a gift from heaven?

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LET’S TALK

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Wrong Lessons from History

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ITEM Student Debate

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The Maastricht Debate

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MaasXEurope Convention

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This is London

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Europe: Stories of love & hate

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Surviving Trump, Brexit, BRICS

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Maastricht Europe Days 2018

News

The Maastricht Debate Series

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Podcast Café Europa

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Bitterballendebate #3 – Open borders and flexible entrepreneurship

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EUregions week 2020

Workplace Europe

Second edition workplace Europe – Active European citizenship

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Workshops: dress to protest