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The Barcelona Centre for European Studies (BACES) of Pompeu Fabra University (Spain) is a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.

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Identifying and explaining capacities as determinants of EP’s legislative outputs

Arregui, Javier; Peñalver, Nereo (2023)

Academics discovered their interest for the European Parliament only recently, when treaties increased the legislative competences of the institution. Until today, a comprehensive theory for the power structures and the ...
From equilibrated dualism to asymmetric polycentrism: past and present of the presidential system of the EU

Fernández Pasarín, Ana Mar; Mangenot, Michel (2023-06-23)

This article analyses the evolving nature, structure and organization of the government of the EU. In particular, it examines the institutionalisation and characteristics of its triumvirate presidential System (Commission, ...
The emperor without clothes?: explaining the choice for a flexible solidarity mechanism proposed in the asylum and migration management regulation

Krämer, Damian (2023)

During the so-called “refugee crisis”, when the Dublin system of refugee allocation failed, the Commission unsuccessfully attempted to establish a legislative framework for solidarity-based relocation. By proposing legal ...
La europeización de las políticas públicas en España: oportunidades y desafíos

Arregui, Javier (McGraw-Hill, 2022)

Este libro analiza el impacto del sistema de gobernanza de la Unión Europea (UE) en catorce políticas públicas españolas desarrolladas durante las últimas cuatro décadas (1986-2021). Las políticas seleccionadas encarnan ...
Europeanisation of public policies in Spain: opportunities and challenges

Arregui, Javier (McGraw-Hill, 2022)

This book studies the impact of the European Union (EU) system of governance on thirteen Spanish public policies over the last four decades. The selected public policies provide an extensive sample of the public policies ...
Determinants of infringements in the implementation process of European Union legislation at the sub-national level

Clinton, Peter; Arregui, Javier (2022)

This paper systematically investigates variations in infringements of EU rules by sub-state authorities (SSA). This has been understudied in EU compliance literature. The paper tests two different types of variables. On ...
Informal capabilities of the Spanish permanent representation in Brussels and the influence of Spain in the European Union decision-making

Perarnaud, Clément; Arregui, Javier (2022)

To what extent is the Spanish Permanent Representation to the EU comparable to other Member States in terms of capabilities? What are the indications of Spain’s strengths and weaknesses in EU legislative processes? Drawing ...
European Union regional policies: a convergence point of Spanish regions towards the EU

Baraibar, Javier; Arregui, Javier (2022)

This paper investigates the main mechanisms of Europeanization of regional policies in Spain. Drawing from rationalist and constructivist approaches we study the inputs, processes and mechanisms of Europeanization as well ...
The European Union and domestic policy change of LGBT+ equality policies in Spain

Cantó, Joel; Arregui, Javier (2022)

EU policy-making has steadily incorporated gender equality as an important factor for the optimal functioning of democracies and market economies. Nonetheless, few studies have incorporated a comparative perspective to ...
Defining Europe: cultural heritage policy and identity

Ochoa Uriostegui, Jorge (2021)

Constructivist theories from International Relations have long been interested in the European Union and its identity. Nonetheless, there is a lack of studies from the critical constructivist strand which, unlike its ...
Ganadores y perdedores en el proceso de integración: repensando la Unión desde una perspectiva de ciudadanía europea

Arregui, Javier (2021)

Esta investigación se centra en las implicaciones de las políticas de solidaridad y redistribución de la Unión Europea (UE) en el proceso de integración desde una perspectiva de ciudadanía europea. Partiendo del análisis ...
Gender equality and attitudes towards immigrants in Europe: a cross-national analysis

Chieppa, Ludovica Maria (2021)

Although previous research has revealed the impact of individual and contextual elements on attitudes toward immigrants across Europe, a gender-focused study of European anti-immigrant attitudes is still lacking. This study ...
Determinants of individual support for European integration: the case of Ukraine

Kovalska, Olha (2021)

This paper investigates micro determinants of public support for EU integration in Ukraine as one of the Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries. Drawing from the vast literature focused on the post- communist Central and ...
Supranational identification and migration attitudes in the European Union

Sojka, Alexandra (2021)

Existing research indicates that supranational identification in the European Union (EU) is associated with greater individual acceptance of international migration, pointing to a cosmopolitan logic in European identity. ...
Why is identification as European more prevalent among the highly educated than among the less educated?

Díez Medrano, Juan (2020)

For more than forty years, researchers and pro-European policy makers have puzzled about what leads individuals to identify themselves as Europeans (Belot, 2010; Díez Medrano, 2019). As of 2020, neither policy-makers nor ...