A Identidade Europeia de Segurança e Defesa : alguns elementos sobre a evolução da posição portuguesa

A posição portuguesa é hoje claramente favorável à Identidade Europeia de Segurança e Defesa, propugnando o emprego pela UEO dos meios da NATO e apoiando o objectivo de progressiva integração da UEO na União Europeia. Esta orientação insere-se num desenvolvimento gradual da doutrina desde que Portugal aderiu à União Europeia. Nesta, Portugal tem reagido à percepção da ameaça de marginalização relativamente aos principais centros de decisão. Daí a vontade política no sentido de evitar a condenação de Portugal a um estatuto de "perifericidade". Neste contexto não é exagerado afirmar que a evolução da posição portuguesa em matéria de identidade europeia de segurança e defesa se explica basicamente pelas mesmas razões que levaram Portugal a integrar desde o início o sistema de Schengen e a aderir ao Sistema Monetário Europeu, e que hoje conduzem o governo a declarar como primeira prioridade a inclusão de Portugal no núcleo fundador do euro. Com efeito, a preocupação de Lisboa tem sido a de evitar que um qualquer "núcleo duro" venha a remeter Portugal para uma segunda divisão europeia

O mundo está mais americano?

Os Estados Unidos da América são hoje a primeira potência militar, económica, científica e tecnológica, e cultural (em sentido amplo) do mundo. Sem qualquer poder capaz de desafiar a sua supremacia, os EUA beneficiam com o fim da confrontação Leste-Oeste, que exprime a sua vitória estratégica e o correlativo triunfo do sistema político-económico por eles sustentado. Para além da apoteose do capitalismo, presenciamos também a disseminação da democracia pluralista que os EUA defendiam na sua oposição ao modelo comunista, não hesitando, contudo, em apoiar regimes autocráticos sempre que a alternativa democrática não lhes parecia disponível

10 years in office, the road ahead

This contribution was delivered on the occasion of the EUI State of the Union in Florence on 9 May 2014

Uniting in Peace: Law as the foundation and flame of Europe

The Jean Monnet Lecture was given by distinguished speakers at the European University Institute almost every year between 1977 and 2006.25th Lecture on 31 March 200

The European Union and Multilateral Global Governance

The Global Governance Programme at the EUI. The world faces increasingly complex problems that have taken on global significance - including conflict and peace-building, humanitarian crises and intervention, international economic inequality and instability, and global environmental change. Global Governance points to the international framework of principles, processes and rules - and the set of institutions that uphold them - which are needed to tackle global problems. ‘Global governance’ has become a key term in many academic and policy debates. It is a rallying call for policy advocates who hail it as panacea for the evils of economic and ecological globalization; it is seen as a global menace for opponents who fear it as the universal hegemony of the many by the powerful few; it is also the analytical concept for new empirical phenomena of world politics that has given rise to much discussion among scholars. The EUI ‘Global Governance Programme’ aims to increase understanding and knowledge of global issues; to contribute to academic and policy debates on global governance; to train new generations of scholars, public officials, and practitioners, and to encourage interaction between academics, policy makers, journalists and activists. The Global Governance Programme improves and broadens doctoral and postdoctoral training with respect to global governance and world affairs at the EUI. It develops different strands of basic and applied research on issues of global governance, and organises the European Academy of Global Governance devoted to top level training, discussion and debates, and the European Network of Global Governance, an e-community of scholars, policy makers, and researchers who take an interest in global governance issues. The Global Governance Programme promotes and supports a variety of events, conferences and seminars on issues of global governance

Official closing [by José Manuel Barroso, President, European Commission]

This contribution was delivered on the occasion of the EUI State of the Union in Florence on 9 May 201

Intervention by the president of the European Commission

This contribution was delivered on the occasion of the EUI State of the Union in Florence on 9 May 2011

The State of the Union address : restoring confidence

This contribution was delivered on the occasion of the EUI State of the Union in Florence on 09 May 2013This intervention was part of the recorded SoU adress that took place on 9 May 2013 available on YoutubeThis is why this year I would like to focus my intervention on how to regain condence. This is obviously a critical political issue but it goes beyond that. Condence is key for the economy. It is important for banks to be able to lend; companies to be willing to invest and consumers to be willing to spend. The crisis has certainly been a serious wake-up call for Europe. It has exposed vulnerabilities within individual Member States and weaknesses in the implementation of the rules agreed by themselves. The reality is that for too many years we fell short of drawing all the implications of sharing a common currency. For too many years we ignored some critical consequences of the Maastricht treaty. Too often some Member States have lulled themselves in a false sense of complacency. The crisis has clearly shown that we will never have an efficient monetary union without a closer economic union. Both are needed for stability. And we need stability to better resist internal or external disturbances. The crisis has amplied the urgent need for a stronger cooperation and governance at European level and bold reforms at national level. And the role of the European institutions is not simply to reform themselves but to support reform in Member States, both in the public and the private sector. This is why our response to the crisis is a comprehensive one addressing its root cause that is a dangerous combination of private imprudence, public indulgence and economic ineciency. The aim is to have a financial sector at the service of the real economy; government policies promoting competitiveness and sound public nances; and a genuine Economic Monetary Union with a fully equipped toolbox including a banking union and a strengthened social dimension.Transcript of the recorded session (video) is available in the publication ‘The State of the Union 2013 : collected perspectives’, 201