Journal of Common Market Studies (JCMS)

From the Ground to the Stars: The Vertical Politics of the EU Drone Wall and Airspace Defence This research note analyses the European Commission's Defence Readiness Roadmap 2030 as a manifestation of a new spatial and technological logic of European defence: the vertical territorialisation o....

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Justinas Lingevicius, Bruno Oliveira Martins & Giacomo Bruni on the EU’s emerging “vertical politics” of defence from drones to space. A brilliant lens on evolving EU security & strategic autonomy.

What aspect interests you most?

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Call for Papers now open for the UACES Graduate Forum Research Conference 2026. Theme: Europe at a Crossroads: Integration, Identity and Power in a Fragmenting World. Find out more and submit via www.uaces.org/gf26

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Always a Norm Exporter? The Case of Animal Welfare Policy and Trade By Francesco Duina (Bates College, USA) For decades, the EU has projected its internal legal frameworks onto the world. It has done so indirectly through the

What happens when the EU’s regulatory ambitions meet trade politics? In a December JCMS blog, Francesco Duina explores how animal welfare reform & the EU-Mercosur deal reveal limits to EU regulatory power.

Read here: jcms.ideasoneurope.eu/2025/12/20/a...

#EUPolitics #EUTrade #BrusselsEffect #JCMS

Mobilising Judicial Voices: How and Why National Courts Express Their Opinions in the Preliminary Reference Procedure – A Case Study of Czechia This article interrogates the national courts' pre-emptive opinions expressed in the Article 267 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union preliminary reference procedure from both theor...

How do national courts shape EU law before the CJEU rules? A new JCMS article explores why judges express pre-emptive opinions in preliminary references with new data from Czech courts.

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Why Europe’s Political Debates Need a Clear Voice; Introducing the CEP newsletter on LinkedIn. From migration policy to the health of democracy itself, Europe’s political landscape is facing its most complex moment in decades. Yet serious analysis often stays behind paywalls or within academic ...

It's live! Check out the first issue of our newsletter "CEP - Grounds for Debate" over on LinkedIn. We're so excited for this new chapter. Join the conversation over a coffee.

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Legitimacy and legacy of the EU’s socio-economic crisis governance during Covid-19 By Marius Guderjan (Centre for British Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) and Mario Kölling (Department of Political Science, Spanish National Distance

New blog post alert! 🚨

Marius Guderjan & Mario Kölling revisit the EU’s Covid-19 crisis response and ask what the lasting impact of its legacy for European governance is?

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The Political Legitimacy of Multilevel Crisis Governance: The EU's Recovery and Resilience Facility European-wide crises have required extraordinary responses from the EU and its member states that affected its governance and legal framework as well as its legitimacy. The recent COVID-19 pandemic s...

Check out this great JCMS article by Guderjan & Kölling on the EU’s Recovery & Resilience Facility. It shows how the RRF drove COVID-19 recovery and green/digital reforms while limiting parliamentary and local input.

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#EU #RRF #PublicPolicy

Still polishing that abstract? You’re in luck! The deadline for proposals UACES 56th has been extended to Sunday 8th February 🎉. With 16 themed tracks + an Open Track, it’s a great chance to share research, get feedback, & connect with the European Studies community.

#UACES2026 #EuropeanStudies

The Long‐Term Effects of Populism on Foreign Policy: Berlusconi's Legacy and Its Impact on Italy's Approach to the EU and International Politics What are the long-term effects of populism on foreign policy? This aspect has not been addressed yet by the burgeoning literature on the international consequences of populism. In this contribution, ...

This JCMS article by Sandra Destradi and Emidio Diodato looks at the long-term effects of populism on foreign policy, using Italy as a case study and focusing on Silvio Berlusconi’s legacy.

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From Capital Markets Union to Savings and Investments Union: Why the EU keeps changing the story on financial integration By David Howarth (University of Luxembourg) and Lucia Quaglia (University of Bologna) Financial market integration has been a core objective of European inte

Why does the EU keep rebranding financial integration? From CMU to the new Savings & Investments Union, the policy stays largely the same but the narrative shifts to chase support. A new JCMS 'Ideas on Europe' blog unpacks why.

Read it here: jcms.ideasoneurope.eu/2026/01/15/f...

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Regulating Uncharted Waters: The EU Platform Work Directive Between Uncertainty, Lobbyism and Politicisation In 2024, the EU adopted a much-debated directive on improving working conditions in platform work, which aims to facilitate the correct classification of people performing platform work and regulates...

New in JCMS: @svenschreurs.bsky.social on the EU Platform Work Directive, how pressure, legal creativity & timing broke deadlock & set new rules for platform work, & what this means for EU regulatory capacity.

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Signalling Questions in the Recovery and Resilience Dialogues: What MEPs Ask When They Are Not Asking for Accountability Parliamentary questions are often seen as instruments of executive accountability. Yet in the European Parliament's (EP's) Recovery and Resilience Dialogues, many questions appear to pursue alternati...

Happy to share this newly published article in JCMS examining parliamentary questions as tools of accountability & as forms of political signalling in contested & crisis-driven contexts.

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Unequal Solidarity: Club Rules and Crisis Support in the European Polity Is European solidarity during crises due to common or close identities? Or do Europeans punish rule-breaking countries by showing them less solidarity? Research on the determinants of European solida...

New JCMS research shows EU crisis solidarity depends on rule-following, but unevenly. Rule-of-law breaches cut support, fiscal & migration rules matter less, & CEE states are punished more than founding members.

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CEP is delighted to share a new special collection exploring Ireland & the EU. Bringing together new research on Brexit, governance, identity, and Ireland’s place in Europe.

Explore the collection here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

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Like JCMS? You’ll love our sibling journal @cep-uaces.bsky.social. We focus on European integration; they bring the latest on contemporary European politics and policy. Give them a follow!

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Out of Many, Many: Variation in East Central Europe Financial Governance Despite the EU's Single Market Following the global financial crisis, European financial authorities introduced a host of new initiatives intended to advance market integration, improve the quality of bank oversight and enhance bo...

Korbel Prof @epsteinprof.bsky.social & @piroskadora.bsky.social find that European financial reform has spawned growing diversity in financial policies, with East Central Europe markets contributing significantly to EU fragmentation. What are the implications? Read more in @jcms-eu.bsky.social

The Island of Ireland and the European Union: Past, Present and Future This Special Collection explores the evolving relationship between the island of Ireland and the European Union (EU) against a backdrop of profound political, economic and geopolitical change. Brexit...

New research in Contemporary European Politics examines how Brexit & wider crises have reshaped the island of Ireland’s relationship with the EU, highlighting resilience, identity, & small-state agency.

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All in this Together? Communities of Practice in UK–EU Cybersecurity Relations Post‐Brexit and Differentiated Re‐engagement Whilst formative work on characterising UK-EU cybersecurity cooperation points to re-engagement rather than disengagement, we seek to take this as our starting point in order to build a more complex ...

Brexit did not simply weaken UK–EU cybersecurity cooperation! New research in JCMS shows how collaboration has persisted through informal networks, shared expertise, & communities of practice.

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That's a wrap on JCMS 2025. It's been a year of original research, debate, and global engagement in European integration and public policy. Thank you to all our authors, reviewers, and readers for being part of the JCMS community. We look forward to more outstanding research in 2026. 🥂

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Wishing our readers, authors, and reviewers a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year - the JCMS team. 🎄

Technocracy, Supranationalism and Right‐Wing Populism: The Variegated Sheltering of Western Assets in East Central European Countries After the Global Financial Crisis of 2008, European Union (EU) governance has become more tolerant towards national policy adaptation and experimentation. Right-wing populist governments in East Cent...

EU tolerance for policy divergence has limits. Right wing populists in Hungary and Poland could target foreign firms, but Slovenia could not. "Why?" ask Gerhard Schnyder, Andreas Nölke, & Dorottya Sallai.

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Overcoming Dissent: Socialization in the EU's Political and Security Committee in a Context of Crises Various crises have plagued the EU's foreign policy over the last decade. As some member states increasingly question the founding principles of the EU, it is reasonable to expect that national repre...

How are diplomats in #EU foreign policy able to uphold internal cohesion despite increasing dissent among EU member states? Anna Michalski and @augustdanielson.bsky.social study socialization dynamics in the EU's Political and Security Committee.
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Brexit and the Emergence of a Transnational European Community of Practice: From Grassroots Mobilisations to Supranational Political Opportunity Structures in the Struggle for Citizens' Rights Brexit ignited an unprecedented sense of shared European identity and belonging, catalysing pro-EU social movements among EU nationals in the United Kingdom and amongst British citizens residing in t....

Co-authored by @michaelacbenson.bsky.social @catherineruth.bsky.social and @nandosigona.bsky.social
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We are running a European Security themed track for #UACES2026 in Prague, and are already looking forward to the no doubt lively discussions! ECRs are especially welcome - this is a really supportive conference. All you need to know is here: uaces.org/themedtracks...

Read the new JCMS blog "Austerity and Support for the Euro" by Nicola Nones and Melle Scholten, introducing their study on how budget cuts and tax hikes shaped public attitudes toward the euro.

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#TheEU #Austerity #Politics #Europe #EuropeanPolitics #JCMS #UACES

Blue slide with the Contemporary European Politics (CEP) logo beside the UACES and Wiley logos. Large quote bubble reads: “What’s it like to publish with the Journal of Contemporary European Politics?” At the bottom, orange box with text: “Yunus Baris Ertürk, MSc.” Footer includes social and contact information: @cep-uaces.bsky.social and cep4prod@wiley.com.

What’s it like to publish with CEP?

We spoke with Yunus Baris Ertürk about his experience as an early-career researcher publishing with CEP & how the process shaped his work.

Read his reflections 👇

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Read the new JCMS blog "Austerity and Support for the Euro" by Nicola Nones and Melle Scholten, introducing their study on how budget cuts and tax hikes shaped public attitudes toward the euro.

Read here: lnkd.in/eHtWWzrC

#TheEU #Austerity #Politics #Europe #EuropeanPolitics #JCMS #UACES

New paper in @jcms-eu.bsky.social on the Commission's post-Brexit role, from me and David Moloney

tl;dr COM has made strong work of turning the exceptional Brexit arrangements into more permanent roles for itself

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Digital Sovereignty and the EU's Identity Between Technological Innovation and European Values The debate around ‘digital sovereignty’ identifies tensions rooted in the disparity between the EU's considerable economic and regulatory power in digital matters and its limited mandate and capabili...

Great analysis of how the EU frames digital sovereignty to define its global identity. This article highlights tensions between innovation, regulation and autonomy as Europe navigates a fast-shifting tech world.

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