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1. A ‘second youth’ for the EU Speakers’ Conference? A critical appraisal of its ‘quasi-constitutional’ role
(Cristina Fasone/Essay)

... of the results, in the absence of any other possible alternative to the Speakers’ leadership. ...

2. Bi-Ethnic Federalism and the Question of Sovereignty: Understanding the Competitive Security Postures in Cyprus
(Pavlos I. Koktsidis/Essay)

... by the Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaderships, and explains how the divergent viewpoints and understandings of sovereignty reflect the underlying security fears and suspicion of parties. The analysis finds ...

3. Towards a Federal Democracy in Europe?
(Roberto Castaldi/Essay)

... the insights of the main grand theories, based on the interpretative scheme of crisis-initiative-leadership, and the distinction between unification, integration and construction. Applying this toolkit, ...

4. Europe needs initiative and leadership to overcome the crisis
(Roberto Castaldi/Editorial)

This paper applies the interpretative scheme “crisis-initiative-leadership” - developed with reference to the European unification process as a whole – to the current crises to analyse if and how the ...

5. Europe needs initiative and leadership to overcome
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