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The European University Institute (EUI) is a unique international centre for doctorate and post-doctorate studies and research, situated in the Tuscan hills overlooking Florence. Since its establishment 40 years ago by the six founding members of the then European Communities, the EUI has earned a reputation as a leading international academic institution with a European focus. The four departments – Economics, History and Civilization, Law, and Political and Social Sciences – host scholars from more than 60 countries, studying for the Institution’s doctorate or one-year masters in law or European economics.

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Palma Nova beach - a popular European holiday destination in the Spanish Balearic island of Majorca, 1960. Antonio Verdugo, Legacy Luis Fernández Fuster, University of Zaragoza, Huesca.

Beyond the ‘Spain is different’ slogan: putting an end to tourist clichés about Spain

A fresh look at tourism in Spain revisits the “Spain is Different” slogan, revealing a longer, more complex and contested history than the 1960s boom suggests.
Plage de Palmanova (Majorque), 1960. Antonio Verdugo/Legs Luis Fernández Fuster, Université de Saragosse, Huesca.

Au‑delà du slogan « Spain is Different » : pour en finir avec les clichés touristiques sur l’Espagne

Ni fatalité historique ni coup de génie franquiste : une autre lecture de la « différence » espagnole mise en avant dans les années 1960 pour attirer les touristes.
Lancement des célébrations du 50e anniversaire de la CEDEAO à Accra, au Ghana, le 22 avril 2025. Photo: Nipah Dennis/AFP via Getty Images

La Cedeao sans les États du Sahel : comment cette scission met à l'épreuve la libre circulation et la légitimité régionale

Au-delà des droits à la libre circulation, le retrait de l'AES a des effets réels sur la Cedeao en termes de légitimité, de poids, et de droits des migrants.
Launch of the 50th anniversary celebrations of Ecowas in Accra, Ghana, on 22 April 2025. Nipah Dennis/AFP via Getty Images

Ecowas without the Sahel states: how the split is testing free movement and regional legitimacy

Beyond the rights to free movement, the AES withdrawal has real effects on Ecowas in terms of its legitimacy, strength and migrant rights.
Sacramento - June 9, 2025: CHP officers watch the crowd during the Stop Deportations, Citizenship for All rally at California State Capitol Park. Conor P. Fitzgerald / Shutterstock

Denaturalization in the Trump era: When the State questions the citizenship of millions of Americans

Under Trump, US citizenship is again a political battleground, as expanded denaturalisation grounds threaten decades of legal protections for millions of naturalised Americans.
Plusieurs signalements de harcèlement sexuel et d’abus, commis dans les confessionnaux aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, sont conservés dans les archives du Vatican. Quisquilia/Shutterstock

Dans l’Italie du XVIIIe siècle, les femmes s’insurgeaient contre le harcèlement sexiste et sexuel subi dans les confessionnaux

Les archives du Vatican montrent qu’au XVIIIᵉ siècle, des Italiennes ont signalé des cas de harcèlement et d’abus aux autorités ecclésiastiques.
According to the European Commission’s Report on the state of the Digital Decade 2023, “the EU relies on foreign countries for over 80% of digital products”. In this photo, Anne Le Henanff (R), France’s minister delegate for artificial intelligence, addresses a press conference along with Karsten Wildberger (L), Germany’s minister for digitalisation and state modernisation, at the Summit on European Digital Sovereignty in Berlin on November 18, 2025. John MacDougall/AFP

‘Digital sovereignty’: why the EU may be shifting from internet regulation to building homegrown tech

A summit on the future of the European digital sector comes after a shift in how Brussels sees its role.
EU countries typically provide irregular migrants with a small set of legal rights. In this photo, protesters demonstrate to support regularisation of undocumented immigrants (les sans-papiers) on June 20, 2020, in Paris, France. Alain Jocard/AFP

Irregular migrants in Europe face obstacles to exercising legal rights – where they have them

There are various social and labour rights for irregular migrants in the different EU member states and the UK. But the costs of enjoying these rights can be daunting.
As the latest EU non-financial reporting (NFR) regulations come into force, they are being applied to companies’ full value chains. This photograph of the Eramine lithium extraction plant, which is linked to the French mining group Eramet, was taken in Salta province, Argentina on July 4, 2024. Luis Robayo/AFP

EU efforts to measure companies’ environmental impacts have global effects. Here’s how to make them more just

Regulations on sustainability reporting must be crafted with stakeholders across value chains to minimise harm to vulnerable communities.
US President Donald Trump holds up an executive order during an inauguration parade in Washington on January 20, 2025. Anna Moneymaker / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP

Ending US birthright citizenship could have consequences for LGBTQ+ couples, lower‑income parents and the surrogacy market

If it comes into force, President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship could have consequences for people and processes in the US and abroad.

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