Ten issues to watch in 2018

Please note: Each In-Depth Analysis is assigned a DOI (digital object identifier), which is a safe and long term way of ensuring a hyperlink to the full text of this report. However, when ESO creates this record, on occasion the DOI still has not been activated by the EU Bookshop. If you find the source url hyperlink does not work please use the alternative location hyperlink listed as a related url.This is the second edition of an annual EPRS publication designed to identify key issues and policy areas that were likely to feature prominently on the political agenda of the European Union over the coming year.

Topics presented include:

+ the implications for the EU of the terrorism threat
+ the North Korean issue
+ the security challenges posed by disinformation, fake news and cyber-crime
+ the ongoing migration crisis and rising inequalities.
+ youth empowerment
+ the EU budget
+ the future of the euro area
+ the European elections in 2019
+ Brexit

• Primary Source

European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service: In-Depth Analysis, January 2018: Ten issues to watch in 2018 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2018/614650/EPRS_IDA(2018)614650_EN.pdf

Carnegie Europe: Strategic Europe, 15.01.18: What Not to Expect in 2018 http://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/75258?lang=en

ECFR: Commentary 20.12.17: Views from the capitals: European dreams for 2018 http://www.europeansources.info/record/views-from-the-capitals-european-dreams-for-2018/

ECFR: Policy Brief, January 2018: Opportunities amid disorder: Europe and the world in 2018 http://www.ecfr.eu/publications/summary/opportunities_amid_disorder_europe_and_the_world_in_2018#

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