As the EURO completes its first decade of existence, the EU faces one of its most acute crises, challenged to make the necessary leap forward championing further integration over national strategies and policies. In this context, specialized research on the impact of EU integration has become more significant than ever. Hence, over the period 2012-2014, the project aspires to the establishment of
a joint working group of Jean Monnet Chairs and Professors of European Integration Studies that will serve as a centre of contemporary academic research having as end users members of civil society. Its main objective is to act as a pool of human and documentary resources from several Universities located mainly in Western and South-Eastern Europe (as the next region of EU expansion), establishing a network of scholars of joint research on the impact of EMU policy. The profile of this Research Group is bound to be multidisciplinary due to the multidimensional nature of the EU. Hence, all partners stem from a wide range of disciplines such as Economics, Political Economy, European Integration Studies, Law and Political Sciences.
