Multiple crises have created new legitimacy challenges for the EU. Have the EU's responses to those crises been legitimate?
Publications
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Shaping public support: national governments’ discourse on Europe
Dec. 21, 2020
Based on an original study on public opinion which finds that citizens are ambiguous, inconsistent and undecided, Joris Melman provides some recommendations for national governments in this first in a series of project policy briefs.
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After the cartel party: ‘extra-party’ and ‘intra-party’ techno-populism
Dec. 18, 2020
José Piquer and Anton Jäger have published an article on the transition from cartel to techno-populist political parties of left-populist challengers in the UK and Spain in a special issue of Politics & Governance .
News
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Addressing legitimacy challenges for the European Union
Dec. 8, 2020
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Preparing PhDs for non-academic careers
Oct. 9, 2020
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The euro: no legitimacy without solidarity?
Oct. 1, 2020
PLATO is a European network of leading research universities and professionals from the policy advice, consulting and civil society sectors. The innovative programme trains 15 PhD researchers to contribute to solving key policy issues for Europe.
Research
PLATO investigates the legitimacy of the EU’s responses to the financial crisis. It will use the example of the financial crisis to build and test theory of what would amount to a legitimacy crisis in the case of a multi-state, non-state political system such as the EU.
Training
PLATO offers an intensive and demanding programme of academic training as well as training in a range of professional skills, work experience from relevant sectors and individual professional career planning.
Partners and PhDs
PLATO's team brings together nine university partners which employ 15 PhD researchers. Eleven training partners contribute to the network with professional expertise and secondment opportunities.
What is PLATO?
The project in brief (pdf)
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