The big challenge for the European Green Deal is diplomatic. Europe accounts for around 9.1% of global carbon dioxide emissions, compared with 30% for China and 14% for the US. Even if Europe fully implements the Green Deal, it will be for naught if China, the US, and other regions fail to match its efforts. European leaders therefore rightly treat diplomacy as crucial to the Green Deal’s success.

1. AALEP acts as a centre of expertise on public policy advocacy. It is the independent centre of reference and excellence for promoting public policy advocacy in the European Union and beyond.
2. AALEP acts a catalyst, promotes collaboration, launches new initiatives and introduces solutions to improve public policy advocacy capabilities.
3. AALEP helps professionals and practitioners working in the field of public advocacy pinpoint best practice and new areas of research. It also works with partners in other world regions, exchanging information and expertise.

Author: Dr. Jana Puglierin

At a time when, more than ever, the EU needs to act as a united international player in order not to become a pawn in the hands of major powers, the European member states are increasingly struggling to find the energy and political will to set aside their disagreements and focus on the European common interest. The EU often had no adequate answers to foreign policy crises, and its influence on the international system as a whole has declined.

Scotland never endorsed Brexit on any occasion. While its clear decision to remain in the EU in the 2016 referendum became widely known, it also rejected Brexit at every subsequent election. Not even a single opinion poll ever demonstrated majority support in Scotland for leaving the EU. Talk of profound division on the question of Europe does not apply in Scotland. The fact that Scotland and the UK left the EU anyway raises existential concerns over the UK’s constitutional system and indeed the future of the UK as a state.