First release of the FEPS YAN third cycle analyzing issues and trends influencing the upcoming EP elections and the electoral performance of the PES.

A study by Silvia Benamú and Trinidad Noguera analyzing the background of the proposed reforms. They remove women’s freedom to choose to terminate their pregnancy in the first 14 weeks of gestation.

This Economic Policy Viewpoint by Dr. Jo Michell (Lecturer in Economics, University of the West of England) examines the sources of demand underlying the economic recovery in the UK. It shows that the upturn in GDP is the result of a resurgence in the expansion of credit to households.

The annexation of the Crimea by Russia is an unprecedented event, with highly uncertain consequences. In this paper, André Gerrits asks if this is the beginning of a new area in global politics. What are the immediate and longer-term consequences of the Ukrainian crisis?