The following research projects are currently under way at CEE: Negotiating in EU trialogue meetings: a double principal-agent analysis of the role of the Presidency and the rapporteur European integration-related depoliticisation of ordinary citizen Chessboard politics: EU external forest policies in the fragmented international forest regime Elite national political parties faced with the “Eurozone crisis”: is the (de)politicisation of European integration a legitimacy issue Jean Monnet research Network on EU-UN relations (EUN-NET) Welfare Policies and media Coverage: analysing Linkages between Citizens and Politics in Comparative Perspective The impact of parliamentary activities on the reselection and reelection of members of European Parliament RESTEP – Transatlantic Network on the Politicization of Europe