The State of the European Union. The European Parliament faces its most important elections yet

THE STATE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION 93 Global agreements on migration and refugees: challenges and proposals Paloma Favieres 103 The United States: widening the breach with Europe Vicente Palacio and Juan Antonio Pavón Losada 109 Protecting its citizens is becoming an ever more central part of the European Union’s job, with the development of the Common Security and Defence Policy and the implementation of Permanent Structured Cooperation Francisco Aldecoa Luzarraga 117 The uncertainties of Brexit: quo vadis, Britannia? Mercedes Guinea Llorente 129 A Europe that protects Spaniards Pablo Arnaldos 135 Recommendations European Affairs Council of the Fundación Alternativas 143 Biographies 149 Acronyms and abbreviations