THE STATE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION. Reforming Europe in a time of war

Contents 7 I ntroduction. The war in Ukraine makes reform of the European Union more necessary than ever Luise Rürup and Diego López Garrido 1 3 T he Conference on the Future of Europe: an inadequate approach that will have to be corrected in the implementation pase Francisco Aldecoa Luzárraga 2 3 S ocial Europe: Retaining the status quo during the pandemic, avoiding new disparities Björn Hacker 3 3 E urope’s moment of truth on its way to the moon Claudia Detsch 4 3 P olitics in Europe: elections, changes and trends Carlos Carnero and José Candela 49 The shortfall of the European migratory and asylum policy Paloma Favieres 5 5 T he Rule of Law Situation in the European Union Francisco Fonseca Morillo 71 Lessons learned from the war in Ukraine José Enrique de Ayala 8 3 S pain at the helm of the European Union in stormy times: for an ambitious agenda for the Council Presi- dency in 2023 Mercedes Guinea Llorente 9 3 T he European Union on the global stage. European strategic autonomy Christos Katsioulis 10 1 B iographies