Introduction

  • Beatriz Pérez de las Heras University of Deusto, Spain
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18543/ced.2366
Keywords: German-Spanish relations, European Parliament, Structural Funds impact, Directive on restructuring and insolvency, electronic contracting and documentation

Abstract

The distribution of the first funds of the European recovery plan, the progressive lifting of Covid restrictions, the work of the Conference on the Future of Europe and the geopolitical tension caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have marked European news in the first months of 2022. In this uncertain and worrying context, the European Union (EU) is striving to address the important challenges it confronts, such as the climate transition, digitalisation, security at its external borders and strategic autonomy, among others. The response given to these challenges will determine not only the position of the EU on the world stage, but also the sustainability of the European project itself in the coming years.

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Author Biography

Beatriz Pérez de las Heras, University of Deusto, Spain

Editor-in-Chief, Deusto Journal of European Studies. Professor of European Union Law and Jean Monnet Chair on European Integration at the University of Deusto (UD). PhD in Law (UD), she accomplished post-graduate studies at the Centre Européen Universitaire de Nancy (France), where she obtained the DESS and DEA en Droit Communautaire. She was Director of the European Studies Institute at UD from 1996 to 2009, and Academic Coordinator of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on European Union Law and International Relations from 2013 to 2016. She also served as Vice-Dean for Research and International Relations at Deusto Faculty of Law from 2013 to 2015. She has been a visiting scholar at the Universities of Oregon (2009), Georgetown (2012), Fordham (2013), Boston College (2014) and Florida International University (2016). She is currently Editor-in-Chief of Deusto Journal of European Studies and Main Researcher of the «Integración Europea y Derecho Patrimonial» research team. She is author of various books and articles on European legal issues. As of September 2019, she is the Coordinator of the Jean Monnet Project «European Union-Asia Pacific Dialogue: promoting European Integration and mutual Knowledge across Continents» (EUNAP).

Published
2022-05-23
How to Cite
Pérez de las Heras, Beatriz. 2022. “Introduction”. Deusto Journal of European Studies, no. 66 (May), 19-26. https://doi.org/10.18543/ced.2366.
Issue
No. 66 (2022)
Section
Introduction

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