Western Europe 2026

Europa Publications’ regional publications are compiled by a team of editors and researchers, with introductory and country-specific material provided by specialists in their field:Théo Aiolfi.Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Advanced Studies, CY Cergy Paris University, France.Torben M. Andersen.Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus University, Denmark.Marcus Böick.Assistant Professor in Modern German History and Fellow and Director of Studies in History of King’s College, University of Cambridge.Lino Briguglio.Professor of Economics, and Director, Islands and Small States Institute, University of Malta, Malta.Marc Bühlmann.Director, Année Politique Suisse, University of Bern, Switzerland.Stefano Camatarri.Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium.Günther K. Chaloupek.Former Director of Economic Policy Section, Austrian Chamber of Labour, Vienna, Austria.Flemming Juul Christiansen.Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University, Denmark.Erica Consterdine.Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion, Lancaster University, United Kingdom.Andrew Cottey.Senior Lecturer and Jean Monnet Chair in European Political Integration, Department of Government and Politics, University College Cork, Ireland.Xavier Cuadras Morató.Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.Elena Danescu.Research Scientist, Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg.Jakob de Haan.Professor of Political Economy, University of Groningen, Netherlands.Jeroen Dewulf.Queen Beatrix Professor in Dutch Studies, University of California, Berkeley, USA.Nicholas Dickinson.Bingham Early Career Fellow in Constitutional Studies, Balliol College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.Michael J. Geary.Professor of Modern History and Jean Monnet Chair in History of European Integration, Department of Historical and Classical Studies, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway.Richard Gillespie.Emeritus Professor of Politics, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom.Rögnvaldur Hannesson.Professor Emeritus, Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen, Norway.Melanie Häner-MüllerInstitut für Schweizer Wirtschaftspolitik, University of Lucerne, Swizerland.Anna-Lena Högenauer.Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg.Mads Dagnis Jensen.Associate Professor, Department of International Economics, Government and Business, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.Mikko Kuisma.Program Lead and Lecturer, University of Tübingen, Germany.Timo Kuosmanen.Professor Economics, University of Turku, Finland.Mart Kuldkepp.Associate Professor of Scandinavian History and Politics, Department of Scandinavian Studies/ European Social and Political Studies, University College London, United Kingdom.David Lea.Writer and analyst on European political and economic affairs.Miguel Lebre de Freitas.Assistant Professor, Nova School of Business and Economics and University of Aveiro, Portugal.Kurt Richard Luther.Emeritus Professor of Comparative Politics, Keele University, United Kingdom, and Visiting Professor, Tongji University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China.Muiris MacCarthaigh.Professor of Politics and Public Policy, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom, and adjunct Professor at the Geary Institute for Public Policy, University College Dublin, Ireland.Gylfi Magnússon.Professor, Finance and Economics, School of Business, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland.Lars Magnusson.Professor in Economic History, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden.Lorenzo Mascioli.European University Institute, Department of Political and Social Sciences, Fiesole, Italy.Tommy Möller.Professor of Political Science, Stockholm University, Sweden.Jeremy Moulton.Lecturer, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of York.James L. Newell.University of Urbino, Italy, and Co-Editor of Contemporary Italian Politics, Routledge, United Kingdom.Stefanía Óskarsdóttir.Associate Professor, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland.Andrea L. P. Pirro.Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Bologna, Italy, and Editor, East European Politics and Routledge Studies in Extremism and Democracy.Min Reuchamps.Professor of Political Science, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium.Carmen Sammut.University of Malta, Malta.Christoph A. Schaltegger.Institut für Schweizer Wirtschaftspolitik, University of Lucerne, Swizerland.Marcel Schelbert. Institut für Schweizer Wirtschaftspolitik, University of Lucerne, Swizerland.Christian Schweiger.Visiting Professor and Chair, Comparative European Governance Systems, Institute for Political Science, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany.Marco SimoniAdjunct Professor, Luiss Business School, Rome, Italy.Paul Smith.Head of French, Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom.Francisco Torres.Visiting Professor, Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, Portugal.Linda Yueh.Fellow by Special Election in Economics, St Edmund Hall, Oxford, United Kingdom

• PART ONE General SurveyThe European Union: Navigating an Uncertain Future Economic Perspectives in Western Europe, the European Union and the Eurozone European Foreign and Security Policy Climate Action in the European Union and Western Europe The Politics of Migration in Western Europe The Far Right in Western Europe Overtourism in Western Europe: Issues and Prospecs PART TWO Country Surveys Sections with geography, chronology, history and economy, as well as statistical surveys, directories and bibliographies for each countryANDORRAAUSTRIA BELGIUM DENMARK DANISH EXTERNAL TERRITORIES: THE FAROE ISLANDS GREENLANDFINLAND FINNISH EXTERNAL TERRITORY: THE ÅLAND ISLANDSFRANCE GERMANY ICELAND IRELAND ITALY LIECHTENSTEINLUXEMBOURG MALTA MONACOTHE NETHERLANDS NORWAY NORWEGIAN EXTERNAL TERRITORIES: SVALBARD, JAN MAYENPORTUGAL SAN MARINOSPAIN SWEDEN SWITZERLAND THE UNITED KINGDOM UNITED KINGDOM CROWN DEPENDENCIES: THE CHANNEL ISLANDS - Guernsey, Islands of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Jersey, THE ISLE OF MANUNITED KINGDOM OVERSEAS TERRITORY: GIBRALTARTHE VATICAN CITY PART THREE Regional InformationRESEARCH INSTITUTESSELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (BOOKS)SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (PERIODICALS)