Benjamin Couteau is a research fellow at the Centre Grande Europe of the Jacques Delors Institute, after having been in charge of the Institute’s working groups. His work focuses on the relations between the countries of the Western Balkans and Turkey and the European Union, in particular in the context of their EU accession.
Since the 2021-2022 academic year, he also serves as the education manager of the Académie Notre Europe, the Jacques Delors Institute’s training body enabling a hundred students and young professionnals aged 18 to 30 from over 20 countries around the world to develop a European citizenship and knowledge of contemporary European issues.
He graduated from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Human Rights and European law) and is a former student of the University of Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas and Mykolas Romeris University (Vilnius, Lithuania). He wrote his master’s thesis on Turkey’s compliance with the Copenhagen criteria in the context of its accession process to the European Union.
He has also conducted research on the protection of fundamental rights in the European and inter-American systems. His working languages are French, English and Spanish.
PUBLICATIONS
PUBLICATIONS
Montenegro’s new government: marching towards the European Union
Rival Influences in the Western Balkans: Hard Facts and Limitations
[FR] Kosovo/Serbia tensions
Enlargement of the European Union: an unexpected revival
Which European defence policy?
The war in Ukraine:
what are the consequences for European organisations?
MÉDIAS
MEDIAS
Au Kosovo, l’euro devient la monnaie unique – Benjamin Couteau
De Belgrade à Tirana, une zone d’influence disputée
L’Ukraine peut-elle adhérer à l’UE?
La Serbie, prétendante dérangeante de l’Union européenne
Het Institut Jacques Delors gaat op dezelfde dag in een webinar in op de vraag hoeveel invloed Rusland en China op kandidaat-lidstaten in de EU hebben
La guerre en Ukraine a ravivé l’intérêt pour l’intégration des pays des Balkans : “L’Union européenne est au rendez-vous, mais un peu tard”
Elections en Turquie : ce que changerait une défaite d’Erdogan pour les Européens
Францускиот предлог за македонска евроинтеграција
“Ucrânia fez progressos que ninguém esperava”
Adhésion à l’UE : “l’Ukraine a fait des progrès auxquels personne ne s’attendait”
Présidence du Conseil de l’Union européenne : quel véritable pouvoir pour la France ?
Présidence du conseil de l’Union européenne, un exercice très contraint pour Emmanuel Macron
