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DOI: https://doi.org/10.60054/PEU.2025.12

Published: 2025-11-07

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PREFACE

Preface

Ingrid Shikova

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First panel: THE EUROPEAN UNION IN A NEW GLOBAL CONTEXT

The role of the digital euro in a global and regional context

Kaloyan Simeonov, Savina Nedyalkova

13-24
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Euro myth and reality

Tsvetan Manchev

25-37
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Financing freedom funding europe’s security in a time of war

Eoin Drea

38-44
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Gatekeeping Europe the EU’s fdi screening mechanism in a shifting global order

Paskal Zhelev

45-55
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The perils of attractiveness NATO’s eastern flank countries facing American uncertainty

Jean F. Crombois

56-66
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Strategies for strengthening relations between the European Union and Latin America the role of Uruguay

Virginia Moratî ́, Kaloyan Stanev

67-75
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Blue dimensions of the European green deal the way forward

Roksana Trifonova

76-85
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Strengthening EU legitimacy through self-organizing governance

Vihar Georgiev

86-97
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Navigating change: the new European Parliament, Euroscepticism, and the global political landscape

Martina Marinova

98-108
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Democratisation on the move mobile citizens as a factor for political stability and quality of democracy in the EU

Evelina Staykova

109-115
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Second panel: EUROPEAN IDENTITY, ENLARGEMENT, SKILLS AND CULTURE

The shock impact of President Trump’s rhetoric on European identity

Plamen Ralchev, Elena Rosberg

119-131
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Is the European project in danger?

Dorin-Mircea Dobra

132-140
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Political rights, citizenship and EU values new perspectives for a European political consciousness

Angela Maria Romito

141-148
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Exploring beyond the formal characteristics of the EU enlargement policy

Lubomira Popova

149-158
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Bridging borders cultural diplomacy and EU integration of the Western Balkans

Alexandra Milanova

159-164
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Digital democratic participation tools and EU cohesion policies what protections for regionally specific groups in member states’ territories?

Celeste Pesce

165-179
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Third panel: DIS/INFORMATION AND ONLINE PLATFORMS IN THE EU

Keynote speech tech bros. Business model. Media freedom. What to do with DSA?

Irene Maria Plank

183-185
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Why freedom of speech in the EU is not equivalent to the freedom of online platforms to be irresponsible and unaccountable

Mariya Yurukova

186-209
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Governing AI and content moderation online the EU regulatory approach and global multistakeholder dynamics

Denitza Toptchiyska

210-222
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Wasper a Bulgarian-language model for detecting propaganda in social media content

Yolina Petrova, Todor Kiryakov, Devora Kotseva, Boryana Kostadinova

223-230
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The role of Open Source Intelligence in countering disinformation and strengthening the European Union’s digital resilience

Yordan Terziev, Velizar Shalamanov

231-243
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Tackling disinformation online with media literacy by design and community-centred platform regulation the Wikipedia model

Iglika Ivanova

244-260
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Conceptual evolution of information disorder a decade of discursive transformation in Bulgarian

Ruslana Margova

261-274
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Fourth panel: AI IN EUROPE: A FORCE FOR CHANGE OR A CHALLENGE TO OVERCOME?

The role of Article 114 TFEU in balancing fundamental rights and product safety in the AI Act

Branka Marušić

277-289
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The European Social Model in the age of AI

Monika Moraliyska

290-300
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The European Union and artificial intelligence strategy, regulation, and challenges

Lyubimka Andreeva

301-307
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Artificial intelligence and civic engagement in the European Union

Miruna Andreea Balosin

308-316
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Is artificial intelligence a threat or a driver for European entrepreneurship?

Ivan Tsanov

317-326
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Linguistic diversity and AI in the EU a challenge and a driver for learning opportunities: The case of French language

Alida Maria Silletti

327-334
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