Public opinions on current issues

For over 25 years in the center of European policymaking, I have closely followed key issues, collaborating with experts to produce clear, timely, and valuable articles for readers.

I. By closely following the topic of European communication, I have managed to write about the European primary elections since 2010.

I have published on this topic with the following:

1. Dominique Ostyn

(Debate on how to better organise the 2019 European primary elections, 2015)

2. Prof. Alina Bârgãoanu,

(Funding the 2019 European primary elections, 2016)
(A moment of truth for European political parties, 2021)

3. Doru Frântescu (economic analyst)

(Why the Spitzenkandidaten system will have little impact in 2024, 2022)


II. The cooperation with Prof. Mihaela Luţaş began 25 years ago. I am very glad that our opinion on the importance of Romania's accession to the Eurozone was appreciated.

(Euro-integration for Romania: Between desire and necessity, 2022)


III. The PhD completed in 2008 had two central themes, communication and European education. I coordinated an up-to-date analysis of the European education situation through an event in the European Parliament, and the cooperation with Victor Negrescu and AEGEE Europe was fantastic.

(European education - the central point of the 2024-2029 EU Agenda, 2024)


IV. The subject of EU enlargement fascinated me enormously, the material published with Alexandrina Robu-Cepoi, Vlada Toma and Marian Cepoi, at the launch of the Moldova EU Club was well publicized.

(The launch of the "Moldova-EU" Club in Brussels, 2023)

V. Having perfect communication with two giants of Romanian politics, Vasile Puşcaş and Victor Negrescu, together we analyzed the transatlantic relationship.

(Legislators from both sides of the Atlantic call for a Transatlantic Erasmus, 2021)


VI. I have had over 10,000 meetings in Brussels, mostly with European associations. I have coordinated analyses, involving hundreds of experts in consultations. I recommend the published materials:

(Survey of federations identifies online communication trends, 2004)

(5 differences in corporates & federations communication, 2016)

(How Associations Keep Europe Connected, 2025)


VII. I have been posting regularly about job opportunities in Brussels. Here is a recent article:

(The Hidden Job Market of Brussels: 3,000 European Associations Powering Europe’s Policy Ecosystem, 2025)


VIII. Interacting with 30 experts, I wrote a book for Palgrave Publishing about who influences EU policies.

(Mapping the influencers in EU policies, 2019)

 

 

Dan LUCA / Brussels