Paul Schmidt

 
Educational Background

2000/2001: Diplomatic Academy Vienna: Master of International Relations

1996/2000: University of Vienna: Master in Political Science

Work Experience

Since 9/2009: Austrian Society for European Politics, Secretary General

9/2006 – 9/2009: Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB): Deputy Head at the Representative Office of the OeNB at the Permanent Representation of Austria to the European Union, Brussels

9/2001 – 9/2009: Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB): Expert for European Policy, European Affairs and International Financial Organizations Division, Vienna

Publications

Schmidt, P. (2023): Ein Stück europäischer Identität, In: Gemeinsam stark. Bilanz und Reformideen für den Binnenmarkt, Europäische Bewegung Österreich, Wien, July 2023.

Schmidt, P., Pollak, J., Kaeding, M. (2023): Climate Change and the Future of Europe, LSE EUROPP Blog, 19 May 2023.

Pollak, J., Kaeding, M. Schmidt, P. (2023): Tackling the Climate Crisis: Implementation Time in Europe, Euractiv.de, 16 May 2023.

Kaeding, M. Pollak, J., Schmidt, P. (eds.) (2023): Climate Change and the Future of Europe: Views from the Capitals, Springer Cham, ISBN 978-3-031-23327-2, March 2023.

Österreichische Gesellschaft für Europapolitik (ed.) (2022): Unter 30! Junge Visionen für Europa, Czernin Verlag, Wien, ISBN 978-3-7076-0782-6.

Kaeding, M., Pollak, J., Schmidt, P. (eds.) (2022): Russia and the Future of Europe: Views from the Capitals, Springer Cham, ISBN 978-3-030-95647-9, July 2022.

Edthofer, J., Schmidt, P. (2022): Die Europäische Union als Sicherheits- und Verteidigungsunion: Das Meinungsbild der ÖsterreicherInnen im EU-Vergleich, ÖGfE Policy Brief, No. 12, Vienna, 7 July.

Schmidt, P., Džihić, V. (2022): The Russia-Ukraine war must be the impetus for a new EU enlargement and neighbourhood policy, LSE EUROPP Blog, 24 May 2022.

Schmidt, P., Džihić, V. (2022): Ukraine War is Europe’s Wake-up Call to Revive Enlargement, BalkanInsight, 20 May 2022.

Schmidt, P. (2022): Una Europa Differente, El Pais Agenda Publica, 18th April 2022. Kaeding, M. Pollak, J., Schmidt, P. (eds.) (2022): European Solidarity in Action and the Future of Europe: Views from the Capitals, Springer, ISBN 978-3-030-86537-5, February 2022.

Schmidt, P. (2021): Why the EU’s Spitzenkandidaten procedure should be revived before the next European Parliament elections, LSE EUROPP Blog, 29 July 2021.

Edthofer, J., Schmidt, P. (2021): Austria: expectations of the Conference on the Future of Europe, in: Alander, M., von Ondarza, N., Russack, S. (eds.): Managed Expectations: EU Member States‘ Views on the Conference on the Future of Europe. EPIN Report, 24 June 2021.

Schmidt, P., Džihić, V. (2021): Vaccine diplomacy and enlargement fatigue: Why the EU must rethink its approach to the Western Balkans, LSE EUROPP Blog, 28 April 2021.

Edthofer, J., Schmidt, P. (2021): The future of the EU’s lead-candidate procedure, Real Instituto Elcano, 5 April 2021.

Edthofer, J., Schmidt, P. (2021): Die Zukunft des EU-SpitzenkanditatInnen-Verfahrens, ÖGfE Policy Brief, No. 4, Vienna, 29 March.

Österreichische Gesellschaft für Europapolitik (ed.) (2021): 30 Ideen für Europa, Czernin Verlag, Wien, ISBN 978-3-7076-0750-5.

Schaller, S., Schmidt, P. (2021): Die Aufbau- und Resilienzfazilität der EU: Ein Tropfen auf den heißen Stein?. Wien, ÖGfE Policy Brief,  No. 3, Vienna, 18 March.

Schmidt, P., et al. (2021): Western Balkans’ Plight is Wake-up Call for Europe, BalkanInsight, 23 March 2021.

Schmidt, P., (2021): A successful presidency but much remains to be done, in: A unifying presidency amid an unprecedented crisis: Evaluating the German Council Presidency from the Central and Eastern European perspective, GLOBSEC, 5 February 2021.

Schaller, S., Schmidt, P., Milford-Faber, S. (2020): Voices of Central and Eastern Europe. Perceptions of democracy and governance in 10 EU countries – Länderbericht Österreich, GLOBSEC, Österreichische Gesellschaft für Europapolitik.

Kaeding, M., Pollak, J., Schmidt, P. (ed.) (2020): Euroscepticism and the Future of Europe Views from the Capitals, Palgrave Macmillan, September.

Kurri, P., Schmidt, P. (2020): Making the European Capital Brussels tangible for the Next Generation, ÖGfE Policy Brief, No. 16a, Vienna, 16 July.

Kurri, P., Schmidt, P. (2020): Next Generation EU: Die Europa-Hauptstadt Brüssel für Jugendliche erlebbar machen, ÖGfE Policy Brief, No. 16, Vienna, 25 June.

Edthofer, J., Schmidt, P. (2020): The European Parliament – One year after the European Elections, ÖGfE Policy Brief, No. 12a, Vienna, 22 June.

Edthofer, J., Schmidt, P. (2020): Das Europäische Parlament – ein Jahr nach den Europawahlen, ÖGfE Policy Brief, No. 12, Vienna, 25 May.

Schmidt, P. (2020): Österreichs zwiespältiges Verhältnis zur Europäischen Union, in: Europäische Rundschau, No. 1.

Schmidt, P.  (2020): 25 Jahre Österreich in der Europäischen Union. Gekommen, um zu bleiben., in: Fundamente. Meilensteine der Republik. 25 Jahre Österreich in der Europäischen Union, Parlamentsdirektion, Vienna, February.

Schmidt, P. (2020): Austria’s new ÖVP-Green government: united in diversity?, LSE EUROPP Blog, 17 January.

Schmidt, P. (2019): What to expect from Austria’s election, LSE EUROPP Blog, 10 September.

Edthofer, J., Schmidt, P. (2019): Das Abstimmungsverhalten der österreichischen Abgeordneten zum Europäischen Parlament, ÖGfE Policy Brief, No. 12, Vienna, 23 May.

Edthofer, J., Schmidt, P. (2019): The voting behaviour of the Austrian Members of the European Parliament during the legislative period 2014-2019, TEPSA Briefs, July 2019.

Schaller, S., Schmidt, P., Milford-Faber, S. (2019): The untapped potential of EU affairs in Austria’s Parliament, in: Representative Democracy in the EU: Recovering Legitimacy. Rowman & Littlefield International, London, May.

Österreichische Gesellschaft für Europapolitik (ed.) (2018): Populism in Central Europe 2018. Anti EU-rhetoric versus own national interests? National populism and its reception in Central Europe, December.

Breinschmid, C., Schaller, S., Schmidt, P. (2018): Direct Democracy in Austria: just a tool for the opposition?, in: Direct Democracy in the European Union: The Myth of a Citizens’ Union. Rowman & Littlefield International, London, November.

Bittner, M., Schmidt, P. (2018): Digitalisierung in Österreich: Politisches Feigenblatt oder Modernisierungsschub in einer zunehmend vernetzten EU?, ÖGfE Policy Brief, No. 25, Vienna, 31 October.

Hajdu, D., Kvorning Lassen, C., Lovec, M., Schmidt, P., Szalai, A. (2018): Nationalistic populism and its reception in Central Europe, ÖGfE Policy Brief, No. 24, Vienna, 23 October.

Schmidt, P. (2018): Explaining the appeal of populist nationalism in Central Europe, LSE EUROPP Blog, 6 November.

Schmidt, P. (2018): The future of Europe: Views from the capitals, Emerging Europe, 29 October.

Edthofer, J., Schmidt, P. (2018): Die EU als Sicherheits- und Verteidigungsunion: Das Meinungsbild der ÖsterreicherInnen im EU-Vergleich, ÖGfE Policy Brief, No. 20, Vienna, 26 September.

Kaeding, M., Pollak, J., Schmidt, P. (ed.) (2018): The Future of Europe – Views from the Capitals. Palgrave Macmillan, September.

Schmidt, P. (2018): Should the rest of the EU follow Austria in reducing the voting age to 16?, LSE EUROPP Blog, 27 July.

Edthofer J., Schmidt, P. (2018): Voting at 16 in Austria: a possible model for the EU?, Royal Instituto Elcano, 12 July.

Schmidt, P. (2018): What should we expect from Austria’s upcoming presidency of the Council of the European Union?, LSE EUROPP Blog, 27 June.

Breinschmid, C., Schmidt, P. (2018): Zur veränderten Rolle des EU-Ratsvorsitzes: Zwischen Anspruch und Wirklichkeit, ÖGfE Policy Brief, No. 9, Vienna, 6 June.

Edthofer J., Schmidt, P. (2018): Wählen ab 16 in Österreich – ein Erfolgsmodell für ganz Europa?, ÖGfE Policy Brief, No. 6, Vienna, 16 April.

Schmidt, P. (2018): The EU and Democratic Values: What Unites and Divides Hungarians and Austrians, Emerging Europe, 4 April.

Schmidt, P. (2018): Franco-German cooperation: Am compromise between vision and reality?, LSE EUROPP Blog, 6 February.

Schmidt, P. (2018): Budapest & Vienna: A New Eurosceptic Tandem?, Emerging Europe, 1 February.

Schmidt, P. (2017): Austria in Europe: dynamic perceptions and ambiguous politics, Real Instituto Elcano, 12 December.

Schmidt, P. (2017): Could Austria join the Visegrád Group?, LSE EUROPP Blog, 27 October.

Schmidt, P. (2017): Euroscepticism in Austria: The calm before the storm, Chatham House, 20 June.

Schmidt, P. (2017): The Free Movement of Workers Within the EU and the Case of Austria: Balancing Distortions and Adding Value, The European Financial Review, 5 May.

Schmidt, P. (2017): Is EU free movement a curse or a blessing? The case of Austria, LSE EUROPP Blog, 21 February.

Breinschmid, C., Schmidt, P. (2017): Die Europäische Bürgerinitiative – lebendig begraben?, ÖGfE Policy Brief, No. 7, Vienna, 31 May.

Schaller, S., Schmidt, P. (2017): Der Brexit bringt’s: Zwei EU-Agenturen auf der Suche nach einem neuen Standort, Vienna, ÖGfE Policy Brief, No. 21, Vienna, 29 September.

Schmidt, P., Breinschmid, C. (ed.) (2016): 25 Ideen für Europa. Österreichische Gesellschaft für Europapolitik, Eigenverlag (ISBN 978-3-200-04821-8), October.

Schmidt, P. (2016): Austrian Euroscepticism has grown markedly, but voters still show little support for leaving the EU, LSE EUROPP Blog, 24 October.

Schmidt, P. (2016): Why Central Europe needs a unified strategy for tackling the migration crisis, LSE EUROPP Blog, 15 August.

Göbl, G., Kvorning Lassen, C., Lovec, M., Nic, M., Schmidt, P. (2016): Central Europe and the Refugee Question: Cooperation, not Confrontation, Vienna, ÖGfE Policy Brief, No. 22, Vienna, 12 September.

Schmidt, P. (2016): Elecciones presidenciales en Austria: una historia interminable, El País, 2 July.

Schmidt, P. (2015): Ein Neustart für Europa, Sicherheitspolitische Jahresvorschau 2015, Österreichisches Bundesheer.

Nauschnigg, F., Schmidt, P. (ed.) (2006): Conference on Experience with and Preparations for the Euro. Oesterreichische Nationalbank.

Mooslechner, P., Gnan, E., Schmidt, P., Schwarz, R. (ed.) (2005): The European Integration Process: A Changing Environment for National Central Banks, Oesterreichische Nationalbank.

Mooslechner, P., Gnan, E., Schmidt, P., Schwarz, R. (ed.) (2004): A Constitutional Treaty for an Enlarged Europe: Institutional and Economic Implications for Economic and Monetary Union, Oesterreichische Nationalbank.