Alessandra Silveira (Jean Monnet Chair on EU Law), Karine Silva (Jean Monnet Chair in Regional Integration), Joana Abreu (FCT PhD Scholar) and Alfredo Rangel (FCT-CAPES PhD student) were in Brussels on 14 and 15 November for the annual meeting of Jean Monnet Professors which conference was on "The political implications of European economic integration - towards a political Union".