Paul Schmidt

Education

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

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

Professional Activities

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

10/2004 – 1/2005 Representative Office of the OeNB at the Permanent Representation of Austria to the European Union, Brussels

5/2003 – 6/2003 Bank for International Settlements, Basel

4/2002 – 5/2002 Permanent Delegation of Austria to the OECD, Paris

1998/1999 Civil service, Vienna

Additional Information

Paul Schmidt is member of the European Movement in Austria, member of the board of TEPSA (Trans European Policy Studies Association) and member of the advisory board of “InvigoratEU” (Invigorating Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy for a Resilient Europe), a Horizon Europe project coordinated by the University of Duisburg-Essen (2024 – 2026). From 2020 to 2023 he was coordinator of the Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Networks Project “Europeanisation meets democracy from below: The Western Balkans on the search for new European and democratic Momentum (WB2EU)”. Paul Schmidt is co-editor of the book series “The Future of Europe: views from the Capitals”, a project initiated by TEPSA.

Publications

Kaeding, M., Pollak, J., Schmidt, P. (eds.) (2024): Enlargement and the Future of Europe: Views from the Capitals, Springer Cham, ISBN 978-3-031-43233-0, January 2024.

Österreichische Gesellschaft für Europapolitik (ed.) (2023): Vision Western Balkans 2030. Europeanisation meets democracy, November 2023.

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): , ÖGfE Policy Brief, The European Parliament – One year after the European Elections, 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.