Possible essay title

The EU – Where are we going? What are the challenges and opportunities for the future? 

(Try not to sound naive!)

See below, updated November 2018 

https://fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R44249.pdf

and

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2018/614650/EPRS_IDA(2018)614650_EN.pdf

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/02/the-3-biggest-threats-to-the-eu-according-to-president-tusk/

https://www.thejournal.ie/eu-reforms-are-under-threat-3889795-Mar2018/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46020745

https://www.timesofisrael.com/frances-macron-eu-must-reform-to-fight-rising-nationalism/

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/01/world/europe/france-yellow-vests-protests-macron.html

https://www.thelocal.fr/20180620/germany-france-eurozone-reform-ideas

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/france-emmanuel-macron-eu-reform-nationalism-1.4622822

http://time.com/5426869/brexit-threat-ireland-uk-europe-us/

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/aug/02/uks-brexit-proposals-threaten-future-of-eu-says-barnier

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/aug/22/the-euro-and-its-threat-to-the-future-of-europe-joseph-stiglitz-review

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/23/world/europe/italy-european-union.html

For EU priorities you can start here:

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/priorities_it

and then open documents in both languages, for example:

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/priorities/migration_it

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/priorities/migration_en