Since 1 January 2017 Annie NIESSEN has joined the ESU as a PhD student. She was granted a doctoral scholarship from the University of Liège to carry out research on the “European State” in the European Union from a legal, institutional, political and media point of view. The aim is to compare and confront the interpretations of the “European State” provided by the European institutions with the interpretations spread by national political leaders and newspapers. Graduated from the University of Liège in Multilingual Communication, Annie NIESSEN will conduct this research project in four years under the guidance of Mr. Quentin Michel, Professor in European Studies (ULg) and Mr. Geoffrey Geuens, lecturer in Communication and Information Sciences (ULg).