Editorial Board Member at The New Federalist (section editor of “EU Institutions and Policy” and “Europe in the World”). Originally from Portugal, Afonso Morango completed a Bachelor´s in International Relations at the University of Porto and a minor in European Studies at the University of Maastricht. Currently, he is pursuing a Master´s in Development and International Cooperation at the Lisbon School of Economics and Management. Afonso is deeply passionate about the European Project and vehemently believes that the European Union is a truly suis generis area in the world.