@techreport{Dawson, type = {Working Paper}, author = {Dawson, Mark}, title = {Juncker's Political Commission: Did it Work?}, series = {SIEPS - Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies}, journal = {SIEPS - Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies}, abstract = {The 'political Commission' may be the defining idea of the Juncker Presidency. But did it work? This paper is devoted to analysing how the notion of a political Commission has framed the organization and policy-making of the Juncker Commission. The idea of the political Commission was to allow the Commission to streamline its agenda and focus on a narrower number of proposals. In the words of the 2018 State of the Union address: to be 'bigger on the big things and smaller on the small things'. In reality, external constraints, and in particular the divergent preferences and electoral cycles of national governments, have frustrated this promise. The Commission's confinement to a relatively narrow set of regulatory (rather than distributive) tools limits its ability to be politically responsive to the main challenges the Union currently faces. At the same time, the political Commission undermines some elements of the Commission's regulatory legitimacy - for example, its promise to be a neutral arbiter in the enforcement of competition, internal market and rule of law norms. While the political Commission continues to be a normatively attractive idea, it has fitted poorly with the institutional and political constraints surrounding the Juncker Presidency. This carries implications for the next Commission and the fate of the Spitzenkandidaten process.}, language = {en} } @techreport{Redeker, type = {Working Paper}, author = {Redeker, Nils}, title = {Brexit: Bereit f{\"u}r Phase 2? Wie es nach dem Austritt weitergeht}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b1570-opus4-32875}, pages = {6}, abstract = {Fast f{\"u}nf Jahrzehnte nachdem das Vereinigte K{\"o}nigreich der Union beigetreten ist und dreieinhalb Jahre nachdem sich die Briten in einem Referendum mit knapper Mehrheit f{\"u}r den Brexit entschieden haben, beendet Großbritannien am 31. Januar um Mitternacht deutscher Zeit offiziell seine Mitgliedschaft. Die direkten Folgen des Austritts halten sich dennoch zun{\"a}chst in Grenzen. Noch bis zum Jahresende l{\"a}uft eine {\"U}bergangsfrist, w{\"a}hrend der sich Großbritannien weiterhin an alle EU-Standards halten muss, Teil des Binnenmarkts und der Zollunion bleibt und Beitr{\"a}ge in den EU-Haushalt zahlt. Erst am Ende dieser Frist wird Großbritannien nicht nur formal und institutionell, sondern auch faktisch aus der EU ausscheiden. Beiden Seiten bleiben damit elf Monate, um ihre k{\"u}nftigen Beziehungen zu regeln und ein umfassendes Freihandelsabkommen zu vereinbaren. Gelingt das nicht, drohen die Einf{\"u}hrung von Z{\"o}llen, Importquoten und anderen Handelsbeschr{\"a}nkungen. Die wirtschaftlichen Folgen w{\"a}ren mit denen eines No-Deal Brexits durchaus vergleichbar. Das Ringen um den Brexit geht also in die n{\"a}chste Runde. Drei Fragen werden dabei in den kommenden Monaten entscheidend sein. Erstens, ist ein Abkommen innerhalb der gesetzten Frist {\"u}berhaupt zu erreichen? Zweitens, wie breit k{\"o}nnte so ein erstes Abkommen werden? Und drittens, wie geschlossen wird die EU in den kommenden Verhandlungen auftreten k{\"o}nnen?}, language = {de} } @techreport{Guttenberg, type = {Working Paper}, author = {Guttenberg, Lucas}, title = {We Don't Need No Institution - What the Eurozone requires is not a treasury but a common fiscal policy}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b1570-opus4-32881}, pages = {5}, abstract = {Does the Eurozone need a "treasury"? The answer is no: The Eurozone needs a common fiscal policy to complement the ECB's monetary policy. But it does not need a new institution to take fiscal policy decisions or to execute such decisions. The EU institutional framework is well-equipped to perform these functions. Hence, the focus of political energy should be on getting the right policies and instruments in place, not on building new shiny institutions.}, language = {en} } @techreport{Koenig, type = {Working Paper}, author = {Koenig, Nicole}, title = {Qualified Majority Voting in EU Foreign Policy: Mapping Preferences}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b1570-opus4-32897}, pages = {6}, abstract = {The Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) is one of the EU's last bastions of unanimous decision-making. The idea of introducing qualified majority Voting (QMV) is as old as the policy area itself.}, language = {en} } @techreport{Dittrich, type = {Working Paper}, author = {Dittrich, Paul-Jasper}, title = {Data sharing: A European challenge? Why the EU should make data sharing a piority}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b1570-opus4-32902}, pages = {6}, abstract = {Data sharing refers to transactions in which personal or nonpersonal data from the public or private sector is made available for other organisations (public or private) for use and re-use. Data sharing can occur for free or data can be made available for profit. Data sharing in the EU has a lot of untapped value potential both for individuals and for the economy at large. New rules and institutions that can enable data sharing in a trusted manner and give citizens more control over when and how they share their private data need to be built at the European level. The question is how? The EU should work towards a stronger culture of data sharing and help build the necessary infrastructure with a focus on two areas: Building infrastructure for data sharing and access for companies and extending the right to portability of personal data (Art. 20 GDPR).}, language = {en} } @techreport{KammouriehPetrov, type = {Working Paper}, author = {Kammourieh Petrov, Sima}, title = {Ring-fencing in the Eurozone and the road to the Banking Union}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b1570-opus4-33378}, pages = {8}, abstract = {The Banking Union is one of the most important and ambitious projects launched by the European Union in the last ten years. With supervisory and resolution mechanisms for Eurozone banks now up and running, the current narrative is that most of the work to create the Banking Union is complete. This paper disputes this view, arguing that the persistence of financial protectionism - or "ring-fencing" - at Member State level significantly erodes the effectiveness of the Eurozone's single supervisory and resolution mechanisms. It formulates concrete recommendations and calls for a political leap of faith from Eurozone Member States to cease ring-fencing practices.}, language = {en} } @techreport{Koenig, type = {Working Paper}, author = {K{\"o}nig, Franca}, title = {Big Data, 5G and AI. How Europol could help von der Leyen achieve her goals}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b1570-opus4-33387}, pages = {14}, abstract = {Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has pledged to make Europe 'fit for the digital age', including in the areas of big data, 5G and artificial intelligence. On March 9, her first 100 days in office will be over and measured against her agenda for the legislative period 2019-2024. While the course has been set for an innovative and competitive EU as regards digitalisation and cyber, the Commission's approach has so far lacked a security perspective. This Policy Paper explains why the inclusion of a security dimension is crucial and how Europol, the EU's agency for police cooperation, could help von der Leyen to this end.}, language = {en} } @techreport{Mack, type = {Working Paper}, author = {Mack, Sebastian}, title = {How Does Differentiated Integration Work in the EU Financial Sector? Spotlight on Banking Union}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b1570-opus4-36847}, pages = {23}, abstract = {Five years after the entry into force of the Banking Union, this Policy Paper assesses its effectiveness as a form of differentiated integration. This case study presents the legal and organisational dimensions of the Banking Union and describes its accountability mechanisms and procedures. At the heart is the question of whether the creation of the Banking Union has been effective in promoting integration among its members while avoiding distortions in the Single Market. To this end, also the impact of the Banking Union on the political unity in the European Union is analysed. This Policy Paper finds that the Banking Union has enhanced European integration in the financial sector without jeopardising the functioning of the internal market. Although the Banking Union is still incomplete, the benefits of participation create centripetal forces that are attractive also to non-euro countries.}, language = {en} } @techreport{KoenigRedeker, type = {Working Paper}, author = {Koenig, Nicole and Redeker, Nils}, title = {One year of geopolitical Commission - Time to get real}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b1570-opus4-36850}, pages = {3}, abstract = {Twelve months ago, Ursula von der Leyen announced that her Commission would be a geopolitical one. This promise was a response to the crisis of multilateralism, the growing competition between the US and China, the fallout of Brexit, and the broad range of brewing and frozen conflicts in the EU's neighbourhood. One year later, a geopolitically assertive EU is needed more than ever. The pandemic has underlined the vulnerability of Europe's supply chains and intensified the political rift between the US and China. The further the two superpowers move towards economic decoupling, the clearer it becomes how exposed Europe is to this rivalry. Meanwhile, the crises in the eastern Mediterranean, Mali, and Belarus have reminded Europeans of their geopolitical responsibilities.}, language = {en} } @techreport{Mack, type = {Working Paper}, author = {Mack, Sebastian}, title = {Prepare for the worst - How to make Europe's bank crisis management framework fit for purpose}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b1570-opus4-36982}, pages = {22}, abstract = {Amid a severe health, social and economic crisis, banks again take centre stage on the political agenda. This policy paper explains why decisionmakers are worried about a looming banking crisis, sets out the existing European bank crisis management framework and makes proposals for addressing its shortcomings in readiness for a possibly systemic banking crisis. Instead of taking the supposedly easy way out and bailing out banks again, now is the right time to prepare for the worst in Europe's bank crisis management framework.}, language = {en} }