TY - JOUR A1 - Dawson, Mark A1 - Maricut-Akbik, Adina T1 - Accountability in the EU's para-regulatory state: The case of the Economic and Monetary Union JF - Regulation & Governance N2 - This article revisits Majone's famous argument about accountability in the regulatory state in reference to the European Union's (EU) Economic and Monetary Union. We show that the EU has entered the stage of a “para-regulatory state” marked by increasing EU regulation in areas linked to core state powers. Despite the redistributive and politicized nature of these policy areas, the EU's “para-regulatory state” has continued to rely on its regulatory model of accountability, focused on decisionmaking processes, and interest mediation. In line with Majone, we describe the model as procedural and contrast it to substantive accountability – which is necessary when regulation has clear redistributive implications. Using two case studies from fiscal policy and monetary affairs, we illustrate the predominance of procedural accountability as exercised by the European Parliament and EU Courts. We complement the empirical analysis with a normative discussion of how substantive accountability could potentially be rendered in both fields. Y1 - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b1570-opus4-42704 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/rego.12442 SP - 1 EP - 16 ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Mack, Sebastian A1 - Guttenberg, Lucas T1 - After the German election: What's next in EU economic governance? N2 - The new German government will face a number of unresolved issues of varying urgency when it comes to EU economic governance. In the case of the fiscal rules, there is an urgent need for a decision on how to proceed after 2022. In the medium term, the future of EU finances and economic policy coordination is open; both have undergone drastic changes as a result of the Recovery Instrument. Last but not least, the new German government must decide whether and how to break the deadlock in negotiations on completing the banking union and breathe new life into the capital markets union. KW - German 2021 elections; economic governance Y1 - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b1570-opus4-42434 UR - https://www.delorscentre.eu/en/publications/detail/publication/what-next-in-european-fiscal-politics ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Guttenberg, Lucas A1 - Nguyen, Thu T1 - Nach der Wahl: Wie weiter mit der Rechtstaatlichkeit in der EU? N2 - Der Rechtsstaat ist in vielen Mitgliedstaaten der EU unter Druck. Insbesondere Polen und Ungarn stellen durch eine immer systematischere Aushöhlung rechtsstaatlicher Prinzipien den Grundkonsens der EU als Rechtsgemeinschaft zur Disposition. Mit dem Urteil des polnischen Verfassungstribunals vom 7. Oktober 2021 erreichte diese Entwicklung ihren bisherigen Höhepunkt. Dieser Policy Brief erklärt die Hintergründe des Konflikts, zeigt Handlungsmöglichkeiten für die Europäische Kommission auf und erläutert, welche Rolle die nächste Bundesregierung bei der Wahrung der Rechtsstaatlichkeit in der EU spielen kann. KW - German 2021 elections; rule of law Y1 - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b1570-opus4-42457 UR - https://www.delorscentre.eu/en/publications/detail/publication/rule-of-law ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bobić, Ana ED - Garben, Sacha ED - Govaere, Inge ED - Nemitz, Paul T1 - Accountability Through Self-Governance in EU Economic Governance T2 - Critical Reflections on Constitutional Democracy in the European Union Y1 - 2019 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b1570-opus4-42322 SN - 9781509933266 SP - 149 EP - 165 PB - Bloomsbury CY - London, UK ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bobić, Ana ED - Farahat, Anuscheh ED - Arzoz, Xabier T1 - (Re)Turning to Solidarity in EU Economic Governance: A Normative Proposal T2 - Contesting Austerity: A Socio-Legal Inquiry Into Resistance to Austerity Y1 - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b1570-opus4-42330 UR - https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/contesting-austerity-9781509942824/ SN - 9781509942824 SP - 115 EP - 134 PB - Bloomsbury Publishing CY - London, UK ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Walter, Stefanie A1 - Ray, Ari A1 - Redeker, Nils T1 - The Politics of Bad Options: Why the Eurozone's Problems Have Been So Hard to Resolve N2 - Why was the Eurozone crisis so difficult to resolve? Why was it resolved in a manner in which some countries bore a much larger share of the pain than other countries? Why did no country leave the Eurozone rather than implement unprecedented austerity? Who supported and opposed the different policy options in the crisis domestically, and how did the distributive struggles among these groups shape crisis politics? Building on macro-level statistical data, original survey data from interest groups, and qualitative comparative case studies, this book argues and shows that the answers to these questions revolve around distributive struggles about how the costs of the Eurozone crisis should be divided among countries, and within countries, among different socioeconomic groups. Together with divergent but strongly held ideas about the 'right way' to conduct economic policy and asymmetries in the distribution of power among actors, severe distributive concerns of important actors lie at the root of the difficulties of resolving the Eurozone crisis as well as the difficulties to substantially reform EMU. The book provides new insights into the politics of the Eurozone crisis by emphasizing three perspectives that have received scant attention in existing research: a comparative perspective on the Eurozone crisis by systematically comparing it to previous financial crises, an analysis of the whole range of policy options, including the ones not chosen, and a unified framework that examines crisis politics not just in deficit-debtor, but also in surplus-creditor countries. Y1 - 2020 UR - https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-politics-of-bad-options-9780198857020?cc=de&lang=en&# SN - 9780198857020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198857013.001.0001 PB - Oxford University Press CY - Oxford ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Redeker, Nils A1 - Walter, Stefanie T1 - We’d rather pay than change the politics of German non-adjustment in the Eurozone crisis JF - The Review of International Organizations N2 - Germany’s large current account surplus has been widely criticized, especially against the backdrop of the role of macroeconomic imbalances in the Eurozone crisis. We argue that Germany’s resistance to reduce its massive current account surplus through an expansionary policy at home is rooted in distributive struggles about the design of possible adjustment policies. To explore this argument, we leverage original survey data from 135 German economic interest groups, qualitative interviews with interest group representatives and policymakers, and data from public opinion surveys. We show that while there is general support for internal adjustment among German interest groups, they disagree heavily about which specific policies should be implemented to achieve this goal. Together with a broad public and elite-based consensus to avoid a break-up of the Eurozone, this polarization turns financing into a politically attractive strategy. Rather than being rooted only in German ordoliberal ideas or Germany’s export-oriented structure, distributive conflicts contribute significantly to Germany’s resistance to reduce its large current-account surplus. Because similar dynamics can be observed in other surplus countries, we argue that distributive struggles within surplus countries played an important role in interstate conflicts about the management of the crisis. Y1 - 2020 UR - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11558-020-09390-1 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11558-020-09390-1 SN - Electronic ISSN 1559-744X, Print ISSN 1559-7431 VL - 15 SP - 573 EP - 599 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Redeker, Nils T1 - The Politics of Stashing Wealth: The Decline of Labor Power and the Global Rise in Corporate Savings JF - The Journal of Politics N2 - This article investigates the political roots of the global rise in corporate savings. In recent years, firms throughout advanced economies have started to accumulate enormous savings. Instead of using their revenues to reinvest or raise wages, many companies now stash their profits within financial markets, contributing to sluggish growth, financial fragilities, and rising inequality. I argue that political institutions that determine the balance of power between firms and employees play an important role in shaping this trend. The stronger unions are, the more they pressure firms into using revenues for pay increases and investment. The more unions’ influence erodes, the stronger the rise of savings. Using panel data from 25 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries as well as a regression discontinuity design leveraging the German law on codetermination, I find robust and causal evidence supporting this claim. These results have implications for our broader understanding of how political institutions affect financial imbalances and economic inequality. Y1 - 2021 UR - https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/716298 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1086/716298 SN - ISSN: 0022-3816, E-ISSN: 1468-2508 VL - 84 IS - 2 SP - 975 EP - 991 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Redeker, Nils A1 - Rommel, Tobias T1 - Misremembering Weimar: Hyperinflation, the Great Depression, and German collective economic memory JF - Economics & Politics N2 - The well-known German aversion to inflation has attracted a lot of interest and is often attributed to a specific historical memory: Weimar. Yet we do not know much about why hyperinflation seems to overshadow the Great Depression in German collective economic memory. To answer this question, we study what exactly it is that Germans believe to remember about their past. Using original survey data, we show that many Germans do not distinguish between hyperinflation and the Great Depression, but see them as two dimensions of the same crisis. They conflate Weimar economic history into one big crisis, encompassing both rapidly rising prices and mass unemployment. Additionally, more educated and politically interested Germans are more likely to commit this fallacy. Our finding thus nuances ideational explanations for Germany's economic policy stance in the European Union. Y1 - 2021 UR - https://doi.org/10.1111/ecpo.12182 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/ecpo.12182 SN - 1468-0343 VL - 33 IS - 3 SP - 664 EP - 686 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Gnath, Katharina A1 - Guttenberg, Lucas A1 - Redeker, Nils T1 - Deutschland und die Stabilität der Wirtschafts-und Währungsunion T2 - Handbuch zur deutschen Europapolitik N2 - Die Corona-Pandemie stellt die zweite große Bewährungsprobe für die Eurozone seit ihrem Bestehen dar. Nachdem die Wirtschafts-und Währungsunion (WWU) aus der Eurokrise der Jahre 2010 bis 2015 mit einigen Narben, aber doch weitestgehend intakt und handlungsfähig hervorgegangen ist, sah sie sich ab Anfang 2020 erneut einer potenziell existenzgefährdenden Krise ausgesetzt. Die Antworten, die die Mitgliedstaaten bis Ende Juli 2020 auf die Pandemie gefunden haben, unterscheiden sich von der Politik in der Eurokrise: Während der Fokus zur Krisenrettung zuvor auf der Vergabe von Krediten gegen Auflagen und einem punktuellen Umbau der Euro-Architektur im Bereich der Bankenaufsicht und-abwicklung lag, stand im Sommer 2020 ein umfassendes schuldenfinanziertes EU-Wiederaufbauinstrument im Zentrum der Krisenbekämpfung. Es ging nicht mehr um Kredite, sondern um gemeinsame … Y1 - 2021 UR - https://www.nomos-elibrary.de/10.5771/9783748909514-287/deutschland-und-die-stabilitaet-der-wirtschafts-und-waehrungsunion?page=1 SN - ISBN print: 978-3-8487-6852-3, ISBN online: 978-3-7489-0951-4 U6 - https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748909514-287 SP - 287 EP - 300 PB - Nomos CY - Baden-Baden ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Migliorati, Marta A1 - Vignoli, Valerio T1 - When politicization meets ideology: the European Parliament and free trade agreements JF - Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana Di Scienza Politica N2 - Since the Lisbon Treaty, the European Parliament (EP) has considerably increased its competencies in European Union (EU) trade policy. At the same time, a ‘new generation’ of free trade agreements (FTAs), including the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) with the United States, Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada, and the agreement with Japan, have been negotiated by the European Commission. Although existing literature has tackled the process of the EP's institutional self-empowerment in this policy area, there is no systematic research investigating the lines of conflict within the EP over FTAs. Through a newly collected dataset of all EP plenary debates between 2009 and 2019 on six relevant FTAs, we extract EP Members’ (MEPs) preferences by means of a manual textual analysis. We then test the explanatory power of the two traditional lines of cleavages within the EP over MEPs stated preferences: position on the left-right axis and support for EU integration. We find that both these dimensions fundamentally shape the conflict in the EP over FTAs. The impact of these two ideological cleavages is magnified in the context of politicized FTAs, namely the TTIP and CETA. Through these findings, the paper significantly contributes to the research on competition in the EP and, more broadly, to the understanding of EU trade policy and its emerging politicization dynamics. Y1 - 2021 UR - https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/italian-political-science-review-rivista-italiana-di-scienza-politica/article/when-politicization-meets-ideology-the-european-parliament-and-free-trade-agreements/411E516ABE8955AD982AD0F349C18730 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1017/ipo.2021.50 SN - 0048-8402 (Print), 2057-4908 (Online) SP - 1 EP - 16 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Migliorati, Marta T1 - Postfunctional differentiation, functional reintegration: the Danish case in Justice and Home Affairs JF - Journal of European Public Policy N2 - Previous research shows that Differentiated Integration (DI) in areas of core state powers works according to a postfunctional logic, in response to concerns about national autonomy and sovereignty. Against this backdrop, scholars usually expect that the policies and practices ensuing from formal DI are equally differentiated. This article presents theoretical and empirical evidence to suggest otherwise. It argues that, while postfunctionalism explains the emergence of formal DI, its practical consequences are driven by functional pressures. The interdependencies produced by the integration process create functional incentives for states with opt-outs to work towards ‘reintegration’ by converging with EU policies. The result of this process is a decoupling between differentiated rules and similar practices. The plausibility of this argument is tested by applying process tracing techniques to the case of Denmark in Justice and Home Affairs. Y1 - 2021 UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13501763.2021.1921831 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2021.1921831 SN - Print ISSN: 1350-1763 Online ISSN: 1466-4429 VL - 29 IS - 7 SP - 1112 EP - 1134 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Migliorati, Marta T1 - Where does implementation lie? Assessing the determinants of delegation and discretion in post-Maastricht European Union JF - Journal of Public Policy N2 - Drawing on a principal–agent framework the article analyses the European Union (EU) politics of delegation in the post-Maastricht era. By means of statistical analysis, it tests the impact of several variables upon the selection of national and supranational agents, as well as on the discretion they enjoy, on the basis of a recently collected data set of EU laws. Findings reveal that pooling and policy complexity favour the involvement of supranational actors in the implementation of EU laws. Moreover, the degree of supranational integration of a policy affects the likelihood of choosing supranational implementers. On the one hand, the Commission enjoys higher discretion vis-à-vis national actors when qualified majority voting applies, and when higher levels of conflict in the Council of Ministers is present. On the other, conflict between the European Parliament and the Council under codecision seems associated with lower supranational discretion, although the result needs further corroboration. Y1 - 2020 UR - https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-public-policy/article/where-does-implementation-lie-assessing-the-determinants-of-delegation-and-discretion-in-postmaastricht-european-union/37ACC415DDD8CED6E138686E8F106D06 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1017/S0143814X20000100 SN - 0143-814X (Print), 1469-7815 (Online) VL - 41 IS - 3 SP - 489 EP - 514 ER - TY - EDBOOK A1 - van Zeben, Josephine A1 - Bobić, Ana T1 - Polycentricity in the European Union N2 - Supranational governance is being challenged by politicians and citizens around the EU as over-centralized and undemocratic. This book is premised on the idea that polycentric governance, developed by Vincent and Elinor Ostrom, is a fruitful place to start for addressing this challenge. Assessing the presence of, and potential for, polycentric governance within the EU means approaching established principles and practices from a new perspective. While the debate on these issues is rich, longstanding and interdisciplinary, it has proven difficult to sidestep the 'renationalisation/federalisation' dichotomy. The aim of this volume is not to reject the EU's institutional structure but provide a different benchmark for the assessment of its functioning. Polycentric theory highlights the importance of multilevel horizontal relationships within the EU - between states, but also between many sub-state actors, all the way down to individuals. This helps us answer the question: how do we achieve self-governance in an interdependent world? Y1 - 2019 UR - https://www.cambridge.org/de/academic/subjects/law/european-law/polycentricity-european-union?format=HB SN - Online: 9781108528771, Print: 9781108423540 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108528771 PB - Cambridge University Press CY - Cambridge ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Bobić, Ana T1 - The Individual in the Economic and Monetary Union: A Study of Legal Accountability Y1 - 2024 UR - https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/individual-in-the-economic-and-monetary-union/65D51B5364962C6086CA7C8456FD43BE SN - 9781009207942 PB - Cambridge University Press CY - Cambridge ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Bobić, Ana T1 - The Jurisprudence of Constitutional Conflict in the European Union N2 - A comparative and comprehensive account of the jurisprudence of constitutional conflict between the Court of Justice and national courts with the power of constitutional review. This monograph addresses the incidences of, and reasons for, constitutional clashes in the application and enforcement of EU law. It aims to determine how the principle of primacy of EU law works in reality and whether the jurisprudence of the courts under analysis supports this concept. To this end, the book explores the three areas of constitutional conflict: ultra vires review, identity review, and fundamental rights review. The book substantiates the descriptive and strengthens the normative contributions of the theory of constitutional pluralism in relation to the web of relations in the European judicial space. By examining the influence that the jurisprudence of constitutional conflict has on the balance of powers between the Court of Justice and constitutional courts, the volume develops the judicial triangle as an analytical tool that depicts the consequences for the horizontal (constitutional courts vis-à-vis the Court of Justice) and vertical judicial relationships (Court of Justice vis-à-vis ordinary national courts; constitutional courts vis-à-vis ordinary national courts). By offering a thorough compilation of the jurisprudence of constitutional conflict in the EU, The Jurisprudence of Constitutional Conflict in the European Union improves our understanding of the principle of primacy of EU law and its limits, as well as reinforces the theory of constitutional pluralism in explaining and guiding judicial power relations and interactions in the EU. Y1 - 2022 UR - https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-jurisprudence-of-constitutional-conflict-in-the-european-union-9780192847034?cc=de&lang=en&# SN - 9780192847034 PB - Oxford University Press CY - Oxford ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bobić, Ana T1 - Constructive Versus Destructive Conflict: Taking Stock of the Recent Constitutional Jurisprudence in the EU JF - Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies Y1 - 2020 UR - https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-yearbook-of-european-legal-studies/article/constructive-versus-destructive-conflict-taking-stock-of-the-recent-constitutional-jurisprudence-in-the-eu/5FF73D09FC408CF0D5349D38682353A9 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1017/cel.2020.9 SN - 1528-8870 (Print), 2049-7636 (Online) VL - 22 SP - 60 EP - 84 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bobić, Ana T1 - Developments in The EU-German Judicial Love Story: The Right To Be Forgotten II JF - German Law Journal N2 - The relationship between the Court of Justice and the Bundesverfassungsgericht is perhaps one of the most explored relationships in all of EU’s legal history. In attempting to understand and operationalize the uncertainty surrounding the positioning between EU and national constitutional orders, they have in some respects followed the footsteps of a typical life-long love story: in the early years of European integration, both courts appeared to be in denial of any romance, and entered into a conflict over the question of the final arbiter; they subsequently turned to flirting by moving away from an institutionally based conflict towards finding a common substantive ground; which resulted in finally abandoning the competition for domination, but rather embracing mutual respect and a heterarchical relationship. This brief piece follows these developments in fundamental rights review that for now end with the second German decision concerning the right to be forgotten. Y1 - 2020 UR - https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/german-law-journal/article/developments-in-the-eugerman-judicial-love-story-the-right-to-be-forgotten-ii/A5E8D7F640A6F6EC52D58CAF6906AD3F U6 - https://doi.org/10.1017/glj.2020.15 SN - 2071-8322 VL - 21 IS - S1 SP - 31 EP - 39 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bobić, Ana A1 - Dawson, Mark T1 - How can law contribute to accountability in EU monetary policy? T2 - The Cambridge Handbook on European Monetary, Economic and Financial Market Integration Y1 - 2022 PB - Cambridge University Press CY - Cambridge ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bobić, Ana T1 - Forging Identity-Based Constructive Constitutional Conflict in the European Union T2 - Autonomy without collapse in a better European Union Y1 - 2022 UR - https://global.oup.com/academic/product/autonomy-without-collapse-in-a-better-european-union-9780192897541?cc=de&lang=en& SN - 9780192897541. 9780192651976. 9780192651983 PB - Oxford University Press CY - Oxford ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Freudlsperger, Christian A1 - Jachtenfuchs, Markus T1 - A member state like any other? Germany and the European integration of core state powers JF - Journal of European Integration N2 - The EU has integrated core state powers in a largely unsustainable manner. Why is this? In this introduction to a special issue on Germany, we take an in-depth look at national preference-formation. We trace the impact of state elites, as emphasised by functionalist theories, and mass publics and political parties, as stressed by postfunctionalism. We find that across policy fields and with striking continuity over time, Germany acts as a normal member state. The country prefers the regulation of national capacities over the creation of European capacities, and (increasingly) the intergovernmental rather than supranational control of those capacities. Only in existential crises, Germany supports European capacity-building under intergovernmental control. This leads to unstable integration but is not an indicator of hegemonic dominance. Crucial from both a practical and theoretical perspective, there exists no major gap between state elites and political parties or public opinion on German preferences. Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/07036337.2021.1877695 SN - Print ISSN: 0703-6337, Online ISSN: 1477-2280 VL - 43 IS - 2 SP - 117 EP - 135 ER - TY - JFULL ED - Freudlsperger, Christian ED - Jachtenfuchs, Markus T1 - A member state like any other? Germany and the European integration of core state powers T2 - Journal of European Integration Y1 - 2021 UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/geui20/43/2 SN - Print ISSN: 0703-6337, Online ISSN: 1477-2280 VL - 43 IS - 2 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bogoeski, Vladimir T1 - A slaughterhouse for workers JF - International Politics and Society Y1 - 2020 UR - https://www.ips-journal.eu/regions/europe/a-slaughterhouse-for-workers-4477 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bogoeski, Vladimir T1 - The German asparagus saga JF - International Politics and Society Y1 - 2020 UR - https://www.ips-journal.eu/regions/europe/the-german-asparagus-saga-4321/ ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Mack, Sebastian T1 - Don't throw it under the Omnibus: The EU needs to make sustainability reporting more effective N2 - The Sustainability Omnibus marks the first in a series of European Commission initiatives aimed at simplifying EU regulation and significantly cutting red tape for businesses. Given inconsistencies, overlaps, and complexities in the existing framework, streamlining sustainable finance rules can enhance their effectiveness in supporting a transparent and sustainable economy. However, the sweeping changes proposed by the Commission are unlikely to ease administrative burdens meaningfully. Instead, they risk hampering green investment and weakening measures to manage climate-related risks. To ensure that a streamlined set of rules delivers real added value for European competitiveness, climate action and financial stability, this Policy Brief calls on EU co-legislators to make targeted adjustments that preserve the integrity of the sustainable finance framework and tighten enforcement. Y1 - 2025 UR - https://www.delorscentre.eu/en/publications/detail/publication/dont-throw-it-under-the-omnibus ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Leichthammer, Arthur T1 - Not a Flood but a Fault Line: The case for refined trade defence measures against Chinese overcapacity N2 - Chinese industrial overcapacities pose a structural threat to Europe’s industrial competitiveness, particularly in strategically important sectors such as clean tech, machinery, and chemicals. With global trade tensions escalating and the risk of Chinese exports being redirected from the US to Europe, concerns are mounting over a potential surge in underpriced imports that could further erode the EU’s manufacturing base. However, the threat is concentrated in a few sectors where Chinese overcapacity directly challenges key areas of EU industrial competitiveness. This policy brief argues that the EU does not need new instruments to respond, but rather a more strategic, sector-specific, and timely application of its existing trade defence tools. Y1 - 2025 UR - https://www.delorscentre.eu/en/publications/detail/publication/not-a-flood-but-a-fault-line ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Quaritsch, Luise T1 - The EU’s struggle to defend democracy from foreign interference N2 - Foreign interference in EU democracies has intensified in recent years. To counter this, the European Commission has proposed mandatory national transparency registers for third-country lobbying. In the European Parliament, this proposal has sparked political division. As negotiations on the draft legislation progress, concerns about potential negative consequences for civil society organisations have not gone away. In addition, it is unlikely that the new transparency measures would meaningfully address malign foreign interference. Y1 - 2025 UR - https://www.delorscentre.eu/en/publications/detail/publication/the-eus-struggle-to-defend-democracy-from-foreign-interference ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Resende Carvalho, Lucas A1 - Cornago, Elisabetta A1 - Höra, Etienne A1 - Jäger, Philipp T1 - Between a rock and a hard place: Europe’s clean tech industry between Trump’s policies and Chinese pressure Y1 - 2025 UR - https://www.delorscentre.eu/en/publications/detail/publication/europes-clean-tech-industry-between-trumps-policies-and-chinese-pressure PB - Bertelsmann Stiftung CY - Gütersloh ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Leichthammer, Arthur T1 - The EU's critical raw materials predicament: ReSourceEU to the Rescue? N2 - The EU’s dependence on highly concentrated critical raw material (CRM) supply chains, above all on China, has emerged as a central economic security vulnerability. The ReSourceEU Action Plan seeks to address this by accelerating selected projects, coordinating financing, establishing a coordination Centre, and strengthening resilience across CRM value chains through an encompassing policy framework. ReSourceEU makes effective use of constrained financial leeway and can viably stabilise a limited number of strategic bottlenecks: permanent magnets, batteries and defence-relevant inputs. However, it falls short of delivering a broader structural shift just yet. Many of the most consequential tools, such as joint purchasing, price stabilisation and diversification obligations, remain indicative or politically contingent. To reduce exposure more durably, the EU must now consolidate fragmented funding, anchor long-term demand, address refining chokepoints, and turn strategic partnerships into bankable, diversified supply. Y1 - 2025 UR - https://www.delorscentre.eu/en/publications/detail/publication/the-eus-critical-raw-materials-predicament ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Quaritsch, Luise T1 - The European Democracy Shield – Papering over the cracks N2 - The European Commission’s new Democracy Shield proposes roughly 50 action points over three priority areas: information space integrity, media and elections, and societal resilience and citizens’ engagement. Most of the points are commitments to strengthen voluntary coordination and prepare guidance. They are largely additions to past initiatives, continuing the Commission’s outsized focus on disinformation, rather than an attempt at innovation. There is a clear mismatch between the ambitious rhetoric around the announcement of the initiative and the small-scale solutions it offers. Nevertheless, the Democracy Shield can make useful additions to existing frameworks once implemented. It should, however, be seen as complementary to the use of other available instruments. Protecting European democracy requires consistent commitment to democratic values both at EU and at national level – not just the creation of additional strategies. Y1 - 2025 UR - https://www.delorscentre.eu/en/publications/detail/publication/the-european-democracy-shield-papering-over-the-cracks ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dermine, Paul A1 - Patrin, Maria T1 - Between Law and Politics—The Emergence of an EU Industrial Policy JF - Governance N2 - How do law and politics interact in shaping the relationship between the state and markets? To what extent can the law break free from the political and ideological beliefs which brought it about, and be repurposed to adjust to evolving assumptions and a new political‐economic Zeitgeist? This paper explores how the dynamics between law and politics play out in the context of the European Union as a multi‐level polity, where economic powers and prerogatives are distributed across different levels of government and where the central government enjoys limited, conferred powers. Drawing on the “Integration through Law” literature and institutional change theories, the paper investigates the evolution of EU industrial policy and its legal architecture. It lays out the legal rules and conditions under which industrial policy has traditionally operated in the EU. It further discusses how this framework is shifting following changing economic and political priorities that favor more activist forms of economic and industrial policy. The paper argues that the law can both act as a constraining, limiting factor, or as an enabler of EU industrial policy initiatives. On the one hand primary law principles and competences fundamentally inhibit the pursuit of activist industrial policies in Europe. On the other hand, a number of second‐order resources can be mobilized and “converted” to bring about an EU industrial policy. The paper finally reflects on the risks and challenges of repurposing legal rules for political ends, highlighting issues of consistency, efficiency and legitimacy. Y1 - 2026 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/gove.70085 N1 - Open Access publication is funded by the Hertie School Library VL - 39 IS - 1 PB - Wiley ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Hansum, Romy T1 - Breaking the traps – Smarter regional allocation of EU cohesion spending 2028-2034 N2 - The Commission’s proposal for National and Regional Partnership Plans (NRPPs) could offer a fresh start for the EU’s cohesion policy after 2028. Given the mixed results and implementation difficulties of current cohesion instruments, the reform ambition is welcomed. However, some shortcomings of the proposal need to be addressed. In particular, the proposed regional allocation relies too narrowly on the category of less developed regions defined by regional GDP levels. This approach overlooks emerging and future regional divergences and allows too much national leeway. This Policy Brief therefore proposes a broader category of challenged regions that accounts not only for regional prosperity but also for development traps and regional vulnerabilities arising from demographic change and the green transition. Y1 - 2025 UR - https://www.delorscentre.eu/en/publications/detail/publication/breaking-the-traps ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Genschel, Philipp A1 - Jachtenfuchs, Markus T1 - Capacity-Building and the New Intergovernmentalism JF - JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies Y1 - 2025 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.13755 VL - 63 IS - S1 SP - 65 EP - 76 ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Jansen, Jannik A1 - Jäger, Philipp T1 - Europe is hollowing out its Green Deal, leaving a vacuum of political vision for others to exploit N2 - Despite pledges to “stay the course,” the EU is quietly hollowing out the Green Deal by weakening the policies meant to deliver its climate targets. This retreat undermines Europe’s competitiveness, energy security, and global credibility at a moment of escalating climate and geopolitical risk. Reclaiming and strenghtening the Green Deal remains both an opportunity for economic renewal and a strategic imperative. Y1 - 2025 UR - https://www.delorscentre.eu/en/publications/detail/publication/europe-is-hollowing-out-its-green-deal-leaving-a-vacuum-of-political-vision-for-others-to-exploit ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Enderlein, Henrik A1 - Pisani-Ferry, Jean A1 - Zettelmeyer, Jeromin A1 - et al., T1 - Euro area architecture: What reforms are still needed, and why T2 - Risk Sharing Plus Market Discipline: A New Paradigm for Euro Area Reform? A Debate N2 - The publication in 2017 of joint proposals for reforming the euro area by a group of seven French and seven German economists triggered a considerable debate on Vox. This volume offers a selection of the contributions to this debate together with a summary of the original proposal. Y1 - 2019 SN - 978-1-912179-21-3 SP - 236 EP - 242 PB - CEPR Policy Portal ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Enderlein, Henrik A1 - Herrhausen, Anna T1 - Jenseits des Nationalstaats: Die EU als Garant für Souveränität T2 - Weiter. Denken. Ordnen. Gestalten - Mutige Gedanken zu den Fragen unserer Zeit N2 - Alfred Herrhausen, von 1985 bis 1989 Vorstandssprecher der Deutschen Bank, war ebenso Führungspersönlichkeit wie Visionär und führte das Unternehmen ins globale Zeitalter. Schon damals befasste er sich intensiv mit Fragen, die uns noch heute beschäftigen: Wie können wir ein geeintes Europa gestalten? Was sind die Chancen und Risiken der Globalisierung? Wie gehen wir mit der globalen Schuldenfrage um? Und worin liegt die gesellschaftliche Verantwortung der Banken? Ein Buch mit dem Titel „Denken, Ordnen, Gestalten“, das posthum 1990 erschien, spiegelte seine Gedankenwelt und seine Überzeugungen. Heute, 30 Jahre nach seinem Tod, stellen wichtige Persönlichkeiten aus Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft und Politik die Fragen von damals noch einmal neu und geben Antworten aus gegenwärtiger Sicht. Sie zeigen, wie verblüffend aktuell die Herausforderungen sind, die Alfred Herrhausens Denken und seinem Handeln zugrunde lagen. Y1 - 2019 SN - 978-3-8275-0129-5 SP - 182 EP - 189 PB - Siedler CY - München ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Guttenberg, Lucas A1 - Hemker, Johannes T1 - Corona: A European Safety Net for the Fiscal Response N2 - In order to avoid permanent scars from the economic impact of the Coronavirus in Europe, a determined fiscal response will be necessary. We argue that there should be a clear division of labor between Europe and national governments: the latter will have to provide stimulus with targeted measures, while Europe needs to build a safety net so that member states will not lose access to bond markets due to speculative attacks. This safety net should have three components: A commitment by member states to use ESM instruments without conditionality; a commitment by the ECB to use all of its tools; and a number of flanking measures to underscore member states’ commitments. Y1 - 2020 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b1570-opus4-35107 ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Rasche, Lucas T1 - The EU must deprive Erdoğan of his basis for blackmail N2 - The misery at the Greek-Turkish border can be put to an end: The EU‘s emergency mechanism allows for the rapid redistribution of refugees. Here is what should happen next. Y1 - 2020 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b1570-opus4-35116 ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Rasche, Lucas T1 - In Greece, the Corona crisis threatens to become a disaster N2 - If the coronavirus spreads to the Greek refugee camps, a humanitarian catastrophe is imminent. Instead of relying on national border controls, other EU states should relocate the migrants who are currently stuck in Greece. Y1 - 2020 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b1570-opus4-35122 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dawson, Mark T1 - Fundamental Rights in European Union Policy-making: The Effects and Advantages of Institutional Diversity JF - Human Rights Law Review N2 - This article investigates how the European Union’s political process affects the level of rights protection afforded by European Union (EU) law. It does so in two steps, firstly by analysing how institutional politics plays an important role in the evolution of the EU fundamental rights framework and secondly by demonstrating empirically how legislative interaction affects the level of protection provided by three important EU legislative acts. As the article will demonstrate, this interaction tends to result in the overall level of rights protection being increased. Analysing this finding, the article uses institutionalist theory to argue that the EU’s political process carries certain positive effects: the diversity of the legislative process (both within and between institutions) makes the explicit overlooking of rights-based concerns difficult. These findings carry implications for the increasing tendency to channel EU law and policy outside of the ‘ordinary’ legislative process. Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/ngaa002 VL - 20 IS - 1 SP - 50 EP - 73 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dawson, Mark T1 - How Can EU Law Respond to Populism? JF - Oxford Journal of Legal Studies N2 - The rise in Europe of populist movements has created severe anxiety about the stability of the EU legal order. This article argues that, while populist ideas challenge numerous elements of the EU’s constitutional settlement, there exists no fundamental incompatibility between populism and EU law. By comparing its response to populism with attempts by EU law to stabilise its legal order in the face of political contestation arising from other political cleavages, the article discusses three different ways to understand the interaction between EU law and populism. EU law may seek to ‘survive’ the growth of populism by (i) bracketing or insulating its institutions from populist contestation, (ii) accommodating populist ideas or (iii) confronting the constitutional strategies populists utilise domestically. In examining the constitutional foundations of populism and its relation to emerging doctrines of EU law, the article seeks to build a road map of how populist movements might utilise or resist EU law in their development. Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1093/ojls/gqaa002 VL - 40 IS - 1 SP - 183 EP - 213 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dawson, Mark T1 - Coping with Exit, Evasion, and Subversion in EU Law JF - German Law Journal Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1017/glj.2019.95 IS - Special Issue 1 SP - 51 EP - 56 ET - 21 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kreilinger, Valentin T1 - Nationale Parlamente T2 - Jahrbuch der Europäischen Integration 2018 Y1 - 2018 SN - 978-3-8452-9103-1 U6 - https://doi.org/10.5771/9783845291031-135 SP - 135 EP - 140 PB - Nomos Verlag CY - Baden-Baden ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Grund, Sebastian T1 - Legal, compliant and suitable: The ECB‘s Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP) N2 - The ECB has announced a 750-billion-euro purchase programme to fight the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. But like all ECB programmes in recent years, the new Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP) will likely be challenged in court. This policy brief assesses whether the PEPP will likely survive a legal challenge. It argues that the PEPP is compatible with EU law because it meets the three criteria the Court of Justice of the EU has established to check the legality of monetary policy measures: First, the PEPP falls within the ECB’s mandate. Second, it respects the principle of proportionality. And third, it does not violate the prohibition of monetary financing. This assessment even holds if the ECB were to relax some of the constraints in the PEPP like the issuer limit currently applicable to other bond-buying programmes. Y1 - 2020 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b1570-opus4-35130 ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Guttenberg, Lucas A1 - Grund, Sebastian A1 - Odendahl, Christian T1 - Sharing the fiscal burden of the crisis - A Pandemic Solidarity Instrument for the EU N2 - EU member states must share the burden of the fiscal costs of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Pandemic Solidarity Instrument delivers such burden sharing: The EU would borrow 440 billion euros in the market and would give it as grants to member states for specific spending in areas such as health care, short-time works schemes or stimulus packages; it would also give guarantees to the European Investment Bank to provide liquidity to European companies. Y1 - 2020 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b1570-opus4-35141 ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Kask, Maarja T1 - False information about coronavirus and beyond: Lessons for the EU? N2 - The spread of the global coronavirus pandemic has infected the world with a substantial surge of false information. When there is already a significant amount of confusion, mis- and disinformation can amplify feelings of fear and enhance risks. Joint action is crucial to tackle this unprecedented amount of false information and the EU is well-placed to lead a coordinated response. While important steps have already been taken, more decisive action is necessary. This Policy Brief provides an overview of significant examples of mis- and disinformation in the context of the pandemic and identifies key lessons for the EU’s broader fight against false information. Y1 - 2020 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b1570-opus4-35158 ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Redeker, Nils A1 - Hainbach, Natascha T1 - Flattening the Recession Curve - Comparing Initial Fiscal Responses to the Corona Crisis Across the EU N2 - While the ongoing pandemic affects all European economies, we show that it is likely to cause much more economic damage in some member states than in others. Early fiscal crisis responses by EU governments do not reflect these differences. If anything, countries which are likely to be especially vulnerable are currently committing fewer fiscal resources to fighting the economic fallout than others. A joint European policy response to share the fiscal burden of this crisis is, therefore, urgently needed. Y1 - 2020 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b1570-opus4-35161 ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Enderlein, Henrik T1 - We All Die Alone N2 - Europe is struggling in the face of the pandemic. Germany in particular fails to recognise the historic proportions of this undertaking, and has reduced itself to the role of the model student who cannot help but lecture others along the way. Y1 - 2020 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b1570-opus4-35177 ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Chopin, Thierry A1 - Koenig, Nicole A1 - Maillard, Sébastien T1 - Die europäische Solidarität braucht dringend eine politische Dimension N2 - Angesichts der Corona-Pandemie sind die 27 Staats- und Regierungschefs aufgerufen, gemeinsam zu handeln. Der Europäische Rat vom 23. April kann es sich nicht leisten, erneut zu scheitern, indem er innere Spaltungen offenbart, die angesichts der Covid-19-Krise wieder aufgeflammt sind. Die Dramatik der Situation hat auch Jacques Delors aus einer längeren Phase des Schweigens gerissen: „Die Atmosphäre, die unter den Staats- und Regierungschefs zu herrschen scheint, und der Mangel an europäischer Solidarität versetzen die Europäische Union in Lebensgefahr“. Y1 - 2020 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b1570-opus4-35187 ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Chopin, Thierry A1 - Koenig, Nicole A1 - Maillard, Sébastien T1 - The EU Facing The Coronavirus - A Political Urgency To Embody European Solidarity N2 - “The climate that seems to prevail among Heads of State or government and the lack of European solidarity are putting the European Union in mortal danger,” Jacques Delors warned in an exceptional public speech in the middle of Europe’s devastating coronavirus crisis. This lack of solidarity has already left its mark on public opinion, especially in Italy, as divisions unfolded during the March European Council. Y1 - 2020 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b1570-opus4-35198 ER -