Steinberg, Fr., Vermeiren Matt., (2015), “Germany’s Institutional Power and the EMU Regime after the Crisis: Towards a Germanized Euro Area?”, Journal of Common Market Studies, 2015, pp.1-20. In this article we examine the constraints on Germany’s influence over reforms of the Economic and Monetary Union’s (EMU) macroeconomic governance regime. Drawing on the insights of historical institutionalism, we show that the German government’s control over the process is constrained by the …Read More
Creating a Common European Future: Integration of Young Migrants in Europe
Creating a Common European Future: Integration of Young Migrants in Europe, A report investigating the practices of the European Integration Fund in four Member States, FutureLab Europe, April 2015. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The main purpose of this report is to assess the integration of migrants in the EU by investigating the practice of the European Integration Fund (EIF) in four EU member states: Finland, Germany, Romania, and Spain, virtually …Read More
Antitrust, Regulation and the Neutrality Trap: A plea for a smart, evidence-based internet policy
Renda, A. (2015) “Antitrust, Regulation and the Neutrality Trap: A plea for a smart, evidence-based internet policy, CEPS Special Report Νο. 104, 17 April. When they look at Internet policy, EU policymakers seem mesmerised, if not bewitched, by the word ‘neutrality’. Originally confined to the infrastructure layer, today the neutrality rhetoric is being expanded to multi-sided platforms such as search engines and more generally online intermediaries. Policies for search …Read More
The Eurozone crisis and the transformation of EU governance: internal and external implications
Rodrigues, Maria João. & Xiarchogiannopoulou, Eleni. & EBSCOhost. (2014). The Eurozone crisis and the transformation of EU governance: internal and external implications. Farnham, Surrey, UK ; Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 15 April 2015. The book comprises the following chapters: Transcending or descending? : European integration in times of crisis / Zoe Lefkofridi & Philippe Schmitter Economic crisis and the internationalisation of EU competition policy / Michelle Cini The transformation of …Read More
The Five Things Everyone Should Know About the European Union
Menon, A. (2015) “The Five Things Everyone Should Know About the European Union“, Social Europe Journal, 08 April. Where to start when asked, in five points, to encapsulate an institution as complex, as contested, as frequently misunderstood and indeed as deliberately misrepresented as the European Union? Perhaps with the statement that both its supporters and detractors exaggerate their cases. Rather than being the all-powerful behemoth frequently alluded to by …Read More
The Real Thing: An Anti-austerity European Government
Galbraith, K. J. (2015) “The Real Thing: An Anti-austerity European Government“, Social Europe Journal, 07 April. I have just come from Athens where I have, for the last several days, had the high privilege of working with the government of Greece, and especially with the Finance Minister, my very good friend, Yanis Varoufakis. I’ve actually had two occasions, so far, to observe the drama that’s unfolding in Europe from …Read More
Viva la competencia
Kern, A. (2015) “Viva la competencia“, The European Magazine, 27 March. Argentina was once the economic pride of the southern hemisphere. There is barely anything left after a half-century of misrule. Europe can (and must) learn from this cautionary tale. The distance between Santiago de Chile and Bueneos Aires is only one hour flying time: an hour that separates the future from the past. One travels from an emerging …Read More
Price discrimination by big manufacturers: Supporting arguments for its prohibition by European competition law
Herweg, F. & Müller, D. (2015) “Price discrimination by big manufacturers: Supporting arguments for its prohibition by European competition law“, VoxEU Organisation, 07 April. Manufacturers discriminating among retailers is an important issue in competition policy. Specifically, the EU allows quantity discounts but forbids discriminatory discounts – a policy that does not jive with standard economic analysis which suggests that banning price discrimination improves allocative efficiency and typically also raises …Read More
Income insurance: a theoretical exercise with empirical application for the euro area
Carnot, N. & Evans, P. (2015) “Income insurance: a theoretical exercise with empirical application for the euro area“, European Commission, Economic and Financial Affairs, European Economy – Economic Papers 546, March. This paper examines whether hypothetical macroeconomic insurance schemes of various kinds could improve the degree of cyclical income stabilisation in the euro area. We review the potential issues, the underlying trade-offs and the necessary conditions for such schemes …Read More
Parliamentary administrations are an important pillar in the parliamentary scrutiny of EU affairs
Högenauer, A. L. & Neuhold, C. (2015) “Parliamentary administrations are an important pillar in the parliamentary scrutiny of EU affairs“, LSE EUROPP, 03 April. National parliaments were given new powers to scrutinise EU legislation in the Treaty of Lisbon. As Anna-Lena Högenauer and Christine Neuhold write, the intention was to bring EU issues closer to European citizens, however one largely overlooked feature is the role of parliamentary bureaucracies in …Read More