in excess of the supply of the goods and services available. Whether we have inflation in New Zealand or not, therefore … Zealand’s official productivity data series, particularly in relation to the sectors that are not currently or adequately … ensure that it is neutral and not biased towards some forms of investment. The majority of us consider that it is desirable …

the deepening and widening model that underpins EU integration. Article 49 TEU provides an accession vehicle for Scotland … Accession Treaty under which the Scots have legitmate exceptions based on the rule of law and direct effect, not to mention … independence as well as, significantly, EU membership and aspirations to self-determination in its international relations …

.Should the EU collectively "put itself in detention" in order to improve or complement the Treaty? Or will it plump for … "repeating the year", attempting on the basis of the Treaty of Nice to pursue individual reforms from the ECT in a sub-constitutional … representatives and a large part of civil society. The withdrawal or exclusion of all those states which are not ready to take up the …

This article analyses the impact of the EU's new Constitutional Treaty on the parliaments of its member states, with … article is that while the Constitutional Treaty will strengthen the position of the national legislatures in the EU policy … better access to EU documents, and these information rights improve the capacity of national parliaments to control their …

. After presenting a list of normative criteria, relevant parts of the Constitutional Treaty are summarised and evaluated. It … is concluded that the Constitutional Treaty's 'added value' is rather small: the document does not make the complicated …The article explores whether the Constitutional Treaty may provide more legitimacy for governance in the European Union …

revisions of the treaty base are only possible if citizens believe that further EU integration in some areas is actually to … third challenge is to face up to the need for EU treaty change. The economic and financial crisis has resulted in calls for … deeper banking, economic, fiscal and therefore political integration than envisaged by the Maastricht treaty. Some of your …

integration, which has a Treaty dimension, a legislative dimension and a judicial dimension. There is much in this that withstands …, albeit not cured. The factors that are salient in this regard are constitutional architecture, Treaty amendment, judicial … there is excessive concentration on Article 114 TFEU when considering positive integration in the EU. The internal market …

treaties and of rationalisation of the EU legal system if the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe were not to be …The paper examines the possibility to keep the acquis of the Constitutional Treaty in terms of simplification of the EC-EU … the pillar structure, the integration of the Charter of fundamental right in the EU fundamental treaty, the reorganisation …

-members, taking into account the EU?s draft of the Constitutional Treaty. We argue that the approach provides interesting insights … the theory of investment under uncertainty (Dixit and Pindyck, 1994) to the decision on EU-membership. We develop a … this is desirable. After interpreting the results we illustrate the framework by applying it to Switzerland and the new EU …

-members, taking into account the EU?s draft of the Constitutional Treaty. We argue that the approach provides interesting insights … the theory of investment under uncertainty (Dixit and Pindyck, 1994) to the decision on EU-membership. We develop a … this is desirable. After interpreting the results we illustrate the framework by applying it to Switzerland and the new EU …