The eurozone debt and economic crisis, which the EU is still struggling to overcome, opened other paths for European Governance. Moreover, Brexit and the COVID-19, have been added to other EU challenges such as climate change, security and radicalism, migration flows, and lastly public health...

This paper presents a comparative political economic analysis of the policy responses to the Covid-19 crisis in Germany and the UK. These two countries responded to this symmetric economic shock with similar furlough and business loan schemes to stabilize both the demand and supply side of the...

The radical right in Europe seemed to be on an unprecedented rise. In the run-up to the European Parliament elections in 2019, a newly founded 'super-faction' profoundly scared established politicians. In contrast to the widespread fear of a consolidated right-wing, this contribution carves out...

Does employment flexibility facilitate cross-regional adjustments via labour mobility? Or is it instead a hinderance to cross-regional equilibration in the labour market? We examine this, drawing on a sample of 11 European countries belonging to different 'varieties' of European capitalism. We...

The unprecedented fiscal package adopted by the European Council in the summer of 2020 ―dubbed Next Generation EU―is vital for the recovery of the euro area from the pandemic shock. However, there are risks that targets will not be met and that it may prove difficult to muster the same...

In the years after the financial crisis low bank profitability has been a major issue. The increased regulation imposed in the wake of the crisis has often been accused of overburdening banks and contributing to low profitability. The euro area, consisting of 19 different economies, made a big...

This article provides a brief critical assessment of the European Commission’s January 2019 ‘Report on Investor Citizenship and Residence Schemes in the European Union’. Since it is the first detailed document by the Commission outlining this institution’s position on the matters of...

This study examines how the UK political space, party competition and voting behaviour have changed with the recent rise of populism. First, this paper identifies the changes in UK dimensionality by conducting factor analyses on British Election Study data. Then, it maps parties and their...

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) generated an unprecedented public contestation across Europe. In this paper, we focus on the sources of such backlash in European public opinion. Previous studies of this issue have analysed opinions on free trade and the specific...

In Europe's 'age of dualisation', interest groups are key to contemporary political economy theory of insider-outsider divides, where only strategic, rational choice might explain a shift to inclusive representation. Yet, a recent and growing body of case studies argues that power dynamics shape...