Following the European Commission's guidelines, WIFO has undertaken a monitoring of the implementation of the Austrian National Reform Programme within the framework of the European 2020 growth strategy. The main components are the development of normative target corridors to assess progress in...

Dieses Papier untersucht Veränderungen in der Beschäftigungs- und Sozialpolitik der Europäischen Union nach der Vertiefung der wirtschaftspolitischen Zusammenarbeit in Europa. Dabei wird die These vertreten, dass die Veränderungen in der wirtschaftspolitischen Zusammenarbeit zu einer Zunahme...

As the Eurozone crisis drags on, it is evident that a part of the problem lies in the architecture of debt and its liabilities within the Eurozone and, more generally, the European Union. This paper argues that a large part of the problem can be mitigated by permitting appropriately-structured...

This chapter analyses the relevance of international law concepts of monism and dualism in the legal and political system of the European Union through the lens of national parliaments as inescapable ingredients in giving international law effect in domestic legal orders. We inquire about the...

Across national borders, voices against the Lisbon Treaty have argued that ratification of this document would bring about undesirable changes in the nature of the European Union and the way it operates. These voices believe that there is nothing wrong with the Union at present (‘if it ain’t...

Hat die EU ausgedient? Nach zehn Jahren Dauerkrise ist die europäische Integration in schlechter Verfassung. Doch Diskussionen über nationale oder europäische Kompetenzverteilung gehen an der zentralen Konfliktlinie vorbei, so Björn Hacker. Europa kann vom Sündenbock zum Problemlöser...