This paper outlines some of the implications of factor market integration for fiscal policy in the countries of the EU … and for the EU itself. It draws particular attention to the dynamic dimensions of factor market integration, and …

The paper applies standard public choice reasoning to the negotiations on EU enlargement and the Treaty of Nice. The … present EU countries are respected. Decisive actors in the West are the members of the European Parliament, individuals in … post-entry position of new members. The Intergovernmental Conference is reinterpreted as an opportunity of EU-15 actors to …

Großbritannien am 23. Juni steht kurz bevor und es ist nicht ausgeschloßsen, dass sich Großbritannien gegen die EU entscheidet. Einig …In the midst of the EU’s current “polycrisis “, several serious dangers threaten the future of Europe’s unity. The … demonstrate the fragility of the EU. One of the EU’s fundamental problems is its institutional design in general. In particular …

concerning the future of the EU, which are dominated by small steps, setbacks or reallocations of competences. Without new ideas …