The desire to reform the European Commission is a recurrent theme on the agenda. Has the political failure to reach an appropriate restructuring of this institution a parallel in academic neglect of that institution? To answer this question the article looks into current research efforts on the...

This article analyses the 'partnership principle' - which is of particular importance for multilevel governance interpretations of European integration - as it evolved in EU regional policy-making. After sketching the crucial analytical lines of the current debate on 'partnership' on the example...

This article analyses the "partnership principle" - which is of particular importance for multilevel governance interpretations of European integration - as it evolved in EU regional policy-making. After sketching the crucial analytical lines of the current debate on "partnership" on the example...