englischIn the crisis of 1989/90, the negotiations on the Maastricht Treaty offered ideal conditions for a European constitutional moment. But the public debate remained fragmented and focused on national interests — not least because of intergovernmental procedures, which gave more news value to [...]
more informationenglischFor 60 years, the Institute for European Politics (IEP) has studied Europe—containing contributions on all the eras of its history and fields of work by 23 authors involved in shaping this unique think tank, this book reflects the history of the IEP’s rich experience of research into [...]
more informationenglischThree years after the introduction of the European Citizens‘ Initiative, the present volume offers a critical, but nonetheless cautiously optimistic perspective on the opportunities and constraints of this novel tool of transnational participatory democracy. Bringing together a wide range of [...]
more informationenglischA “second wave” of theoretically informed research on the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) indicates that those administrative EU-bodies, that were created to support decision-making and implementation in the intergovernmental field of CSDP, perpetually exceed their formal [...]
more informationenglischExternal energy policy features increasingly on the political agenda of the European Union and its prominence will continue to accelerate for the foreseeable future. We do not have the genuine European policy that we expected from the official discourse calling for a “common voice” on [...]
more informationDer Band entstand vor dem Hintergrund der Staatsschuldenkrise in der Eurozone und der daraus resultierenden öffentlichen Debatte, die vornehmlich von den hohen Kosten für die Rettungsmaßnahmen in der Eurozone beherrscht wurde. Ziel der Studie ist es, diese Diskussion zu entdramatisieren und eine [...]
more informationenglischThe seven papers of this edited volume analyse the EU’s influence on policy change in the enlargement and neighbourhood countries in Southeast Europe, Turkey, Eastern Europe the Southern Caucasus and the southern Mediterranean. They develop short-, medium- and long-term policy [...]
more informationAus parlamentarischer Sicht stellen multilaterale militärische Operationen eine besondere Herausforderung dar. Diese Studie nimmt eine vergleichende Analyse der parlamentarischen Beteiligung an Entscheidungen über die Entsendung bewaffneter Streitkräfte in fünf ausgesuchten EU-Mitgliedstaaten vor [...]
more informationDie Rolle der Europäischen Union in der Energiepolitik hat in den vergangenen Jahren deutlich an Bedeutung gewonnen. Nicht erst durch die Vertragsreform von Lissabon hat sich die Energiepolitik zunehmend europäisiert. Die Entwicklung eines europäischen Strom- und Gasbinnenmarktes sowie die [...]
more informationenglischAn ever growing European Union (EU)? Treaty reforms, EU-budget negotiations and Euro-zone enlargements: European integration was put to a great test at the beginning of the 21st century. How were these developments and especially the way to the Lisbon Treaty experienced in different EU [...]
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