englischLobbying is a constituent component of the EU’s political system. Every day more than 20,000 lobbyists try to influence the decision-making processes of EU institutions. Until the Treaty of Lisbon, political interest representation was a purely factual phenomenon. With the introduction of [...]

englischThe volume summarises the contributions to the fourth conference of the Working Group "Law and Politics in the European Union", which was jointly organised with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in Berlin in April 2017. We started by investigating how narratives develop and what functions they [...]

englischThe study focuses on informal strategies and practices of Members of the German Bundestag in influencing EU legislation. It sheds light on how, where and with whom German parliamentarians cooperate to informally influence EU decision-making processes and to control the activities of the [...]

englischUsing network management, internet service providers have been able to throttle or block data traffic already for many years. This also entails the risk of impacts on the single market. For this reason, the Regulation (EU) 2015/2120 has been intended to ensure the net neutrality in the [...]

englischThe process of European integration is being challenged by the rising heterogeneity of European member states and policies. As a consequence the European Union supports the differentiated deepening of integration through flexible, soft governance instruments which enable cooperation despite [...]