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A new Commission for a new era. Is the parliamentarization of the European Commission the way forward?
(Jerónimo Maillo González-Orús/Essay)
(Jerónimo Maillo González-Orús/Essay)
... two relevant recent steps forward: the indirect election of the Commission President in the 2014 European Elections and the new organization of the Juncker’s College. Secondly, it turns to more medium-long ...
... of the proposals recently suggested to reform the EU. In this piece I shall try to explore some important issues that should be taken into account when advancing reform proposals with regard to this i ...
23.
Intergovernmental relations in Spain and the United Kingdom: the institutionalization of multilateral cooperation in asymmetric polities
(Víctor Cuesta-López/Essay)
(Víctor Cuesta-López/Essay)
... Committees in the UK). The paper also analyses the recent developments of the Spanish IGR (formalization of bilateral committees; enhanced cooperation for the governance of the long-term care services) ...
24.
Subnational Constitutions; The Belgian Case in the Light of the Swiss Experience
(Olivier Van der Noot/Essay)
(Olivier Van der Noot/Essay)
Although Belgian federated entities do not have constituent power, Flanders has recently envisaged the adoption of a “proto-subnational Bill of Rights”, called the Charter for Flanders. This study briefly ...
25.
Constitutional Courts, Constitutional Interpretation, and Subnational Constitutionalism
(Anna Gamper/Essay)
(Anna Gamper/Essay)
... decisions which have recently prevented a constitutional amendment of the Oklahoma Constitution. While the arguments and methodology used in these decisions cannot be generalized, they nevertheless raise ...
26.
The Territoriality of Fiscal Solidarity: Comparing Swiss Equalisation with European Union Structural Funding
(Sean Mueller - Soeren Keil/Essay)
(Sean Mueller - Soeren Keil/Essay)
... of such solidarity through an analysis of two different forms of “federal” equalisation. Comparing the recently reformed Swiss fiscal equalisation system with the EU structural funds allows us to infer ...
27.
New Evidence of Asian Economic Integration: Prospects and Challenges of a Trilateral FTA between China, Japan and South Korea
(Yuming Cui/Essay)
(Yuming Cui/Essay)
... of ongoing Asian economic integration. In this paper, by analyzing recent FTA developments in Asia as well as prospects and challenges of the FTA-CJK negotiation, we find that the FTA-CJK will expand the ...
28.
EU Citizenship before the CJEU: On the importance of the application of the proportionality principle
(Carmen Román Vaca/Essay)
(Carmen Román Vaca/Essay)
... the principle in a concrete ‘area of law’: citizenship. In order to do so, this work compares recent cases that share similar conflicting interests: cases where Member States’ derogation from Art. 21 TFEU ...
29.
Security Council Resolutions before European Courts: The Elusive Virtue of Non Direct Effect
(Andrea Guazzarotti/Essay)
(Andrea Guazzarotti/Essay)
UN Security Council resolutions lack direct effect, as they are not intended to oblige States in terms of means but just of results. This statement by the ECJ in the Kadi judgment has recently been used ...
... standing orders and more recently in Statutes of Autonomy. The legislative hearings of citizens or associations are not provided at national level because the standing orders of the Spanish Parliament, ...
31.
The ‘enemy’ at the gates? Assessing the European military contribution to the Libyan war
(Fabrizio Coticchia/Essay)
(Fabrizio Coticchia/Essay)
... considers the recent military operation in Libya a successful example in terms of burden sharing. The paper aims to assess the validity of such perspective, analyzing the concrete military contribution ...
What should the European Union do to challenge the Eurozone crisis? Examining the recent debate, one can identify the following options to overcome the EU’s institutional crisis: 1. reform of the EU ...
33.
Protection of EU citizens abroad: A legal assessment of the EU citizen’s right to consular and diplomatic protection
(Madalina Bianca Moraru/Essay)
(Madalina Bianca Moraru/Essay)
The wide range of disasters that has recently hit third countries has shown that not even the Member States with the widest network of consular and diplomatic representation can ensure on their own the ...
... directly by the citizens to the European budget. A new resource could also be assured with the approval of the proposal recently put forward by the European Commission in a Draft Directive to introduce ...
35.
The Eurozone decisions: a step towards a European lender of last resort, but others must follow
(Alberto Majocchi/Editorial)
(Alberto Majocchi/Editorial)
The decisions taken by the recent meeting of the Heads of State and Government - held in Brussels on 21 July 2011- strengthen the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) and constitute a first step ...
36.
Cooperation or Silent Rivalry? The EU and the USA in the Mediterranean – The Case of Egypt
(Wolfgang Zank/Essay)
(Wolfgang Zank/Essay)
For decades the US has had a hegemonic position in the Middle East. A key country in this respect has been Egypt. However, in recent decades the EU has made itself increasingly felt in the region. Due ...
37.
The transfer of State Property to Regions and Local Authorities within the Italian Fiscal Federalism Reform
(Filippo Scuto/Essay)
(Filippo Scuto/Essay)
The present article examines the process concerning the transfer of State Property to Regions and Local Authorities, recently introduced in Italy pursuant to Decree 85/2010. The transfer of State owned ...
Recently Germany experienced yet another federal reform shortly after a previous modification to the German federal system. This paper explains agenda setting, negotiations and ratification of this recent ...
39.
The German Constitution in the future of the European Union after the sentence of the Federal Constitutional Court on the Lisbon Treaty
(Thomas Jansen/note)
(Thomas Jansen/note)
This note analyses the legal reasoning and the motivations of the recent judgment of the German Constitutional Court on the Lisbon Treaty and considers the possible impact of this ruling on the future ...
40.
India’s Temptations and Opportunities… and European Responsibilities. A Short Note
(Fabio Masini/Note)
(Fabio Masini/Note)
This brief note provides an overview of some recent documents regarding the Indian position in the current world economy and its key role in a context of international cooperation. ...