Taking Democracy Seriously in the Euro Area: Reinvigorating the European Parliament's Functions and Responsibilities

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Table of Contents: I. T-Dem or the democratic question put back at the heart of economic governance. – II. The European Parliament, rather than an assembly of the Euro area. – III. The ways of strengthening the powers of the European Parliament. – IV. Taking into account the interest of the Euro area as a whole. – V. From democratic frustration to...

Organising Soft Governance in Hard Times – The Unlikely Survival of the Open Method of Coordination in EU Education Policy

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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. Theories of organisational change and survival. – II.1. Functional imperatives: organisational survival “on delivery”. – II.2. Power perspective: survival as political battle. – II.3. Institutionalisation and survival. – II.4. Institutional perspective – Survival by riding a fashion wave. – III. The OMC in...

Mapping the Scope of Application of EU Fundamental Rights: A Typology

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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. The existing approaches and the reasons for a comprehensive typology. – III. The structure of the typology and the four Iida-criteria. – IV. The criterion of the density of EU regulation. – IV.1. Implementation of EU law by the Member States without discretion. – IV.2. Margins of discretion granted to the...

The “T-Dem” for Democratizing the Europe’s Economic and Monetary Union – A Critical Appraisal

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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. An intergovernmental parliamentarisation of the Euro area. – III. A new economic Constitution. – IV. Two sets of practical issues. – V. Conclusion: dark matters and alternative paths.

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The Cultural Open Method of Coordination: A New but Different OMC?

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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. The “promises” of the cultural OMC. – III. The birth of the cultural OMC. – IV. The operation and evolution of the cultural OMC. – V. Cultural policy coordination or cultural cooperation? – VI. The cultural OMC in the context of the EU cultural policy. – VII. Cultural coordination outside the cultural OMC...

Brexit: The Impact on Judicial Cooperation in Civil Matters Having Cross-border Implications – A British Perspective

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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. The Europeanisation programme. – III. The United Kingdom opt-in. – IV. The legislative background. – IV.1. The Brussels instruments. – IV.2. The Rome instruments. – V. Brexit. – V.1. Brexit: the political background. – V.2. The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill. – VI. The position of Scotland within the UK in...

Making Democracy the Priority in EU Economic Governance: Four Theses on the Foundations of the T-Dem Project

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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. Democracy and economic reforms. – II.1. Democracy needs to take priority over effectiveness in Eurozone governance. –  II.2. Disentangle democratization of the Eurozone from any particular policy program. – III. What kind of parliamentarization? – III.1. The parliamentarization of Eurozone governance...

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