Volume 41 (2018), Edition 3

With the proposal for the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) 2021-2027 of 2 May 2018, the European Commission opened a difficult negotiation process that is crucial for the future of the Euro- pean Union. In addition to the controversy over...

Following the so-called refugee crisis, several Schengen states opted for the reintroduction of border controls. The mere fact that such checks were not just appropriate but equally lawful was beyond doubt when the new German federal government took...

The party politicisation of European integration in the German Bundesrat remains largely in the dark due to the missing documentation of the federal states’ voting behaviour in the plenary sessions. For an empirically informed analysis, this...

This article addresses the issue of rule implementation and compliance in models of external differenti- ated integration. Since rules and their proper implementation are the basis of the European Union’s flexible integration arrangements, any...