The activism of EU supranational institutions: this will be the topic of a special issue in the Journal of Contemporary European Research (JCER). David Howarth and I just won the bid for JCER’s 2017 special issue, and we will get to work swiftly, first publishing a call for abstracts in…
Continue ReadingNew blog post: Let’s Talk Business – The Economic Impact of Brexit
The debate on the UK’s membership of the EU has been ongoing for months, with the renegotiation and referendum still to come. This bloh post surveys key sectors of British business to assess the impact of EU exit on their industries and their arguments around EU membership. The article suggests…
Continue ReadingBlog post series: How a Brexit Would Influence the British Economy
Britain has entered the battlefield to save, slay or restructure its membership of the European Union. Key players from all national sectors have taken up their positions on all fronts. But clarifying the motivations of British stakeholders and sectors in terms of their support for, or opposition to European integration…
Continue ReadingNew blog post: Triple-A rating? Juncker’s vision for the EU’s social policy scorecard
Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker wants to be remembered as the man who re-initiated the Social Dialogue at the EU level. How? By bestowing upon the European Union a social ‘triple-A’ rating, which he officially designated as “just as important as an economic and financial triple-A” at the outset his appointment,…
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