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Cover -- Contents -- List of Features -- Preface to the Fourth Edition -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction: Representation, Participation and Deliberation -- The variety of interests in Europe -- Groups -- Non-group actors -- Conclusions -- 2 EU Decision-Making and Channels of Influence -- 'Routes' of influence -- EU interest representation through the 'national route' -- EU interest representation through the 'Brussels route' -- Conclusions -- 3 The Regulation of Lobbying and the European Transparency Register -- Regulating conduct of those working in EU institutions -- The regulation of lobbyists -- 4 Business Interests and the Professions -- Business interest associations -- Cross-sectoral associations -- Sector associations and firms -- Large firms as EU public affairs actors -- Professional interests -- Peak associations claiming representation of professionals -- EU sectoral professional interests -- Conclusions -- 5 Labour Interests -- Labour and the economic agenda -- Social Europe through a participative labour market model -- The European organization of labour interests -- Conclusions -- 6 Citizen Interests -- The landscape of citizen interest groups -- The European Citizens' Initiative -- The funding of NGOs -- Historic landmarks in the development of EU citizen interest representation -- Environmental interests -- Consumer interests -- Social interests -- Social movements -- Conclusions -- 7 Territorial Interests -- Regional governance in Western Europe -- The organization of territorial public interests at the European level -- The Brussels offices of the regions -- Territorially based EU collective action organizations -- Conclusions -- 8 Organized Civil Society and European Integration -- Organized civil society and the democratic legitimacy of the EU -- Organized civil society and the development of EU competencies.

"Arctic Policy in the European Union" published on by Oxford University Press.

Das Buch schlägt eine tiefgreifende Reform der EU vor. Defekte der EU werden identifiziert. Die Vorschläge basieren auf den Konzepten begrenzter Supranationalität und einer ausgewogenen Sicht des Nationalstaats. Die EU wird vor allem gebraucht für Frieden, Wohlstand, Kompensation der relativ geringen Größe und begrenzten Macht ihrer Mitgliedstaaten und zur Bewahrung grundlegender Prinzipien der westlichen Zivilisation. Eine ausgewogene Sicht des Nationalstaats bedeutet Erhaltung der Vorteile des gut gestalteten Nationalstaats im Vergleich zur EU sowie Vermeidung von Nationalismus und Krieg. Das Buch schlägt u.a. eine Neugestaltung der EU-Rechtsetzung und der EU-Verträge, eine untergeordnete Rolle der Europäischen Kommission, einen Court of Appeal und eine geänderte Zusammensetzung der Europäischen Zentralbank vor. Möglichkeiten des Überlebens der Eurozone werden diskutiert. Bei praktischer Realisierung dieser Vorschläge könnte sich die EU zukünftig in einem besseren Zustand befinden.

"Ireland and the European Union" published on by Oxford University Press.

"Kosovo and the European Union" published on by Oxford University Press.

In the paper were analyzed the wine market in the European Union. The basic data source is Global Trade Atlas, in the time interval from 2010 to 2012. The wine production in the European Union is around 164 thousand hectolitres. In export structure dominate the bottled wines (67.9%), and then follow the wine in bulk (22.7%), the lowest share is of the sparkling wine with 9.4%. The largest wine export has been directed to USA market (23.3%), and then follows the Russian Federation (16.3%) and China (9.9%). The biggest wine exporter in the European Union is Italy, then Spain and France. The European Union represents compellingly the biggest world wine importer, while the average import amounted 13.607.000 hectolitres. In import structure dominate the wine in bulk (57.2%), then the bottled wines (41.7%), while the lowest share has the sparkling wines, with share of totally one percentage. The largest import is from Australia (25.3%), then Chile (21.6%) and South-African Republic (20.3%). The biggest importer is Germany, and then follows Great Britain and France. The European Union has a positive balance of wine foreign trade exchange, approximately over six thousand hectolitres. In the following period can be expected a trend of export growth from the Union, but with significantly more moderate tempo, owing to a notable saturation of the international market.

"Estonia and the European Union" published on by Oxford University Press.

Renowned political philosopher John Rawls once expressed skepticism about the moral status of the European Union (EU). Yet generally EU scholars have either ignored Rawls or rather uncritically established positive links between his theory of domestic and international justice and the EU. This article argues that the EU cannot be morally justified from a Rawlsian perspective. Thus, Rawls's Euro-skepticism is not just a personal opinion, but is embedded in his political philosophy. The argument basically entails that the EU cannot plausibly be understood in terms of a Rawlsian (i) domestic society or (ii) society of peoples. It is also argued that Rawls's seemingly favorable yet rare mentioning of the 'European Community' means no theoretical support for the EU. Moreover, counter-arguments that the EU can be seen as in line with Rawls's notion of a realistic utopia are shown to be false. In consequence, serious adherents of Rawls's political philosophy cannot be committed EU defenders. Keywords: European integration, European Union, John Rawls, Law of Peoples, political liberalism, theory of justice