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Exploring the main areas of legal development under the so-called 'Area of Freedom, Security, and Justice' (AFSJ), this book examines the main subject matter of the new AFSJ migration, family reunion, asylum, police co-operation, and cooperation in matters of criminal law and procedure.

Intro -- Vorwort -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- Abbildungsverzeichnis -- Abkürzungsverzeichnis -- A. Einführung -- I. Gegenstand und These der Untersuchung -- II. Fragestellungen und Ansatz der Untersuchung -- III. Anlage und Methode der Untersuchung -- B. Grundlagen -- I. Ausgangspunkt: EU als globaler Akteur? -- 1. Begriff: "globaler Akteur" -- 2. Analyse des globalen Akteurscharakters der EU -- 3. Analyse des umweltpolitischen globalen Akteurscharakters der EU -- 4. Zwischenfazit: Forschungsbedarf zur EU als globaler Akteur -- II. Analytisches Fundament: Internationale Regime -- 1. Begriff und Gestalt: "Internationale Regime" -- 2. Hintergrund: Regimeforschung -- a) Regimeanalytik, -forschung, -konzept oder -theorie? -- b) Entwicklung der Regimeforschung -- c) Kritik am Regimekonzept -- 3. Regimeanalytische Untersuchungsgegenstände -- a) Regimestruktur -- b) Regimeakteure -- 4. Zwischenfazit: regimeanalytischer Prüfansatz -- III. Problemfelder: Umweltverschmutzungen in staatsfreien Räumen -- 1. Weltraum -- a) Begriff und Abgrenzung -- b) Nutzung und Bedeutung -- c) Umweltverschmutzung -- 2. Hohe See -- a) Begriff und Abgrenzung -- b) Nutzung und Bedeutung -- c) Umweltverschmutzung -- 3. Antarktis -- a) Begriff und Abgrenzung -- b) Nutzung und Bedeutung -- c) Umweltverschmutzung -- 4. Zwischenfazit: drei regimeanalytische Problemfelder -- IV. Zwischenergebnis: Analyseschema -- C. Regime zum Umweltschutz staatsfreier Räume und die EU -- I. Weltraum -- 1. Prinzipien -- 2. Normen -- a) Verbindlich -- b) Unverbindlich -- 3. Regeln -- a) Verbindlich -- b) Unverbindlich -- 4. Verfahren -- a) Kooperationsmechanismen innerhalb des Regimes -- b) Verfahren zur Veränderung des Regimes -- 5. Akteur: Europäische Union -- a) Policy-Rahmen: Raumfahrtpolitik -- b) Unionale Anknüpfungspunkte an das Regime -- 6. Zwischenfazit: Umweltschutz des Weltraums und die EU.

Defence date: 25 February 2008 ; Examining Board: Professor Friedrich Kratochwil, European University Institute (Supervisor) Professor Ole Wæver, University of Copenhagen (External Supervisor) Professor Michael Merlingen, Central European University Professor Pascal Vennesson, European University Institute ; First made available online 4 June 2015. ; This thesis enquires into the making of European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) from the perspective of the actors endorsing and contesting the policy. By identifying the political milieu of the policy, it seeks to problematise the established depiction of ESDP and delineate the framing involved in designing and implementing the policy. I thus advance the argument about the all-pervading character of the political and I stipulate the value of micropolitical analysis for unpacking broad political arrangements. In order to trace security practices enacted through the policy, I explore in depth two instances of ESDP operations and a case of strengthening the UNIFIL forces to Lebanon via an EU initiative. I conclude that the ESDP has proven transformative both within the EU internal system of governance and vis-à-vis the EU's international positioning. The former involves the rise of domestic politics engendered by the interplay of institutional identities and conceptions of achieving EU security. The latter exposes the shift in the international role assignments wherein the EU becomes a deputy of the US and a saviour of the UN's reputation.

The paper deals with the brain drain phenomenon (rational minds migration), displayed inside the European Union, in close correlation with European tax competition. Speciality literature from the countries of the European Union deals with great responsibility the migration process of the specialists, numerous studies being dedicated to this phenomenon. Through the present paper we aim to study this correlation and the evaluation of the implications for the member states of the European Union, by elaborating a model by means of which there are tested the correlations between different variables and the quantification of the taxation effects upon the brain drain phenomenon. The model is an adaptation of the so-called "Model of the Brain Drain and human capital formation" elaborated by Mountford (1997) by which there are described the different researched variables: brain gain, brain drain, migration competition and tax competition. Obviously, the scenarios may be different from country to country depending on the different values of the two key factors taken into account: migration probability and considerable differences of technological capacity. ; peer-reviewed

Europe's single currency – the euro – came into being on 1 January 1999. But it remained a "virtual" currency, mainly used by banks and the financial markets – for three years thereafter. For most people, it did not become a "real" currency, visible and tangible, until 1 January 2002. That was the starting date for the introduction of euro banknotes and coins. They are now an everyday fact of life for more than 300 million people in Europe. The introduction of the new cash in 12 European countries – like the launch of the currency itself – was a historic event, involving years of meticulous planning and preparation. "How the euro became our money" tells the story behind the history; it covers the long sequence of decisions and actions which took the cash from drawing board to printing plant, from central bank to wallet. ; N/A

"Starting from the 1980s, competitive pressures and the ideology of competitiveness have shaken and transformed traditional models of development, public policy, and governance in Europe. This edited book carries out a comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and innovative analysis of the relationship between competitiveness and solidarity in the contemporary European Union. It offers an original contribution to the scholarly debates on the current developments and challenges of welfare states, social and economic policies, and forms of governance in the European Union. Bringing together an international team of cutting-edge scholars in social sciences and humanities, this book sheds light on the conceptual richness and policy relevance of these relationships, pointing to important avenues to make the European Union more economically successful and socially fairer. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of European Union studies and, more broadly, of EU Law, Public Policy, Economics, Sociology, Political Science, Geography, and Contemporary History"--

This note provides an account of the major milestones in the evolution of the economic governance in the European monetary union, assessing the reforms in governance frameworks of the EMU from 1997 up to mid-2013. It mainly focuses on the post-2010 reforms, where the financial crisis and the ensuing sovereign debt crisis exposed the weakness of the economic governance framework of EMU in Europe. It also highlights the on-going proposals for further coordination and cooperation that have been brought forward but still require agreement among Member States. The note suggests that while the commitment shown to introduce stricter fiscal rules and enhanced surveillance was a necessary step forward for sustaining the credibility of the single European currency, further reforms focusing on deepening European integration are still needed. ; N/A