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At the beginning of March, a new agency of the European Union (EU) began its work in Vienna. The European Fundamental Rights Agency (EFRA) will replace the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC), which was created in 1998. In contrast to the EUMC, the new agency will be responsible for the entire area of fundamental rights. As the EU and the Council of Europe already have a considerable amount of instruments in the field of human rights protection, the necessity of an additional one in Europe is not entirely uncontroversial. The new agency does, however, have considerable potential for improving the EU's human rights policy, for creating more synergies in an 'integrated European area of human rights' and for a focused debate on issues related to 'diversity management'.(SWP Comments / SWP)

Defence date: 13 January 2006 ; Examining Board: Prof. Bruno De Witte, Doktorvater, Europäisches Hochschulinstitut Florenz ; Prof. Dr. Stefan Griller, Wirtschaftuniversität Wien ; Prof. Dr. Joseph Marko, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Graz ; Prof. Jacques Ziller, Europäisches Hochschulinstitut Florenz ; First made available online on 19 December 2018

AbstractRespect for the values laid down in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) was one of the primary reasons that led to the establishment of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). While neither the Treaties nor the Regulation establishing FRA envisage an explicit role for the FRA with respect to Article 7 TEU, its assistance may be sought in this context even though the contours of such an eventual assistance remains to be clarified. By contrast, the European Commission may approach the FRA should the Commission require its assistance with respect to the application of the framework it adopted in 2014. The Council and the Parliament could similarly require the FRA's assistance. It is however submitted that a more structured dialogue and the regular provision of data and analysis, including via the FRA, would make the EU system of monitoring respect for EU values within the EU itself more operational and help prevent double standards.

Der Beitrag von Orlando Budelacci beschäftigt in grundsätzlicher Weise mit folgenden Fragen: Was sind die Auswirkungen des Transzendenzverlustes für das Politische? Führt die Säkularisierung zu einer Verlagerung ehemals theologischer Gehalte auf den Staat? Stimmt es, dass wir eine Renaissance der Religion erleben und dass der Staat durch die Übertragung religiöser Ansprüche auf den Staat überfordert wird? Es geht also nicht primär um die Frage, ob der Staat Orientierung in existenziellen Fragen liefern soll, sondern inwiefern die Religion, ob verdrängt oder in anderem Gewand erscheinend, im Politischen präsent ist.Gabriel N. Toggenburg sucht in seinem Beitrag nach einem (dritten) Weg zur (v)erfassbaren Religionsidee der EU. Dabei geht er unter anderem auf die Europäische Grundrechtscharta, die EU-Verfassung und auf die Österreich-Krise ein. Weiterhin schreibt er über den Islam und das Verhältnis der EU zur USA und zur Türkei.InhaltsverzeichnisPolitik und Religion im postmetaphysischen Europa Orlando Budelacci (Seite 4) Der (dritte) Weg zur (v)erfassbaren Religionsidee der EUGabriel N. Toggenburg (Seite 27)

This article reflects selected developments that took place from 1 January to 31 December 2013 both in the EU'S internal policies (Section ii) as well as in the EU'S external relations (Section iii). With regard to the internal dimension, developments in the field of Roma integration, the fight against hate crime and the protection of minority languages are traced. For the external dimension, the article covers the EU'S enlargement policy, its policies vis-à-vis countries in its wider neighbourhood in the East and in the South, and finally, the EU'S engagement at the broader international level.