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On February 10, 20201, the Contemporary Challenges in American & Global Law web series tackled "European Union and United States Budget-Making: Process, Politics, and Policy in a COVID-Challenged World." Katarzyna Stryjniak (LL.M. 2012), Legal and Policy Officer, European Commission Directorate General for Research and Innovation in Brussels, Belgium led the program's discussion and comments were made by Karen A. Tramontano '82, Chief Executive Officer, Blue Star Strategies in Washington, D. C. Professor Emerita Leah Wortham, Director of the American Law Program and the LL.M. Program at Catholic Law, once again acted as moderator of the event.

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What does political representation in the European Union look like? Which actors claim to act as representatives of which constituency? What role does the EU play in (re)shaping political representation? This volume addresses these questions, adding to the emerging debate on political representation and democracy in the EU, and includes original conceptual and empirical chapters by emerging and leading scholars in the field. It clarifies the roles of different political actors such as parliaments, civil society organizations and subnational authorities. It explores representative claims made by these actors in different contexts, be it the digital public sphere or parliaments, and elucidates the impact of the EU on the institutions and practices of political representation. The volume argues that the transformation of representation in the EU is characterized by processes of diversification, albeit with an uncertain ability to re-configure the link between representation and democracy.

Disability is a complex, evolving and multidimensional concept. According to the World Disability report (2011), disability will be an even greater concern as its prevalence is on the rise due to Ageing Populations as well as the Global increase in chronic health conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer and mental health disorders. In this paper, the authors look at the basic design features and fiscal costs of the sick pay, sick leave and disability pensions program in each of the Member States of the European Union. As will be seen, it is difficult to draw any policy conclusions or find much in the way of trends in the data. Nevertheless, the authors highlight the heterogeneity in practices across various countries through our analysis, suggest areas for additional analysis or research, and provide suggestions for strengthening disability pension systems in the future. The authors also include case studies for two countries (The Netherlands and Poland) to illustrate the characteristics of recent reforms and lessons learned. For most purposes, in this paper, disability benefits refer to a combination of sick pay, sick leave and disability pensions payable from social insurance programs. This paper is arranged as follows: (ii) Section II of this report discusses the social, financial, and demographic arguments for countries to focus increased attention now on the design, administration and financing of their sick pay, sick leave and disability pension programs; (iii) Section III discusses the basic terminology and issues in disability pensions; and (iv) Section IV reviews the current practices of the EU countries in the areas of disability covered by the report.

In the post-9/11 period, Central Asia has assumed greater significance for the European Union (EU). Since 2007, the EU has adopted a proactive approach towards the region and sought to promote political and economic stability through democracy and rule of law. At the same time, it wants to secure the flow of energy from Central Asia and balance the influence of big powers like Russia and China. Analyzing these developments, the article argues that, in the coming years, the EU will adopt a more proactive role in the region.

The enlargement of the European Union on May 1 concludes a process that began over a decade ago. Although the increase in membership from fifteen to twenty-five will not be the final expansion, the arrival of so many new recruits at any one time in future is highly unlikely. This is not to underestimate the challenges that further enlargement will present -- the decision on opening negotiations with Turkey will dominate discussion toward the end of the year -- but future growth will follow a tested & refined accession process. So what will be the new big idea? It could just be enlargement. Adapted from the source document.

"Europas gemeinsame Währung und die bevorstehende Erweiterung haben die EU-Mitgliedstaaten veranlasst, im Bereich der Sozial- und Beschäftigungspolitik intensiver miteinander zu kooperieren. Diese Kooperation ist aber primär auf gegenseitiges Lernen ausgerichtet, während der größte Teil der EU-Ausgaben in die Agrar- und Strukturpolitik fließt. Will die Union die Erweiterung und Währungsunion meistern und obendrein die Erhaltung des europäischen Gesellschaftsmodells mit einer Verbesserung der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit verbinden, dann ist zu überlegen, welche Politiken dazu notwendig sind und wie die heutigen Ausgabenpolitiken damit besser verknüpft werden können. Das Papier diskutiert Optionen zur Gestaltung von differenzierter Integration und Konvergenz in der EU bzw. zwischen den Mitgliedstaaten." (Autorenreferat)

Entrepreneurship is the driving force of economic development and progress. A successful state, first of all, provides favourable conditions motivating the businesses to grow and flourish. Presently, the European Union is developing unevenly with multiple economic misbalances across the community, the West and the North being more competitive than the South and the East. The aim of the present research is to examine the framework of interdependence between the degree to which the governance quality and economic freedom in the European Union are supporting entrepreneurial activities and the performance of the community in terms of entrepreneurial innovation. The results reached through applying both qualitative and quantitative analyses show that the interdependence between entrepreneurial innovation and regulatory efficiency is strong for many of the European Union states which is determined by multiple factors including the institutional and economic ones. Also, the present paper underlines the importance of the proper regulatory framework for the efficient development of business innovation. The future research on this matter could consider in depth the impact of socio-cultural environment, its influence on the quality of governance and the impact of both upon the European entrepreneurial innovation.