Suchergebnisse

The historic transformation that has taken place across the Southern Mediterranean in 2011, with regime change in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, and upheavals in other Arab countries, demands a strategic reassessment of European Union policy making towards the region. The complex policy framework that has resulted from the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, (EMP), the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) and the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) must be reviewed in light of the new political landscape that has emerged in North Africa. The European Union's strategic objective must be that of formulating a better coordinated cooperative mechanism in the Mediterranean that provides direct support to the Middle East and North African countries at this delicate moment of political and economic transition. ; peer-reviewed

This article analyzes the illegal migration from Moldova into the EU countries. The main routes to the EU countries are through Romania, Ukraine, Turkey and other countries. Each route has its own specific features, such as transport availability, visa / visa free regimes, etc. The author researches illegal Moldovan migration patterns ("green zone" passage, fake ID passage, breaking of labour and residential laws of the receiving country, etc.). Much attention is also attributed to researching the activity of national actors and their cooperation, as well as organization and realization of illegal labour migration. An attempt to determine the scale and trends of illegal Moldovan labour migration is made, based on statistical data. The author also unravels the Moldovan counter-illegal migration policy. ; Consortium for Applied Research on International Migration (CARIM-East) is co-financed by the European University Institute and the European Union

Award date: 30 November 2016 ; Supervisors: Professor Claire KILPATRICK and Professor Giorgio MONTI ; The thesis assesses the developments and the current state of law in the area of EU banking supervision so as to assess its weaknesses and strengths. By arguing that the SSM constitutes an integrated administration of banking supervision in the European Union, we examine the influence of legitimacy's normative standards on the institutional architecture of the Single Supervisory Mechanism, and, conversely, the 'spillover effect' of the design of the Single Supervisory Mechanism on its legitimacy. The thesis is structured by reference to the normative criteria of legitimacy. The output element of legitimacy introduces a performance criterion under which the delegated decision-making can be assessed. The input element of legitimacy is concerned with the accountability mechanisms that hold the SSM's decision-making accountable.

Karremans investigates the concern that financial considerations are more important than people's demands through the comparative study of five countries - Austria, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain - and explores how governments maintain a balance between institutional responsibility and democratic responsiveness.