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"At the EU summit in Brussels on 8-9 December 2011, the heads of state and government will decide about the
way forward for the European integration of the Western Balkan states. While it is expected that the membership
contract with Croatia will be signed and negotiations with Montenegro could be opened, the candidate status for
Serbia is uncertain. Despite the recent border disputes with Kosovo, Brussels should grant Belgrade this status
and even consider opening negotiations. This is not only important for the further democratic development in the
region but also a sign that the EU is able to continue its role as a stabiliser for the region in times when internal
problems set the agenda in Brussels." [author's abstract]

The article is devoted to the definition of the role of the European Commission in the framework of ensuring competition in the European Union. The provisions of normative acts and scientific works are analyzed. The issue of antitrust activities of the European Commission is analyzed by analyzing concrete examples of the implementation of its powers. The author points out that among the important functions of the European Commission it is necessary to highlight the provision of competition, that is, to prevent abuses of dominant positions on the market by large industrial companies and to prohibit agreements between the parties that lead to restrictions of competition, production or market opportunities. The policy itself is based on the principles of maximizing the scope of the market mechanism and reducing interference in the economy. The author draws attention to the fact that ensuring the principle of protecting competition in the global market can only be achieved by effectively combating anti-competitive practices such as anticompetitive concerted actions or, as they are called throughout the world, conspiracies or cartels. After analyzing these legal provisions, the author came to the conclusion that the European Commission's competition policy is based on five basic principles: prohibited concerted practices, agreements and mergers between companies that could negatively affect trade between member states, prevent competition within to restrict or distort the common market; It is prohibited to take advantage of a dominant position on the market when it may adversely affect trade between Member States; control of state aid in member countries in any form that threatens free competition because it benefits individual enterprises or the production of individual goods; European-wide merger plans are assessed from the point of view of potential consequences for competition and may become banned; the liberalization of some sectors, which to date dominated the monopoly of certain public or private enterprises. ...

As a part of a broader effort to build a new Atlantic Community and a new Transatlantic Marketplace, the United States and European Union have sought to strengthen its partnership to improve their security and prosperity for the 21st century. Today, the United States and European Union announced several initiatives to strengthen their cooperation and partnership on several major fronts.

This comparative report draws together the research outputs of seven partners from the EU Horizon 2020 project RESPOND. Researchers in Hungary, Sweden, Austria, Germany, Greece, Poland and Italy had undertaken analysis of how contestation of migration was impacting on discursive constructions of "Europe" in mainstream politics and media. Drawing on post-functionalist theories of European order, we aimed to capture the growing politicisation and contestation of areas of EU governance that had previously been depoliticised in national politics. This analysis is then extended to examine the impact of contestation on European self-understanding at the supranational level.

We investigate the determinants of public support for EU membership using a panel of fifteen countries over the 1974 - 2008 period. The results indicate that increases in inflation and unemployment rate generate a decrease in support for EU membership, while growth of GDP growth increases support. There is evidence of erosion in citizens' support as time in the Union accumulates and when the country is under the excessive deficit procedure. Splitting the sample into different periods reveals that real economic variables were more influential in shaping citizens' support for the EU than nominal variables during the first years of the Community, but inflation became the most relevant variable after implementation of the Treaty of the European Union. ; Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia ...