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Ziel der Expertise ist es, Wege aufzeigen, wie den Anliegen der wissenschaftlichen Nutzern von Wirtschafts- und Sozialdaten auf europäischer Ebene besser Rechnung getragen werden kann, ohne dass dadurch die legitimen und prioritären Ansprüche der europäischen Politik vernachlässigt werden müssen.

The European Union : From Maastricht to Karlsruhe and Beyond, by Klaus Reeh
About a year ago, the Federal Constitutional Court finally paved the way for the ratification of the Maastricht Treaty. Ever since the Court's judgement fell into oblivion. Yet it deserves better, because it clarifies ambiguities, imposes constraints, affirmes good Community practices, reinforces the protection of civil rights, enlarging them as far as democracy is concernea, and, most significantly, it protects the role of parliaments in the democratie evolution of the European Union. Moreover, the Court sketches a strategy to manage the most difficult problem of the Union which is balancing the need for the Union to become more democratie with the will of Member States to maintain their national sovereignty. For this purpose, the Court proposes constitutional openness accompaniea by political experiments (including a single currency), but retaining only those with good results. If this « strategy of the judges » was to be followed, the European Union might well be able to overcome its current crisis.

"Ziel der Expertise ist es, Wege aufzeigen, wie den Anliegen der wissenschaftlichen Nutzern von Wirtschafts- und Sozialdaten auf europäischer Ebene besser Rechnung getragen werden kann, ohne dass dadurch die legitimen und prioritären Ansprüche der europäischen Politik vernachlässigt werden müssen." (Autorenreferat)

"The purpose of this report is to identify how to better meet the needs of scientists and take into account their concerns around the use of economic and social data at the European level without compromising or neglecting the legitimate needs and justified concerns of European policy makers." [author's abstract]