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Intro -- THE EUROPEAN UNION AND ASIA: WHAT IS THERE TO LEARN? -- THE EUROPEAN UNION AND ASIA: WHAT IS THERE TO LEARN? -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 1 COMPARING PROCESSES OF REGIONAL INTEGRATION: EUROPEAN 'LESSONS' AND NORTHEAST ASIAN REFLECTIONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- I. 'REGIONS' IN THE POLITICAL SCIENCE LITERATURE -- II. 'LESSONS' TO BE LEARNED AND (CAUTIOUSLY) TRANSFERRED FROM EUROPE5 -- III. NORTHEAST ASIAN REFLECTIONS ON EUROPEAN 'LESSONS'9 -- IV. THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND POLICY PRESCRIPTIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 FRANCO-GERMAN RECONCILIATION AND ITS IMPACT ON CHINA AND JAPAN: SCHOLARLY DEBATE* -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- COMMUNICATIVE ACTION IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS -- SCHOLARLY DEBATE ON FRANCO-GERMAN RECONCILIATION IN CHINA AND JAPAN -- A COMMUNICATIVE PLATFORM BETWEEN CHINA AND JAPAN? -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 WHAT ROLE FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION IN ASIA? AN ANALYSIS OF THE EU'S ASIA STRATEGY AND THE GROWING SIGNIFICANCE OF EU-CHINA RELATIONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EU'S ASIA STRATEGY IN THE POST-COLD WAR PERIOD: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ECONOMIC DIMENSION -- THE EVOLUTION OF THE EU'S ASIA STRATEGY: THE EMERGENCE OF A SECURITY DIMENSION -- THE EU'S RESPONSE TO CHINA'S RISE: FROM CONSTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT TO STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP -- EU-CHINA SPACE AND SATELLITE NAVIGATION COOPERATION -- THE PROPOSAL TO LIFT -- ENMESHING INTO EAST ASIA'S STRATEGIC BALANCE -- CONCLUSION: WHAT ROLE FOR THE EU IN ASIA? -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 RIDING THE ASIAN TIGER? HOW THE EU ENGAGED CHINA SINCE THE END OF THE COLD WAR -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Why Is China so Important for the EU as a Global Player? -- Aim of the Chapter and Contribution to the Literature -- THE THEORETICAL CONSTRUCT OF 'BENIGN WILSONIANISM' -- CHINA AS A CASE STUDY.

Has EMU made Germany worse-off? : monetary aggregates, fiscal and wage policy in the new regime / Benedicta Marzinotto -- Plus ça change-- ? : the European social model between "economic governance" and "social Europe" from the Maastricht Treaty to the European Constitution / H. Tolga Bolukbasi -- States and the exercise of power in the new European Union / Paul Schure and Amy Verdun -- Rotation, representation or rather a ragged reform? : on the political economy of ECB restructuring / Heiko Fritz -- Progressing towards legitimacy : financial services sector policymaking in the EU after Lamfalussy / Heather McKeen-Edwards and Ian Roberge -- Making sense of fiscal rules in EMU / Valeria De Bonis and Pompeo Della Posta -- The art and craft of budgeting : fiscal policy in the Eurozone / Frans K.M. van Nispen -- Direct taxation, the ECJ and implications for member state budgets / Martha O'Brien

There has been a rise and fall in interest in federalism in the context of European integration. This article assesses the federal nature of the EU. It draws in particular on the work of Michael Burgess who has been one of the key thinkers on this issue. Because there are many types of 'federalisms' available across the globe, it is helpful to make a comparison with another political system to offer a base line. In this article I explore to what extent the EU already has federal features. With the help of the work of Burgess I seek to look beyond the specific characteristics of the EU and reflect on how a comparison with this other polity can offer us insights into what is going on within the EU political system. Drawing on the comparison with Canada, I seek to identify the characteristics of the EU that are already those of a federation. Therefore, the guiding question of this article is: compared to Canada, what particular features does the EU have that reminds us of a federation and what features is it still lacking? It finds that the EU has a considerable amount of federal features (federation), but that a federal tradition, a federal ideology and advocacy to a federal goal (federalism) are mostly absent.

There has been a rise and fall in interest in federalism in the context of European integration. This article assesses the federal nature of the EU. It draws in particular on the work of Michael Burgess who has been one of the key thinkers on this issue. Because there are many types of 'federalisms' available across the globe, it is helpful to make a comparison with another political system to offer a base line. In this article I explore to what extent the EU already has federal features. With the help of the work of Burgess I seek to look beyond the specific characteristics of the EU and reflect on how a comparison with this other polity can offer us insights into what is going on within the EU political system. Drawing on the comparison with Canada, I seek to identify the characteristics of the EU that are already those of a federation. Therefore, the guiding question of this article is: compared to Canada, what particular features does the EU have that reminds us of a federation and what features is it still lacking? It finds that the EU has a considerable amount of federal features (federation), but that a federal tradition, a federal ideology and advocacy to a federal goal (federalism) are mostly absent.