The ways of decision making within the EU have significantly changed in the last decades: the rule of unanimity has … compensating transfers by using the right of withdrawal: It might threaten to leave the EU if the compensation is denied. Are … as high as in the case of unanimity. In practise, the EU will offer compensating transfers depending on how credible a …

the paper analyzes different possible developments of selected common policies in the EU if enhanced cooperation is … practised by a sub-group of EU-members. Based on cluster analysis similarities and distinctions among the EU members with …

In the light of the current economic debt crisis within the Euro zone, the heterogeneity of EU members has becoming … economic integration with the other EU members. Despite the common use of the term "European integration", neither a uniform … integration are hard to quantify, thereby making it almost impossible to argue objectively whether an individual EU member state …