Voters who participate in elections to the European Parliament tend to use these elections to punish their domestic governing parties. Many students of the EU therefore claim that the party-political composition of the Parliament should systematically differ from that of the Council. This study,...

The paper investigates the proposition that the impact of European judicial politics on national modes of governance in the field of gender equality is influenced by domestic mobilisation. Domestic mobilisation refers to activities in EU member-states aimed at ensuring that public and private...

Jürgen Basedow, gegenwärtig Mitglied der Monopolkommission, faßt in diesem Buch seine Erfahrungen mit der Deregulierung in ganz verschiedenen Wirtschaftsbereichen zusammen. Dabei geht es um Deregulierungspflichten des EG-Rechts, um den Zusammenhang von Deregulierung und Harmonisierung sowie...

Having established itself as a robust level of governance, the European Union now potentially affects its member states in more ways than ever before. Road haulage policy is an area in which a strong impact of European Union policy-making can be expected. Liberalisation at the European level...