Das Ombudsmannverfahren des Bundesverbandes deutscher Banken feiert am 1. Juli 2002 sein zehnjähriges Jubiläum. Das Jubiläum liefert eine willkommene Gelegenheit zur kritischen Bestandsaufnahme. Zudem soll der tiefergehenden Frage nachgegangen werden, ob sich die mit der Einführung des...

The EU’s approach to fake news, as epitomised by the European External Action (EEAS) Service East Stratcom Disinformation Review, violates the rights to freedom of expression and due process of those accused of distributing disinformation. The EU Disinformation Review is a publication of the...

This paper is about the investigative powers of the National ombudsman of the Netherlands. It describes the legal context of own initiative investigations and the relevant provisions of the three pieces of legislation on the basis of which the ombudsman operates: article 78a of the Constitution,...

This paper studies the determinants of naturalization among Turkish and ex-Yugoslavimmigrants in Germany differentiating between actual and planned citizenship. Using theGerman Socio-Economic Panel, we measure the impact that integration and ethnicityindicators exert on the probability to...

This paper examines resident foreigners´ interest in German citizenship. The study focuseson the roles played by attitudes towards foreigners, political interest of foreigners,intergenerational conflict between natives and foreigners and among foreigners themselves,and regional differences in...