This paper examines political party mobilization on European Union issues during national election campaigns. We consider which actors talk about the EU, specifically which parties and which actors within parties, as well as how these actors talk about the EU, specifically the types of EU issues...

The aim of the wage subsidy program in Hamburg is to encourage the creation of low wage jobs for unemployed persons with poor labor market opportunities. If a firm hires an unemployed job seeker, both the employer and the employee each receive a monthly wage subsidy of 250 Euros in the first ten...

Die Genehmigung des Joint-Ventures von Sony und Bertelsmann gibt ein Beispiel für die neue Ausrichtung der europäischen Wettbewerbspolitik, die eine Abkehr von der formal-juristischen hin zu einer ökonomischeren Herangehensweise mit sich bringt. Diese Methode weist allerdings auch Schwächen...