The rapid journey from central planning to EU (euro area) membership stress-tested the social learning processes of the … EU, spurred major reform waves and led to the very rapid introduction of best-practice institutions. Although social … institutions played a dominant role in shaping the transition process. Along with the EU accession process, the EU acted as a …

of 2007/08 was not really a surprise –, and the five key requirements for restoring stability and efficiency in the EU …

The EU and the US have started negotiations on a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement (TTIP) which … turns out to be misleading the high imports of intermediate inputs of German firms from EU partner countries suggests that a … comparison EU-US is analytically required for some key issues and that considering the effects on EU partners is also useful …