Abstract Recently, the political discussion concerning a new national immigration policy in Germany has been highly controversial, although all political forces agree that the existing legal provisions have significant deficits. In the fall of 2001, the German government presented its draft bill...

Abstract Years after the completion of the Common Market the needy and unemployed still lack the right to take residence in the EU member country they choose. The Amsterdam Treaty, however, aims at realizing an “area of freedom” for every citizen. This requires compatible systems of social...

Abstract Rudolf Hrbek summarizes the arguments for the project of reforming German federalism. He describes the positions adopted at the beginning of the work of the Reform Commission set up in fall 2003 by the federal government and the state governments respectively. The Commission ended with...