countries are overrepresented. This is desired in the EU treaties. But the EU treaties also emphasise the importance of equality … and equal treatment of citizens by EU institutions. Inequality of representation in the European Parliament has been … representation and distribution of seats to countries. We do so within the constraints set by the EU treaties. • One option would be …

This Policy Contribution, based on a note written for the Bundestag EU Committee, explores the possible consequences of … a no-deal Brexit for the European Union and assesses preparations on the EU side. It also provides guidance on the … optimal strategy for the EU, depending on the choices made by the United Kingdom. Overall, a no-deal Brexit would be …

This paper calculates effective macro-economic tax rates for the 25 EU countries following the methodology developed in …. We show that effective tax rates in the 10 new member states of the EU are on average 10 percentage points lower on labor … capital. The newly computed tax rates are in line with the effective tax rates of the EU Commission for EU 15. Effective tax …