La construction d'une Europe sociale est un thème récurrent dans l'histoire de l'Union souvent présentée comme trop libérale. En vertu du principe de subsidiarité les questions sociales relèvent pour l'éssentiel de la compétence de chaque État membre plutôt que de l'Union. Qu'il...

Until the introduction of the full accrual accounting concept in 2008, the system of governmental and private non-profit organizations in Croatia was very inconsistent, but nevertheless, withstood for a long number of years. Most of the changes were brought in for the purpose of adjusting our...

The utilization of European Union (EU) financial assistance is one of the central issues for Member States, as well as Candidate Countries like Croatia. In order to fully gain from the allocated resources of the EU budget, each country needs an adequate absorption capacity (AC). This article is...

Within the European Union order, the national public administrations play a very important role. They are responsible for the enforcement and the control of the execution of the policies of the European Communities, in all the states of the European Union, in the interest of the respective...

Within the European Union order, the national states play a very important role. They are responsible for the enforcement and the control of the execution of the policies of the European Communities. Although the European Union has a central administration, she doesn't have external agencies....

A new democratic tool, the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI), starting with April 2012, will allow one million European Union (EU) citizens to ask the European Commission to propose EU legislation. The ECI could thus create a new space inside the EU policy-making machine for ordinary EU...

Through its policy, the EU plans to create a European area of freedom, security and justice where there is no need to check on persons at internal borders; European citizens benefit from the fundamental right to move and settle wherever they wish. Directive 2004/38/EC on the right of citizens of...

The concept of "unified" or "homogeneous" state authority (in which the local authorities act as representatives of the central government, equivocally subordinated to its directive and control) was rejected and replaced with a dual system, in which the state and the local management act each in...

The departure point of many discussions on European identity is the idea that a political community needs a common set of values and references to ensure its coherence, to guide its actions and to endow these with legitimacy and meaning. The motto "unity in diversity" is generally seen as best...

In the discussion of the future of national states there are two mistakes that must be avoided: the first is to consider nation states as institutions that are in decline or disappearing, or that they are losing all political or economic power as a consequence of the process of capitalist...