Recent debates about the problem-solving capacity of supranational governance within the EU form the background of this … paper, which explores the causal conditions for correct and timely transposition of EU directives. In this context, some … governance capacity of the EU.ZusammenfassungVor dem Hintergrund der Debatte über die Steuerungsfähigkeit der EU befasst sich …

Although they have formerly constituted distinct traditions in the European integration process, EU regulatory … the formulation of the EU’s energy policy, especially given the twofold challenge of securing sufficient energy supply … whilst also addressing the necessity of combating climate change. In this context, a key question is, how exactly does the EU …

institutional regulatory parameters, i.e. (i) the jurisdictional level at which agencies should be placed (EU vs. national), (ii …

From initially defining new governance processes as external to 'traditional' forms of EU law, a number of academic … subsidiarity in the EU order, its lack of critical review and transparency, and failure to include local or regional actors casts … offer an attractive future for EU law, its dynamic vision for open coordination remains largely unrealised. …

practising EU legislation. How discretion is exercised at this stage of the policy process is not trivial; we demonstrate that … also this activity is highly contested. Our main conclusion is that implementation of EU policies at the national level is …

requires that regional unions like the EU and others, evolve into federal states. …