The bank bailouts following the global financial crisis of 2008 have been subject to prior approval of the European Commission (EC), the competition authority of the European Union. The EC was reluctant to reject rescue efforts directed at failing banks and so it consistently approved all such...

This paper aims at providing a contribution to the literature in the field regarding the state aid granted by EU member states for R&D. According to the assumption that state aid for R&D can represent a relevant incentive for economic development in the EU, the paper provides a qualitative and...

Central and eastern European countries have been and still are adapting their legal framework to the requirements of a Western market economy and the body of EU legislation, the acquis communautaire. As the harmonisation of the national legal framework to EU standards is one of the yardsticks...