The European Union (EU) failed repeatedly to hold Greece accountable for violations of the Treaties it signed over the past five decades. In particular, the EU not only did not express reservations in the face of these violations, but on two crucial occasions, in 1979 and again in 2000, it even...

The European Union began with efforts in the Cold War era to foster economic integration among a few Western European countries. Today’s EU constitutes an upper tier of government that affects almost every level of policymaking in each of its twenty-seven member states. The recent financial...

Europa stolpert von Krise zu Krise. Die Finanz- und Schuldenkrise gefährdet die Europäische Währungsunion. Das Brexit-Votum zeigt, wie weit verbreitet die Europaskepsis ist. Die Wirtschaft kommt nicht in Schwung. Die Arbeitslosigkeit ist hoch. Und die Flüchtlingskrise hat die politischen...

The economic crisis has laid open deficiencies in the construction of the European Economic and Monetary Union. At its foundation, it was assumed that monetary integration would reduce the likelihood of asymmetric shocks. The crisis shows, however, that endogenous mechanisms may even amplify...