Die Arbeit analysiert die Wirtschafts- und Währungsunion (WWU) und betont ihre enorme Bedeutung für die Europäische Union. Sie vertritt die These, daß die WWU ein vornehmlich politisch motiviertes Projekt zur Erhaltung des Friedens in Europa und zur Vertiefung des Integrationsprozesses...

The so-called Troika, consisting of the EU-Commission, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), was supposed to support the member states of the euro area which had been hit hard by a sovereign debt crisis. For that purpose, economic adjustment programs were...

This article contributes a counter-example to the discussion about the negative effects of regionalism on the multilateral trading order. The article analyses the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) negotiations during the Uruguay Round and shows that France was induced to accept a...