The paper examines why, and under what conditions, certain interest groups adopt positive positions on international economic issues. It provides a case study of how UK trade unions formed their preferences on membership of the EMU. Previous explanations of this have tended to emphasise the...

European labour movements are under severe pressure as a result of the global financial and Eurozone crises but to what extent have relations of transnational solidarity been established in this process? This essay will assess the response of European labour movements to the Eurozone crises and...

Politisch mag es nicht korrekt sein, nach der Zukunft des Euro zu fragen. Wissenschaftlich ist diese Frage nach Ansicht von Stefan Homburg, Universität Hannover, aber berechtigt, weil Zweifel am Bestand der Eurozone zunehmen und die aktuelle Entwicklung dunkle Reminiszenzen an das Vorfeld...