Member States are permanently excluded. However, there remains a risk that France and Germany will use the idea of a core Europe to cajole others into accepting their demands. Such a strategy would be deeply divisive for the Union. Franco-German cooperation is welcome if u0096 and only if u0096...

The reaction within Southeast Asia from business and policy leaders to the United Kingdom’s decision to exit the European Union has thus far been one of disappointment rather than panic. How Brexit will affect a possible EU–ASEAN free trade agreement, bilateral trade deals in the region,...

The article investigates why a specific European issue is debated in one country but disregarded in another, and why issues are debated differently in different European countries. To understand this national filtering, expectations are formulated as to how specific policy traditions and...

Das vorliegende Gutachten stellt den verbreiteten Stereotypen eine vergleichende Bestandsaufnahme zur Bürokratisierung Deutschlands gegenüber. Ziel ist es, zu einer realistischen Einschätzung über die Kernprobleme der Bürokratisierung in Deutschland zu kommen, um damit der Debatte über...