The EU's Lisbon strategy of 2000 (renewed in 2005) calls for substantial improvements in the quality and sustainability of public finance. In this context, the current study concentrates on the growth potential of public expenditures. National Reform Programs are analyzed in order to draw...

This article considers the effect of the Lisbon judgment of the German Federal Constitutional Court of 30 June 2009 on the national legislature's oversight and participation regarding EU decision-making. In particular, it compares German oversight, before and after the ruling, to systems of...

The Lisbon Reform Treaty would improve the role of the sub-national level in the European Union institutional framework. Not only the intended institutional reforms but also the process that led to the Reform Treaty - the European Convention, the Constitutional Treaty, and the period of...

The German Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) has found that there are no constitutional objections against the Lisbon Treaty. At the same time, the FCC imposed limitations to future integration by identifying a number of state functions that are non-amenable to integration and which have to be...