Die neueren gesetzlichen Regelungen zur Vergütung von Managern setzen wichtige Anreize zum verantwortungsvollen und nachhaltigen Handeln, gehen aber nicht weit genug. Im Vordergrund stehen nachhaltige Vergütungsmodelle, klarere Haftungsvorschriften und mehr Beteiligungsrechte. Allerdings...

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...

There is a lack of synchronization in the expansion of renewable energies and the modernization of the electricity grid infrastructure. Main barriers to grid development are the insufficient regulatory framework, an inefficient allocation of planning and authorization competences and a lack of...

The controversy about sovereign debt cuts loomed prominently throughout crisis in the European Union (EU), as the EU legal rules were viewed to impose strict limitations on debt restructuring involving public creditors due to moral hazard concerns enshrined in the legal ban on bailouts. This...