Implementation of EU law is vital for European integration. The EU implementation record however up until now shows that there are serious implementation deficits. Although the EU in response to these deficits has piled op strategies and instruments to improve the overall implementation, we...

EU property law as a field of law is still very much in its infancy, but it is developing steadily. In past research I have focused on the influence of the internal market rules on national property law and on the extent to which the European legislature has enacted legislation dealing with...

The Eurozone fiscal crisis has created pressure for institutional harmonization, but skeptics argue that cultural predispositions can prevent convergence in behavior. Our paper derives a robust cultural classification of European countries and utilizes unique data on natives and immigrants....

The article provides a comprehensive analysis of the constitutional foundations of, and limitations to, enhanced cooperation (see Article 20 TEU and Articles 326 to 334 TFEU) by taking the negative example of the European patent with unitary effect - the unitary patent. Enhanced cooperation...

Warum ist die Politik der Alternativlosigkeit so gefährlich? -- Was heißt „Krisenpolitik“ und weshalb wirken ihre Folgen desintegrativ? -- Was sind die Kosten der Niedrigzinspolitik? -- Wie hoch waren die Schuldenerleichterungen für Griechenland wirklich? -- Inwiefern gefährden...