The Euro crisis has had a contradictory impact on European policy-making. It has led to a massive transfer of authority to the European level in areas such as macroeconomic policy and banking regulation, which have enormous implications over a large range of public policies. This attempt at...

No matter how one evaluates the product of its work, the Convention on the Future ofEurope has marked a turning point in the history of European integration. This article is divided into three parts. The first presents the different actors who participated in the Convention and the cleavages...

Conventional wisdom in European studies has long held that social policy is not anarea in which the European Union can make a large difference. Solidarity, it is said, can onlydevelop in societies where clear boundaries exist between individuals. Such is not the casein the EU, where a...

The open method coordination was presented at the Lisbon EuropeanCouncil as a new instrument in the range of European policies. The innovations aremanifold, in terms of both the objectives and the methods. Several elements suggestthat one should proceed with caution when assessing the impact of...

Conventional wisdom in European studies has long held that social policy is not an area in which the European Union can make a large difference. Solidarity, it is said, can only develop in societies where clear boundaries exist between individuals. Such is not the case in the EU, where a...