Based on a legal analysis of the position of the island of Ireland in the draft withdrawal agreement, this paper argues that the draft does neither fully protect socio-economic and civic cooperation between on the island of Ireland, nor do justice to the Agreement concluded in Belfast o Good...

Conventional wisdom has it that the EU is unable to promote viable social integration, which contrasts with its commitments to improving working and living conditions and to social values and goals such as solidarity, social protection and social inclusion. This article challenges two different...

Aufgrund europarechtlichen Zwangs wird auch die Bundesrepublik früher oder später gezwungen sein, die Defizite des deutschen Rechts im Diskriminierungsschutz abzubauen. Bereits die zurückhaltenden Mindeststandards, die nun durch die Europäische Union vorgegeben werden, führen hierzulande zu...

The European Commission, the European Parliament and the UK government have all expressed a determination to safeguard specific risks for Ireland as a whole or Northern Ireland connected to the UK's withdrawal from the EU. However, a "Hard Brexit" aspired by the UK government with its ambition...