The Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union, known also as the Fiscal Stability Treaty or EU Fiscal Pact, entered into force on 1 January 2013, following the successful ratification by twelve of the sixteen signatory states. The Treaty introduced new...

Recent developments in the European Union in the field of economic policy show the need for redefinition of certain aspects of the common activities. The consequences of uncoordinated government spending and fiscal and monetary activities in the member states are evident. It led to large budget...

Despite the advocates of the common EU identity, many people and scholars do believe that the EU will not ultimately prevent them from being French, Germans, Polish, and so on. It is almost impossible to avoid the recognition of the opposite phenomenon to the common identity, the growing...