EMU and the Process of European Integration: Southern Europe’s Economic Challenges and the Need for Revisiting EMU’s Institutional Framework

2015 ◽  
pp. 15-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleftherios Thalassinos ◽  
Georgios Dafnos
Keyword(s):  
European Integration ◽  
Institutional Framework

The Party System: Structure, Policy, and Europeanization

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oskar Niedermayer
Keyword(s):  
European Integration ◽  
Party System ◽  
National Level ◽  
Party Competition ◽  
Institutional Framework ◽  
Integration Process ◽  
1960S And 1970S ◽  
System Properties ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The Eu

The German party system has changed since the 1980s. The relatively stable ‘two-and-a-half party’ system of the 1960s and 1970s has become a fluid five-party system. This development can generally be attributed to changes on the demand and supply sides of party competition and to the changing institutional framework. The European integration process is part of this institutional framework and this chapter deals with the question of whether it has influenced the development of the party system at the national level. To systematically analyse the possible impact, eight party-system properties are distinguished: format, fragmentation, asymmetry, volatility, polarization, legitimacy, segmentation, and coalition stability. The analysis shows that one cannot speak of a Europeanization of the German party system in the sense of a considerable impact of the European integration process on its development. Up to now, the inclusion of Germany in the systemic context of the EU has not led to noticeable changes of party-system properties. On the demand side of party competition, this is due to the fact that the EU issue does not influence the citizens' electoral decisions. On the supply side, the lack of Europeanization can be explained mainly by the traditional, interest-based pro-European élite consensus, the low potential for political mobilization around European integration, and the marginal role of ethnocentrist–authoritarian parties.

scholarly journals Bicameralism: European Tendencies and Perspectives for Ukraine

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-122
Author(s):  
Vasyl Tatsiy ◽  
Svitlana Serohina
Keyword(s):  
European Integration ◽  
State Power ◽  
Scientific Discourse ◽  
Institutional Framework ◽  
Time Increase ◽  
European Committee ◽  
Legal Literature ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Upper Chamber

Abstract The authors of the article continue the scientific discourse on the role and significance of bicameralism for building a modern democratic legal state. The main arguments of supporters and opponents of bicameralism have been analysed, given the complicated development of Ukrainian institutional framework and discussions over the European Committee of Regions evolution. The authors of the article attempt to supplement the list of arguments that exist in modern legal literature in favor of Ukraine’s transition to bicameralism. The challenges of European integration for Ukrainian parliament as a unitary actor have been highlighted. The authors substantiate the thesis that the formation of the second (upper) chamber does not threaten the Ukrainian unitarianism, but will contribute to further diversification of state power and at the same time increase the stability of the government in terms of a consensual, pluralistic democracy and semi-presidential government.

scholarly journals Organized Economic Interests and European Integration: the Question of (neo)corporatism

Equilibrium ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-20
Author(s):  
Anna Ząbkowicz
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
European Integration ◽  
European Commission ◽  
National Level ◽  
Institutional Framework ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
Social Dialogue ◽  
International Environment ◽  
The Eu

When economic development is considered, political economy is at stake; in this perspective growth or counter-growth forces operate within the institutional framework. The analysis focuses on corporatist forms of social dialogue in the international environment of the EU and within the European structures. First, the notion of corporatism as opposed to other institutionalized channels of access is explained. Then, the paper presents corporatist forms at the national level under change. Next, it deals with interest coordination at the European Commission level. The paper concludes that an erosion of corporatist forms is visible; no embracing pattern in the EU should be expected instead; on the contrary, increasing fragmentation of lobbying is observed.

3. From the Constitutional Treaty to the Treaty of Lisbon and Beyond

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clive Church ◽  
David Phinnemore
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Lisbon Treaty ◽  
European Council ◽  
Institutional Framework ◽  
Economic Governance ◽  
Constitutional Treaty ◽  
Treaty Of Lisbon ◽  
Treaty Reform ◽  
The Eu

This chapter examines the origins, evolution, and implementation of the Treaty of Lisbon. It begins by tracing the origins of the Constitutional Treaty (CT) — and in turn the Lisbon Treaty — to the ‘Future of Europe’ debate started by the Nice European Council in 2000 and furthered by the Laeken Declaration that was adopted a year later. It then considers the 2004 Intergovernmental Conference and its attempts to produce a slightly amended text, along with efforts to establish a streamlined and more democratic European Union. It also discusses the key debates in European integration and the rejection of the CT that led to the adoption of the Lisbon Treaty. Finally, it analyses the main elements of the Lisbon Treaty as well as its significance and implementation. The chapter highlights various calls for treaty reform to provide the EU with the necessary competences and improve the institutional framework for economic governance.

scholarly journals The European Union and the absence of fundamental rights in the Eurozone: A critical perspective

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 567-589 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Pye
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Institutional Framework ◽  
Integration Theory ◽  
Social Rights ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Critical Perspective ◽  
Charter Of Fundamental Rights

Despite the development of fundamental rights mechanisms in the European Union, including the Charter of Fundamental Rights, the governance of the Eurozone has led to policies that have undermined basic social rights. The purpose of this article is to explain why it is that the European Union has been able to act in this manner despite the assurances supposedly enshrined in its own rights guarantees. To do this, recent advancements in critical integration theory that posit European integration as the outcome of competing hegemonic projects are drawn upon. The construction of fundamental rights is conceptualised within the context of the institutional framework of the European Union and the current dominant neoliberal project. It is argued that the process of construction of rights has led to a highly restrictive understanding of what the concept of fundamental rights entails in the European Union. This has allowed European Union institutions to rhetorically commit to rights while simultaneously acting to undermine rights in practice.

European Integration

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Holmes
Keyword(s):  
European Integration

Public Procurement and Innovative Economy Forming

2010 ◽  
pp. 108-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Smotritskaya ◽  
S. Chernykh
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Innovative Activity ◽  
Institutional Framework ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Russian Economy ◽  
Public Resources ◽  
Innovative Economy ◽  
Procurement System

The article analyzes the conceptual framework of public procurement system as an integral part of public regulation to ensure effective management of public resources. The authors consider the problems of transition to a new "quality" of the procurement system, increasing its innovative activity. They put forward proposals for institutional framework and mechanisms of regulating procurement, meeting the needs in innovative upgrading and modernization of the Russian economy.

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