14. Security and Terrorism

2020 ◽  
pp. 289-306
Author(s):  
Mai’a K. Davis Cross
Keyword(s):  
International Terrorism ◽  
National Politics ◽  
Counter Terrorism ◽  
High Profile ◽  
European Approach ◽  
Domestic Security ◽  
European Experience ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

The rise of international terrorism has made domestic security a high-profile issue in Europe. This chapter first provides an overview of the European experience of terrorism, and discusses how European governments have responded to terrorist threats. The focus then shifts to the EU level, as increasingly this is where the most significant developments are taking place in the field of security and counter-terrorism. The chapter delves into the development of the EU’s counter-terrorism policy, within the context of an increasingly stronger European approach to security more generally. Particular attention is paid to the impact of the ISIS-inspired attacks that took place between 2015 and 2017, including the effect they had on national politics.

scholarly journals Economic and legal aspects of transportation of cargo in Ukraine in the conditions of Euro integration

2019 ◽  
Vol 67 ◽  
pp. 03001
Author(s):  
Nadiia Bocharova ◽  
Victor Popov ◽  
Evheniia Tupytska
Keyword(s):  
Economic Efficiency ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
Cargo Handling ◽  
European Experience ◽  
Legal Nature ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Statistical Indicators ◽  
Economic Expediency ◽  
The Eu

The article is devoted to the study of legal and economic relations that arise in the field of cargo transportation, in particular, their transshipment and legal grounds for its implementation. The article analyzes the legal nature of cargo handling in both the technological process and civil law services. It is determined that transshipment is a separate technological operation in the course of transportation and has its own basis for implementation, which serves as an agreement and therefore confirms and ensures the existence of a legal relationship between individual actors in economic turnover. The authors list the criteria for the economic efficiency of cargo handling, including delivery of cargo to the area where there are no certain types of transport; economic expediency of certain types of transport; and speeding up the delivery process. The European experience in using the cargo handling operation, the basis of the activity of logistic cents and the purpose of their functioning are analyzed. The statistical indicators of economic efficiency in the EU member countries are determined. The authors draw conclusions on the impact of European integration processes on the Ukrainian economy, in particular on the development of the logistics sector.

scholarly journals Adaptation of European employment policy to the Ukrainian economy realities

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (9) ◽  
pp. 27-30
Author(s):  
H. I. Bashnianyn ◽  
T. I. Horodyskyy ◽  
Ya. S. Lapchuk
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Employment Policy ◽  
Important Place ◽  
Long Run ◽  
European Experience ◽  
State Employment ◽  
Scientific Results ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

The article deals with the current state of unemployment in Ukraine. Comparison of the unemployment rates with the European countries is conducted. The employment policy in the European Union (EU) was analyzed. The analysis and generalization of features of labour market in countries of the EU are conducted. The scientific results and tasks for further research were outlined. The actual problems of the current development of the labour market in Ukraine and countries of the EU are revealed. The main purpose of the paper is to explore the theoretical aspects of the formation of employment system and to consider the European experience of employment systems regulation in selected countries. The study revealed that in today's conditions of development of the national economy the labour market occupies an important place. One of the most important tasks of any state is defined to be the regulation of the labour market. At the present stage, the problems of the labour market become the most urgent in countries of the EU. This is due to a change in the structure of the pan-European labour market, as well as to the globalization of the world economy. The study found that overcoming unemployment and increasing employment are the main tasks of the EU. The main drivers, motivations and consequences of undeclared work in the EU are identified. The impact of the European employment strategy was studied. Regulation of EU main programs and initiatives that concern the lowering of unemployment, the main aim of which is improving of the education and employability of people was examined. Based on the analysis of the relevant European experience, challenges have been identified that should be taken into account when developing the state employment policy of Ukraine in the medium and long run periods. The recommendations regarding the borrowing of Ukraine's positive experience of the EU towards the employment policy are provided. Analysis of the labour market in the EU and Ukraine showed that the European integration of Ukraine opens the possibility for sustainable economic development. Borrowing of foreign experience will allow Ukraine to create conditions for more efficient functioning of the system of employment. The practical value of the research presented in the article is in identification of promising directions for increasing the efficiency of employment policy in Ukraine on the basis of the experience of member countries of the EU.

scholarly journals Modern Trends of Development and Improvement by Means of Unification of the Judicial Extradition Procedure of Persons Who Have Committed Crimes of a Terrorist Nature

2017 ◽  
pp. 124-126
Author(s):  
Дарья Кошкина ◽  
Darya Koshkina
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
International Relations ◽  
International Terrorism ◽  
Main Trend ◽  
Member States ◽  
Arrest Warrant ◽  
Counter Terrorism ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
European Arrest Warrant ◽  
The Eu

The article considers the modern trends of development of mechanisms of regulation of international relations on the example of the judicial extradition procedure of persons who have committed crimes of a terrorist nature, which is one of the key instruments to counter international terrorism. So, the author identified the harmonization of the national legislation of the EU Member States as the main trend as well as in other interregional organizations. A typical example is the European arrest warrant (EAW), introduced by the Framework decision “On the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between EU Member States” of 2002. The author analyzed the regulatory counter-terrorism documents of the main interregional organisations and came to conclusion that harmonization of national legislations on issues of legal support of the extradition of persons who have committed the terrorist crimes, is a really necessary measure to ensure international cooperation between different States, including at the level of law enforcement, in matters of anti-terrorist activities. In addition, the article provides relevant examples from law enforcement practices relating to extraterritorial terrorist activities. The author analyzed the motivations of the State to unify their national legislations on improving the effectiveness of legal measures to counter international terrorism.

scholarly journals Blaming Brussels? The Impact of (News about) the Refugee Crisis on Attitudes towards the EU and National Politics

2017 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eelco Harteveld ◽  
Joep Schaper ◽  
Sarah L. De Lange ◽  
Wouter Van Der Brug
Keyword(s):  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
National Politics ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

scholarly journals Copyright law and the promotion of scientific networks: some reflections on the rules on co-authorship in the EU

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-232
Author(s):  
Giulia Priora
Keyword(s):  
Research Area ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Communication Education ◽  
Policy Objective ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Policy Goals ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

In the digital era the co-creation of content by several authors has become easier in a number of ways. Networks, the symbol of today's information society, are reshaping and supporting our communication, education, creativity and professional development. Embracing the prospective of co-creators, this paper aims to provide a new insight into the on-going debate on the effectiveness of copyright rules in the European Union (EU). The focus lies on the scientific sector, which offers both empirical evidence of the co-production phenomenon and specific policy goals set by the EU legislator with regard to collaborative knowledge production. The analysis shows how the EU copyright framework neither includes a comprehensive body of harmonized rules on co-authorship nor displays prospective plans to do so, while the related national regulations present highly diverging approaches. The paper highlights how the impact of this regulatory inhomogeneity is increasingly at odds with the policy objective of a collaborative and high-profile European Research Area, thus calling for a more substantial harmonization under an inclusive definition of co-author and an enhanced valorization of joint endeavours in the networked system of production of knowledge.

Split-Level Legitimacy and Politicization in EU Governance

2020 ◽  
pp. 56-84
Author(s):  
Vivien A. Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Good Thing ◽  
Eurozone Crisis ◽  
National Politics ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Political Dynamics ◽  
Eu Governance ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Related Identity ◽  
Over Time ◽  
The Eu

Chapter 3 explores the dilemmas of the EU’s “split-level” legitimacy, where output and throughput operate primarily at the EU level and input at the national, and then examines the impact of politicization on both national and EU levels. The chapter begins by considering the EU’s legitimacy problems stemming from the fragmentation of its governing activities, with policies and processes located mainly at the EU level while politics remains national. While the EU has been largely successful in improving legitimacy in all three categories over time, it has faced major challenges to legitimacy. In the Eurozone crisis, citizens’ sense of EU legitimacy has suffered even if their EU-related identity may not have. The chapter then focuses on the EU’s biggest challenge, the politicization of EU governance. After briefly describing the longstanding depoliticization of EU technocratic governance, this section argues that the EU’s politicization has been increasing not only at the bottom, as evidenced by the weakening of mainstream parties to the benefit of populist challengers, or from the bottom up, as national politics influences EU actors, but also at the top, where EU actors have become more politicized. The chapter uses the debates about who is in charge or control of EU governance to show how scholars’ defense of “their” actor through “new” or traditional versions of intergovernmentalism, supranationalism, and parliamentarism actually demonstrates the EU’s increasingly political dynamics of interaction. This chapter ends with the question: Is such politicization a good thing or a bad thing?

EU cooperation could help Croatia reduce corruption

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Organised Crime ◽  
Vaccination Rate ◽  
Content Type ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Long Run ◽  
European Public ◽  
Trust In Institutions ◽  
Judicial Proceedings ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

Significance The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) has unblocked the long-stalled Zalac case. This shows the impact of the new institution on the fight against organised crime and corruption at the highest levels in the EU and Croatia. However, other high-profile cases are unresolved. Impacts Trust in the judiciary, traditionally very low, will not grow soon, but could improve in the long run with help from the EPPO. Populist parties are trying to use palpable public anger against elites, focusing on a referendum to end COVID-19 restrictions. With trust in institutions low, vaccine scepticism will remain high and Croatia will remain an EU laggard for its vaccination rate. The excessive length of judicial proceedings is a recurrent problem vexing investors.

Promising options, dead ends and the reform of Australian contract law

Legal Studies ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-46
Author(s):  
Martin Doris
Keyword(s):  
Law And Economics ◽  
Contract Law ◽  
Reform Process ◽  
Australian Government ◽  
Discussion Paper ◽  
High Profile ◽  
European Institutions ◽  
European Experience ◽  
Potential Risks ◽  
The Eu

The Australian government has launched a consultation on the possible reform of domestic contract law. The Attorney-General's Department is currently seeking stakeholder views on the need to reduce inconsistencies and/or remove outdated rules, and on ways to improve legal certainty generally both for businesses and consumers alike. Its current discussion paper, though open-ended as regards next steps, appears to be talking the language of simplification and coherence that has resonated particularly in the EU for well over a decade. Yet, the ongoing, high-profile project aimed at delivering a more coherent and uniform contract law for Europe's internal market has to date proved controversial, and recent concrete initiatives have generated much adverse commentary, particularly from law-and-economics scholars. The European experience therefore offers a series of signposts but equally a number of hazard markers for the Attorney-General's Department. Indeed, many of the broad assumptions underlying developments in the EU rest on weak foundations. The European institutions have further followed a number of dead ends in the pursuit of ‘coherence’ that ought reasonably to be avoided. This paper explores potential risks underlying the current Australian reform process and offers a number of suggestions on a possible way forward.

Russia - European Union: The continuation ofthe sanctions standoff

2017 ◽  
pp. 114-127
Author(s):  
M. Klinova ◽  
E. Sidorova
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Economic Recession ◽  
Economic Sanctions ◽  
Current Data ◽  
The State ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Year 2013

The article deals with economic sanctions and their impact on the state and prospects of the neighboring partner economies - the European Union (EU) and Russia. It provides comparisons of current data with that of the year 2013 (before sanctions) to demonstrate the impact of sanctions on both sides. Despite the fact that Russia remains the EU’s key partner, it came out of the first three partners of the EU. The current economic recession is caused by different reasons, not only by sanctions. Both the EU and Russia have internal problems, which the sanctions confrontation only exacerbates. The article emphasizes the need for a speedy restoration of cooperation.

Modernisation of Higher Education – Willful Action or Wishful Thinking? The Case of Bulgaria

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 3-17
Author(s):  
Elena Blagoeva
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
National Level ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

The impact of the last global economic crisis (2008) on the European economy put a strain on higher education (HE), yet it also pushed the sector towards intensive reforms and improvements. This paper focuses on the “Strategy for the Development of Higher Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2014-2020”. With a case study methodology, we explore the strategic endeavours of the Bulgarian government to comply with the European directions and to secure sustainable growth for the HE sector. Our research question is ‘How capable is the Bulgarian HE Strategy to overcome the economic and systemic restraints of Bulgarian higher education?’. Because the development of strategies for HE within the EU is highly contextual, a single qualitative case study was chosen as the research approach. HE institutions are not ivory towers, but subjects to a variety of external and internal forces. Within the EU, this is obviated by the fact that Universities obtain their funds from institutions such as governments, students and their families, donors, as well as EU-level programmes. Therefore, to explore how these pressures interact to affect strategic action on national level, the case method is well suited as it enabled us to study the phenomena thoroughly and deeply. The paper suggests the actions proposed within the Strategy have the potential to overcome the delay, the regional isolation and the negative impact of the economic crisis on the country. Nevertheless, the key elements on which the success or failure of this Strategy hinges are the control mechanisms and the approach to implementation. Shortcomings in these two aspects of strategic actions in HE seem to mark the difference between gaining long-term benefits and merely saving face in front of international institutions.

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