The Financial Settlement

2020 ◽  
pp. 131-147
Author(s):  
Michele Chang
Keyword(s):  
Conservative Party ◽  
The Other ◽  
New Era ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Financial Framework ◽  
The One ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Financial Settlement ◽  
The Eu

This chapter explores the provisions of the Withdrawal Agreement on the financial settlement — the money the UK shall pay to the EU in connection to its departure. The financial settlement for the withdrawal of the UK from the EU posed numerous challenges to both parties. For the UK, internal divisions in the ruling Conservative party made it difficult to develop a coherent position. On the one hand, Brexit hardliners saw continued contributions to the EU budget after Brexit as a betrayal of the referendum result. On the other hand, the so-called Remainers favoured maintaining close relations with the EU and paying to ensure access to its markets and various programmes. For the EU, Brexit threatened the budgetary agreement that had been carefully negotiated in the context of the 2014–2020 multi-annual financial framework. Moreover, the exit of the UK from the EU ushers in a new era. Because the UK was, despite its rebates, one of the largest net contributors to the EU budget, Brexit could impair the EU’s ability to finance some of its traditional programmes or to expand into new areas.

scholarly journals The Territorial Constitution and the Brexit Process

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Tierney
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Political Commitments ◽  
The One ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Eu ◽  
The Way

Abstract This article assesses the United Kingdom’s rapidly evolving territorial constitution through the register of federal theory. While not arguing that the UK is federal or ought to be described as federal, the article contends that federalism is a useful prism through which to assess how well the UK’s constitution accommodates autonomy on the one hand and the efficacy of union, which is the essential complement of pluralism, on the other. It then proceeds to assess the Brexit process in light of existing imbalances in the UK’s territorial arrangements. The way in which Parliament has paved the way for the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU is widely considered to be deeply unpropitious for devolution. However, upon further analysis of the legal changes and internal political commitments that have been designed to facilitate Brexit, it would appear that a more balanced set of constitutional arrangements may be emerging which could in fact bolster and further embed the United Kingdom’s territorial constitutional commitments.

Vergaberechtsschutz im Spannungsfeld zwischen Beschleunigungsgebot und Gewährung effektiven Rechtsschutzes

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsi-Ping Chen
Keyword(s):  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
German Law ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
Substantive Law ◽  
The Eu

The German Law on public procurement remedies, implementing the EU Remedies Directives into national law, has to engage in a balancing act between effective legal protection of bidders and the necessary acceleration of the award procedure. The book develops solutions for conflicts between the abovementioned opposing interests, which are consistent with the pluralistic paradigm of the European legal area, and the standards of assessment of the EU primary substantive law on public procurement. The Europeanisation of the German Law on public procurement remedies is analysed in detail. The work deals with the establishment and improvement of effective legal protection of bidders on the one hand and, on the other hand, shows that the acceleration of the award procedure within the framework of the procedural system is bounded by the rule of law. The book carves out strengths and deficits of the German Law on public procurement remedies.

scholarly journals Entangling the Medical Humanities

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Des Fitzgerald ◽  
Felicity Callard
Keyword(s):  
Medical Humanities ◽  
The Other ◽  
Critical Juncture ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
The Uk

The medical humanities are at a critical juncture. On the one hand, practitioners of this field can bask in their recent successes: in the UK, at least, what was once a loose set of intuitions – broadly about animating the clinical and research spaces of biomedicine with concepts and methods from the humanities – has become a visible and coherent set of interventions, with its own journals, conferences, centres, funding streams and students. On the other hand, the growth, coherence and stratification of this heterogeneous domain have raised the spectre of just what, exactly, the medical humanities is growing into. In particular, scholars have begun to worry that the success of the medical humanities is tied up with being useful to biomedicine, that the medical humanities has been able to establish itself only by appearing as the domain of pleasant (but more or less inconsequential) helpmeets.

scholarly journals Regenerative agriculture as a biomimetic technology

2022 ◽  
pp. 003072702110703
Author(s):  
Bart Gremmen
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Agricultural Systems ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Regenerative Agriculture ◽  
The One ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Strong Concept ◽  
The Eu

As populations increase and economic affluence expand, conventional farmers will be unable to meet the demand for food. Two main scenarios offer different solutions. The first scenario aims to further intensify scientific- and technology-driven agriculture research. The second scenario aims to radically switch to nature-based solutions in agricultural systems. There seem to be two interpretations of the nature-based solutions scenario: on the one hand, the interpretation of the IUCN regards nature-based solutions, such as regenerative agriculture, as using nature and denies a link with biomimicry; and on the other hand, the interpretation of the EU regards regenerative agriculture as an example of biomimicry. This raises the question: is regenerative agriculture a prime example of biomimicry or is it only a very important way to use nature in agriculture? To answer this question, we take a step back and philosophically reflect on biomimicry. Based on two definitions of mimesis, we distinguish between two concepts of biomimicry, a ‘strong’ concept which emphasizes natural principles and copying natural models, and a ‘weak’ concept, which emphasizes inspiration by nature and creative invention. Secondly, we describe and analyze regenerative agriculture as part of the nature-based solutions scenario and interpret regenerative agriculture first as ‘weak’ and then as ‘strong’ biomimicry. Both interpretations have their problems. To address these, we propose a new concept of biomimicry based on a new definition of mimesis. This enable us to differentiate between biomimicry, strict imitation of nature, and nature-inspired invention. We argue that our conceptualization of biomimicry helps to operationalize regenerative agriculture as a biomimetic technology.

Serbia

2019 ◽  
pp. 39-66
Author(s):  
Yossi Harpaz
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
The Other ◽  
Dual Citizenship ◽  
Representative Case ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
Hungarian Language ◽  
Gain Access ◽  
The Eu

This chapter explores the case of Hungarian dual citizenship in Serbia as a representative case of compensatory citizenship that is created on the basis of coethnic ties. Since 2011, Hungary has offered dual citizenship to cross-border Hungarians living in neighboring countries. However, coethnic dual citizenship has complicated and contradictory effects on Serbia's Hungarian minority. On the one hand, they enjoy access to Europe, as well as elevated social status in Serbia. On the other hand, the proliferation of EU passports makes it easier for young Hungarians to emigrate, shrinking this beleaguered population even further. Meanwhile, thousands of ethnic Serbs have also begun to study the Hungarian language. They hope to take advantage of Hungary's generosity toward Hungarian speakers in order to thereby gain access to the EU.

Conceptualizing the digital employee experience

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 131-135
Author(s):  
Yasaman Gheidar ◽  
Mehdi ShamiZanjani
Keyword(s):  
Digital Transformation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Business World ◽  
Content Type ◽  
New Era ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
The One ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Employee Experience

Purpose One of the hottest topics in today’s professional and academic debates is digital transformation; some even prefer to use the term “digital business transformation” that is more in line with the business aspects of transformation. On the other hand, in today’s workplaces, human resource (HR) approaches have come into a new era named employee experience (EX). The digital employee experience (DEX), one of the outcomes of entrancing digital transformation in workplaces, has revolutionized the business world by shifting the priorities of organizations from focusing solely on the needs of managers to focusing on all the employees and their experiences in the workplace. Despite the importance of this concept, there is not a unified and complete definition for it. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to conceptualize the DEX. Design/methodology/approach In this study, a systematic literature review was conducted in academic and professional databases, and then to complete and confirm the definition, 11 academic and professional experts in the field of HR and digital transformation in the country were interviewed. Findings A definition of the DEX was provided that covers previous gaps about defining this concept. Research limitations/implications It should be noted that research on conceptualizing EX rather than DEX has been conducted on academic grounds, and in the professional world, there have been some initial attempts on conceptualizing the DEX. Therefore, this study was defined as the need to provide a definition of the DEX. Originality/value The importance of implementing the positive DEX, on the one hand, and failing to conduct comprehensive studies to understand this concept and provide a precise definition of it, on the other hand, have become critical issues in organizations.

scholarly journals EURODAC AS AN INSTRUMENT OF THE EU RETURN POLICY

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Strąk
Keyword(s):  
European Commission ◽  
The Other ◽  
Irregular Migration ◽  
Member States ◽  
Return Policy ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Identification Of Persons ◽  
The One ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Third Country Nationals

The proposed recast Eurodac Regulation of 2016 extends its previous scope so that both illegally residing third-country nationals and those who have entered the EU irregularly at its external borders could be identified and so that this information could be used by Member States to re-document them for return purposes. In this way Eurodac will, according to the European Commission, contribute to the fight against irregular migration. The proposal is meant to improve the effectiveness of the EU return policy by facilitating the identification of persons illegally on the territory of the EU. After it is adopted, the new Eurodac Regulation may be considered as an example of a flanking instrument of the EU return policy. It should be emphasised that on the one hand the provisions foreseen in the Regulation are highly valuable when it comes to ensuring the effectiveness of the EU return policy. On the other hand, however, it is still unknown what effects it will bring when adopted.

scholarly journals Az EU pénzügyi érdekeinek védelme, fókuszban a korrupció elleni szervezete

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 8-13
Author(s):  
Zsuzsa Balla
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
The Public ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Hard Times ◽  
Public Money ◽  
The One ◽  
The Eu

Nowadays in these economical hard times it is very important to manage the public money efficiently. On the one hand it is a demand in the memberships countries and in the budget in the Europian Union.  On the other hand it is a requirement from the oridnary people too. Actually the Europian Union takes part in the struggle against corruption. In fact the Europian Union has a strategy of struggle against corruption and cheating.  The EU focuses on two fileds of strugggle against corruption, one of both is the budget of EU and the other is the public procurements. In this study I am dealing with the strategy of struggle against corruption, the main institutes and the main regulations.

Europe

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The World ◽  
Foreign And Security Policy ◽  
The One ◽  
Two Sides ◽  
The Eu

In the years before the Covid-19 crisis confronted the world with unprecedented challenges, the EU showed two sides of itself: On the one hand, it gave cause for hope, having overcome several crises and presenting itself to the world as a defender of multilateralism and a stronghold of democracy. On the other hand, however, its weaknesses remained visible: its lack of coherence in foreign and security policy; its insufficient influence in its neighbouring regions; and its internal contradictions with regard to upholding the rule of law among its member states. The essays gathered here offer a review of two years of EU politics. With contributions by Laurent Baechler, Anna Dimitrova, Mohamed Ane, Sebastian Franzkowiak, András Inotai, Gabriel N. Toggenburg, Arnaud Leconte, Kyriakos Revelas, Hartmut Marhold, Jean-Claude Vérez, Jean-Marie Rousseau, Susann Heinecke, Florent Marciacq, Tobias Flessenkemper, Magda Stumvoll, Marta-Claudia Cliza, Laura-Cristiana Spataru-Negura, Claude Nigoul, Pinar Selek, Yvan Gastaut.

THE EU – CHINA COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND INNOVATION

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 537-540
Author(s):  
Loredana Jitaru ◽  
Lorena Florentina Popescul
Keyword(s):  
Document Analysis ◽  
The Other ◽  
Strategic Partnership ◽  
Research Development ◽  
Quality Research ◽  
Cooperative Relationships ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The World ◽  
The One ◽  
The Eu

The EU and China enjoy one of the most fruitful relationships of cooperation in the world. In time, this cooperation has evolved into a strategic partnership created in 2003. A central part of the development and consolidation of the Strategic Partnership was that of the cooperation between these two actors in the field of research, development, and innovation. This paper intends, on the one hand, to analyze the cooperative relationships between the EU and China in the field of research, development, and innovation, and on the other hand to offer a bigger picture of the present day relationships in the field. This paper uses methods of quality research, more precisely document analysis.

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