Driving the European Green Deal in Turbulent Times

Mary Dobbs; Viviane Gravey; Ludivine Petetin

doi:10.17645/pag.v9i3.4321

Driving the European Green Deal in Turbulent Times

Politics and Governance ◽

10.17645/pag.v9i3.4321 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 316-326 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Mary Dobbs ◽

Viviane Gravey ◽

Ludivine Petetin

Keyword(s):

European Commission ◽

Policy Design ◽

Status Quo ◽

Policy Actors ◽

Design And Implementation ◽

Significant Events ◽

Turbulent Times ◽

The Status ◽

And Shifts ◽

The Eu

The European Green Deal (EGD) is an ambitious strategy. However, significant events, incidents, and demands, from democratic backsliding in the EU to the Covid-19 pandemic, are causing the ground to shift underfoot. These events go beyond ordinary changes or even individual crises, cumulatively fuelling a “new normal” of turbulence for the EU, encompassing rapid, unpredictable changes. This turbulence can help and hinder policy design and implementation, requiring policy actors to think outside the box and beyond the status quo. This article investigates how the European Commission and other key actors can engage effectively with turbulence to ensure the successful delivery and implementation of the EGD. The first half of the article strengthens and adapts turbulent governance literature (Ansell & Trondal, 2018). It delineates how turbulence differs from crisis; expands the forms of turbulence to include horizontal scalar and policy turbulence, as well as its transversal attribute; and shifts the focus to governing with turbulence rather than against turbulence. The second half undertakes an initial analysis of the EGD in light of turbulence and provides a springboard for further investigations within this thematic issue and beyond. It is apparent that the EGD is both responding and contributing to a varied landscape of turbulence. Policy actors must identify and understand the sources of turbulence—including their transversal nature and the potential for responses to increase turbulence—if they are to effectively govern with turbulence.

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Bosnia’s Perpetual Purgatory: The Inability to Fulfill EU Accession Requirements

Global Affairs Review ◽

10.51330/gar.0020211 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 1-18

Author(s):

Gabrielle Regimbal

Keyword(s):

European Commission ◽

Ethnic Groups ◽

Historical Context ◽

Status Quo ◽

Eu Accession ◽

State Institutions ◽

The Status ◽

Accession Process ◽

The Eu ◽

Made In

This paper argues that Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) should not begin the European Union’s accession process, and should instead remain on the ‘potential candidates’ list due to their continuous inability to meet the EU acquis. While some progress was made in 2020 towards meeting this goal, such as moderate candidate victories in the November election (over the reigning populist politicians) and the first elections being held in Mostar in December, BiH has failed to address the root of the issues. By examining the European Commission reports for BiH and researching the historical context surrounding the flawed state institutions, the following conclusion was determined. Due to BiH’s failure to comply with EU accession’s political, legal, and economic requirements, they are unable to be considered for induction, and the status quo should remain. Instead, the EU should foster methods of reconciliation for the three ethnic groups that dominate Bosnian society to help build consensus and foster compromise to fulfill accession requirements.

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Psychology, Economic Policy Design, and Implementation: Contributing to the Understanding of Economic Policy Failures in Africa

Journal of Social and Political Psychology ◽

10.5964/jspp.v2i1.306 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 183-196 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Seth Oppong

Keyword(s):

Economic Policy ◽

Policy Design ◽

Status Quo ◽

Economic Policies ◽

Human Beings ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Design And Implementation ◽

The Status ◽

Policy Failures

When designing economic policies, policy makers work with the assumption that targeted beneficiaries would respond in a manner that would lead to success of the policy. However, the responses of beneficiaries do not always follow the expected pattern. Drawing on Thaler and Sunstein’s (2008) and Asante’s (2003) theses, this paper projects the view that economic policies that fail to take account of the psychology of the target people fail. The position in this paper is based on the premises that human beings, as choice architects, are not necessarily rational beings always acting in their self-interests and that culture, traditions, and national aspirations influence the success of economic policies. It is argued that inertia (the unwillingness to move or change the status quo) is related to how individuals living in poverty respond to policies intended to alleviate their conditions. New theoretical insights are advanced and recommendations made on the basis of the exploration of the literature.

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In or Out?

10.1093/oso/9780198793380.003.0003 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Catherine E. De Vries

Keyword(s):

Public Opinion ◽

Status Quo ◽

Data Sources ◽

Fine Grained ◽

Alternative State ◽

Empirical Measurement ◽

The Status ◽

People’S Attitudes ◽

Over Time ◽

The Eu

This chapter introduces a benchmark theory of public opinion towards European integration. Rather than relying on generic labels like support or scepticism, the chapter suggests that public opinion towards the EU is both multidimensional and multilevel in nature. People’s attitudes towards Europe are essentially based on a comparison between the benefits of the status quo of membership and those associated with an alternative state, namely one’s country being outside the EU. This comparison is coined the ‘EU differential’. When comparing these benefits, people rely on both their evaluations of the outcomes (policy evaluations) and the system that produces them (regime evaluations). This chapter presents a fine-grained conceptualization of what it means to be an EU supporter or Eurosceptic; it also designs a careful empirical measurement strategy to capture variation, both cross-nationally and over time. The chapter cross-validates these measures against a variety of existing and newly developed data sources.

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Design and implementation of college English multimedia aided teaching resources

International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education ◽

10.1177/0020720920983517 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 002072092098351

Author(s):

Lin Hu ◽

Wei Yao

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Status Quo ◽

College English ◽

English Teaching ◽

Design And Implementation ◽

Multimedia Teaching ◽

The Status ◽

Assisted Instruction ◽

Self Learning ◽

Knowledge Classification

With the advancement of multimedia technology, a series of problems have emerged in the reform of college English teaching. How to use multimedia to assist college students in English learning has become a meaningful study. Multimedia-assisted instruction is a common method of teaching English. The design of multimedia-assisted English teaching resource software determines its development, management, evaluation and other aspects, so the design of multimedia platform plays a vital role in the effect of multimedia teaching. This paper will discuss the design and implementation of multimedia-assisted college English independent education resources from the perspective of knowledge classification. Through the content analysis, some problems exist in the design process of some college English multimedia teaching, and the status quo is analyzed. It also studies the difficulties of college students in the process of multimedia assisted learning, and how college students hope to design multimedia independent learning multimedia platform. Finally, the five knowledge classification learning theories of “listening, speaking, reading, writing and translating” can change the status quo, meet the needs of college students, and develop the knowledge of vocabulary, grammar and listening in college English. The design strategy of self-learning multimedia-assisted instruction and the design of college English self-learning multimedia teaching is briefly written.

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Regulating Proxy Advisors Through Transparency: Pros and Cons of the EU Approach

European Company and Financial Law Review ◽

10.1515/ecfr-2017-0001 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 1-36 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Gaia Balp

Keyword(s):

Status Quo ◽

Legislative Process ◽

European Regulation ◽

The Us ◽

The Status ◽

Pros And Cons ◽

Proxy Advisors ◽

Legal Constraints ◽

The Eu

This article outlines potential pros and cons of a future European regulation of proxy advisory firms, as set forth in the Commission’s Proposal for a Directive amending Directive 2007/36/EC. After summarizing criticisms concerning the proxy advisory industry, and findings regarding its de facto influence on investors’ voting conduct both in the US and in the European context, the article adverts to why the power of proxy advisors appears to be overestimated. Uncertainty on the status quo of the industry’s actual impact on key decisions in listed companies, as well as costs associated with a regulation, need to be considered for assessing the suitability of the rules drafted to ensure adequate levels of independence and quality of voting recommendations. While transparency rules may be preferred to stricter legal constraints or requirements in a first stage, possible shortcomings of the Draft Directive exist that may undermine its effectiveness. Analyzing the amendments to the Proposal adopted by the European Parliament, and the Council’s Presidency compromise text, may suggest a preferable approach as regards single rules still making their way through the European legislative process.

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Perspectives of a European Law of Succession

Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law ◽

10.1177/1023263x0701400203 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 147-178 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Paul Terner

Keyword(s):

European Commission ◽

Status Quo ◽

Green Paper ◽

European Law ◽

The Future ◽

The Status ◽

Law Of Succession

The article analyses the latest developments in the process of harmonisation in the area of succession law in Europe. The status quo of harmonisation is described and the plans to harmonise this area in the future – which have not been given much consideration in the jurisprudential literature so far – are examined in detail. Particular attention is drawn to the Green Paper ‘Succession and Wills’ which the European Commission has issued recently (COM(2005) 65 final). The preparatory works, the development and the content of the Green Paper are described, and the reactions to it, as well as its possible outcomes, are analysed.

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Differentiated Disintegration: Brexit

Ever Looser Union? ◽

10.1093/oso/9780198854333.003.0009 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 137-155

Author(s):

Frank Schimmelfennig ◽

Thomas Winzen

Keyword(s):

Bargaining Power ◽

Status Quo ◽

Common Interest ◽

Economic Interdependence ◽

British Government ◽

Eu Membership ◽

The Status ◽

Cherry Picking ◽

The Eu

This chapter examines negotiations on differentiated disintegration in the case of Brexit. It includes the efforts of the British government to renegotiate its EU membership prior to the referendum in June 2016 and the subsequent negotiations of the Withdrawal Agreement. The chapter shows that the same factors that explain demand for differentiated integration can also explain demand for differentiated disintegration. However, the supply conditions differ fundamentally. In disintegration negotiations, the EU enjoys the superior institutional bargaining power of the status quo-oriented actor, the superior material bargaining power produced by starkly asymmetrical economic interdependence, and the coherence and unity bestowed by supranational procedures and a common interest in preventing and deterring cherry-picking behaviour.

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Approaches to the law applicable to proprietary effects of transactions in securities taken in uniform law: a lesson for the EU

Uniform Law Review ◽

10.1093/ulr/unz037 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 24 (4) ◽

pp. 711-723

Author(s):

Michael F Müller

Keyword(s):

Status Quo ◽

Eu Law ◽

The European Union ◽

Conflict Of Laws ◽

The Status ◽

Uniform Solution ◽

Uniform Law ◽

The Hague ◽

Securities Trading ◽

The Eu

Abstract The modern practice of securities trading has led to almost insurmountable tensions with classical conflict-of-laws doctrine. The Hague Securities Convention set out to provide for a new and uniform solution. In a recent communication from the Commission, the topic has resurfaced on the European agenda. Against this background, this article poses the question of whether the discussion around the Convention can serve as a lesson for the European Union (EU). It is submitted that neither the status quo of EU law is satisfactory nor does the adoption of the Convention offer a fully convincing solution but that the problem should be targeted at its root: the outdated concept of some national substantive laws in intermediated securities.

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