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Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
Tom Gallagher – “Romania and the European Union – How the Weak Vanquished the Strong” Manchester University Press, Manchester and New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
“Spare no one!” – seems to yell between the lines one of Tom Gallagher's most recent books. Written in 2008 and published one year later, “Romania and the European Union – How the Weak Vanquished the Strong” is undesirably relevant for 2010's Romania. Skilful national politics managed to drive an...
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
European Rules as ‘Law of the Land’? Towards Optimalisation of EU Member State Compliance
This paper deals with Member State compliance with EU rules, and explores how current structures and practises may be transformed and adapted so as to arrive at a situation where optimal effectiveness is ensured. It hereby differentiates between the various layers of public authority, and devotes special attention to two...