Publications

In this paper, the author argues that it is necessary to rethink the relationship between fundamental rights and EU citizenship as provided for in the Treaty of Lisbon. She examines the attractiveness...chevron_right

Biometrics are a feature of communication technologies (ICTs). Their disproportionate use and the lax and arbitrary way in which they are defined and implemented endangers values, norms and practices ...chevron_right

In the EU of today, economic policies, competition policy and regulation are expected to be ‘evidence-based’. The purpose of the present paper is to discuss critically the most prominent empirical app...chevron_right

Several policy-relevant issues regarding the EU’s bilateral investment treaties (BITS) are addressed in this paper. First and foremost, we explore the question of whether EU’s BITs have a significantl...chevron_right

Trust in the ECB, as measured by the standard Eurobarometer (and other) surveys has fallen to an unprecedented low – especially in the larger euro area countries. The authors find that up to the start...chevron_right

In the wake of the Lisbon Treaty, it is important to review the present arrangements for the institutional representation of the European Union in international organisations, and more broadly, in the...chevron_right

Despite multiplying good news from the real economy, the past six months have been the most testing for the euro area since the acute phase of the financial crisis at the end of 2008. Mounting doubt...chevron_right

It is routine for countries to send their heads of state to participate in important celebrations in neighbouring states. There was nothing routine, however, about the Latvian and Estonian presidents ...chevron_right

The future of Ukraine's gas transit pipeline is back on the agenda, and it is time for the European Union to come up with constructive ideas on what to do.chevron_right

The President of the European Central Bank is said to show at each meeting of the European Council a graph depicting the evolution of relative wage costs across the eurozone’s 16 member countries. Thi...chevron_right

Germany has changed. Or has it? Thomas de Mazière, a leading German politician from Chancellor Merkel’s party has created some sensation by declaring that Germany will now defend her national interest...chevron_right

Although Portugal is often described as a country where welfare provision and care services are rather precarious, requiring as a consequence important investments form family and informal network, so...chevron_right

The Hungarian Long-Term Care (LTC) system still bears the marks of central planning that was in effect between 1950 and 1990 in the country. The organizational logic of the planner dictates centraliza...chevron_right

The long term care (LTC) system in Romania includes all medical and social services delivered over a long period of time to those in need such as the chronically ill, terminally ill, the disabled an...chevron_right

This document describes the Dutch system of long-term care (LTC) for the elderly, with an overview of LTC policy also given. The underlying philosophy of the Dutch system for LTC is that the state bea...chevron_right