Publications

This paper examines the threat posed to the authority of Jean-Claude Juncker's European Commission, which takes office in November 2014, as well as the EU as a whole by the infringements to agreed-upo...chevron_right

This policy brief examines the Comprehensive Assessment (CA) carried out by the European Central Bank (ECB) between November 2013 and October 2014. The author discusses the strengths and weaknesses of...chevron_right

In light of the European Commission's forecast that only five eurozone countries exhibited a fiscal balance better than the one required by the 2013 Fiscal Compact treaty, this commentary examines why...chevron_right

This commentary discusses the EU's request in October 2014 that the UK pay an extra 2.1 billion euros in membership fees due to an increase in the country's declared gross domestic product over the pr...chevron_right

This commentary discusses the €2.1 billion surcharge to EU budget contributions which the Union placed on the UK in October 2014. More specifically, the author examines 1) the mechanism behind the sur...chevron_right

This brief discusses the sources of available statistical data in the EU on how many EU citizens lose their nationality from member states each year. The authors also introduce a new statistical datab...chevron_right

This brief discusses the issue of involuntary loss of nationality in one of the EU member states. More specifically, the authors assess the grounds for loss of nationality in light of European and int...chevron_right

This paper discusses what happens in the EU in situations in which a person who assumed to possess the nationality of a country is confronted with the discovery that (s)he never acquired the nationali...chevron_right

This paper discusses the key findings of a project on the rules and administrative procedures applicable to loss of nationality across the EU, and their relation to existing European and international...chevron_right

This paper examines the way in which the EU imposes sanctions and how this system has developed. The authors argue that the EU has significantly increased its use of sanctions since the early 1990s, b...chevron_right

This paper examines the relationship between regulation and innovation in the EU economy, arguing that some regulatory approaches are innovation-enhancing while others tend to reduce incentives for in...chevron_right

This report analyzes the composition of the 20 committees in the European Parliament that was elected in 2014 and how representative they are of the 28 member states. In particular, the author identif...chevron_right

This brief discusses whether the poor state of reforms relating to rule of law, economic governance and public administration in EU candidate countries under the European Commission’s enlargement stra...chevron_right

This policy brief looks at available options for the mid-term review of Europe 2020, and addresses the question of how to make the most of Europe’s growth strategy. In particular, the paper: 1) conta...chevron_right

This paper looks ahead to the publication on October 26th of two significant reports on the health of the eurozone banking system: The European Central Bank's (ECB) asset quality review (AQR), and the...chevron_right