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February 19, 2016
In a time where the future of the European Idea and an ever-closer European Union are heavily debated, the message sent by the implementation of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia to Germany is of highly symbolic significance.
February 16, 2016
One of the main objectives of post-crisis financial regulation has been the severing of the nexus between large banks and national sovereigns, such that private losses do not lead to taxpayer bailouts.
February 10, 2016
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Gustav Blix as the new Director of EPICENTER.
February 5, 2016
The German Association of Judges has rejected the European Commission’s proposals for a separate public court to handle investment disputes.
February 3, 2016
The founder of Public Choice theory, Nobel Laureate James Buchanan, called it “politics without romance”. Buchanan wanted to show that politics is not a different world where all-knowing enlightened politicians make decisions for the greater good.
January 28, 2016
With the migrant crisis preoccupying Europe’s media and public debates, France’s “economic and social emergency” is easily forgotten.
January 18, 2016
EurActiv reports this morning on a speech delivered by Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager at the DLD conference in Munich on Sunday. In it, Vestager hints at possible action by the EU’s antitrust watchdog in cases where online businesses used data collection to exclude competitors.
January 14, 2016
The New Year’s Eve attacks in Cologne have increased the pressure on Angela Merkel and are driving public debates on the importance of successfully integrating the refugees and migrants into German society and economy.
January 11, 2016
In many ways, Spain is the EU’s poster child. The country’s determination to be part of the European project was a major driver of political consensus in its successful transition to democracy after 1975.