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Prof. Dr  Wolfgang Schumann

22.10.07: Hohe Wahlbeteiligung bei polnischen Wahlen: Kaczynski geschlagen - 9 views

  • Hohe Wahlbeteiligung bei polnischen Wahlen: Kaczynski geschlagen [DE][en][fr]  Erschienen: Montag 22. Oktober 2007 Die EU könnte durchatmen: die Wahltagsbefragung der polnischen Parlamentswahlen vom 21. Oktober 2007 hat das Ende der zweijährigen Regierungszeit des Premierministers Jarosław Kaczyński angedeutet. Diese war fortwährend von Auseinandersetzungen mit anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten gekennzeichnet.
Prof. Dr  Wolfgang Schumann

Definition: Stabilisation and Association Agreement - 7 views

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    Describes the European Unions Association Agreements and the two main areas, where this instrument is used (Neighbourhood- and Enlargement Policy).
Prof. Dr  Wolfgang Schumann

Mapping EU attitudes: Conceptual and empirical dimensions of Euroscepticism and EU supp... - 12 views

  • Mapping EU attitudes: Conceptual and empirical dimensions of Euroscepticism and EU support Hajo G. Boomgaarden University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, H.Boomgaarden@uva.nl Andreas R. T. Schuck University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Matthijs Elenbaas University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Claes H. de Vreese University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Abstract Public attitudes towards the European Union (EU) are at the heart of a growing body of research. The nature, structure and antecedents of these attitudes, however, are in need of conceptual and empirical refinement. With growing diversification of the policies of the Union, a one-dimensional approach to attitudes towards the EU may be insufficient. This study reviews existing approaches towards theorizing EU public opinion. Based on this inventory, originally collected public opinion survey data (n = 1394) indicate the presence of five dimensions of EU attitudes: performance, identity, affection, utilitarianism and strengthening. The study furthermore shows that different predictors of EU public opinion matter to differing extents when explaining these dimensions. In light of these findings, we suggest tightening the link, conceptually and empirically, between attitudinal dimensions and their antecedents.
Prof. Dr  Wolfgang Schumann

Τhe Thessaloniki agenda for the Western Balkans - 5 views

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    16 June 2003. The EU will outline the concrete ways in which it is willing to support the countries of the Western Balkans as they move towards European Integration. These concrete measures, aimed at supporting the preparation of the Western Balkan countr
Prof. Dr  Wolfgang Schumann

Wasserfallen (2010): The judiciary as legislator? How the European Court of Justice sha... - 0 views

  • The question of whether, and if so, how the European Court of Justice influences European integration has been a matter of long-standing academic dispute. Several more recent empirical studies have shown that the Court influences the integration path, but scholars have also documented that member states can successfully limit the practical relevance of activist Court decisions. Drawing on this literature, this paper argues that the Court eventually impacts integration in salient policy fields effectively when the legislator incorporates judicial considerations in the policy-making process. The theoretical section conceptualizes the leverage of the Court in the legislation process and the empirical section elucidates how the judiciary shaped legislation in the development of exchange students' social rights. Findings show that the Court can successfully promote distinct legislative outcomes.
Prof. Dr  Wolfgang Schumann

EuroJournal.org - 3 views

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    An excellent source for all interested in EU-Moldova-relations, EU-Neighbourhood Policy, Russia/CIS, South Caucasus, Southeast Europe and the Transnistria conflict
Prof. Dr  Wolfgang Schumann

10.06.11: Commission Recommends Croatia to be the 28th member of the EU - 18 views

  • Croatia is almost there but it would take at least 2 more years of monitoring and ratification by the existing EU member states to become the 28th member of the European Union. But the country passed a big hurdle as the European Commission has decided to recommend Croatia to the EU member states. "The European Commission has just proposed... to close the last four chapters in the accession negotiations with Croatia," the European Commission President Barroso said in a statement.  Mr. Barroso's statement came following successful completion of talks on reforming the Croatian judiciary which was a sensitive issue.
Prof. Dr  Wolfgang Schumann

22.06.11: EU hopes Croatia can be lesson to Balkans and West - 18 views

  • BRUSSELS, June 22 (Reuters) - After years of ambivalence about new members, European Union policymakers are hoping Croatia's accession to the 27-nation bloc will persuade other aspirants that democratic reforms reap dividends. The ambition is that Croatia's progress will show the western Balkans that the EU is still willing to grow and quell concerns that "enlargement fatigue" -- rife since the global economic crisis made Europeans wary about the cost of expansion -- means reform efforts are futile.
  • But Zagreb may now be days away from completing its entry talks and EU leaders are set to give a go-ahead to its accession at a summit on Thursday and Friday. EU officials say the leap was made possible by an intense reform push that proved the country of 4.4 million people was serious about fighting widespread corruption.
Prof. Dr  Wolfgang Schumann

The Programme Cards - 2 views

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    Since 1991 the European Union has committed, through various assistance programmes, € 6.8 billion to the Western Balkans. In 2000 aid to the region was streamlined through a new programme called CARDS (Community Assistance for Reconstruction, Developmen
Prof. Dr  Wolfgang Schumann

The EU - 2 views

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    Contents: Overview, Country Strategy Paper; Partnership & Co-operation Agreements; Tacis.
Prof. Dr  Wolfgang Schumann

EU-Enlargement: Financial instruments - 2 views

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    The aims of the pre-accession strategy cannot be achieved without recourse to the instruments of support and financial aid. This Website describes 4 of them: Phare, SAPARD, ISPA, IPA
Prof. Dr  Wolfgang Schumann

EUROPA - Gateway to the European Union - 2 views

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    The Gateway to the European Union with sections on policies, institutions, documents and the various services
Prof. Dr  Wolfgang Schumann

Stone Sweet (20109. The European Court of Justice and the judicialization of EU governance - 2 views

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    This Living Reviews article evaluates the most important strains of social science research on the impact of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on integration, EU-level policymaking, and national legal orders. Section 2 defines the concepts of judicialization and governance, and discusses how they are related. As the article demonstrates, the "constitutionalization of the EU," and its effect on EU governance, is one of the most complex and dramatic examples of judicialization in world history. Section 3 discusses the institutional determinants of judicial authority in the EU in light of delegation theory. The European Court, a Trustee of the Treaty system rather than a simple Agent of the Member States, operates in an unusually broad zone of discretion, a situation the Court has exploited in its efforts to enhance the effectiveness of EU law. Section 4 focuses on the extraordinary impact of the European Court of Justice, and of the legal system it manages, on the overall course of market and political integration. Section 5 provides an overview of the process through which the ECJ's case law - its jurisprudence - influences the decision-making of non-judicial EU organs and officials. Section 6 considers the role of the ECJ and the national courts in monitoring and enforcing Member State compliance with EU law, a task that has provoked a steady Europeanization of national law and policymaking.
Prof. Dr  Wolfgang Schumann

11.03.11: Eurozone debt crisis intensifies on eve of summit - 2 views

  • Moody's cut Spain's debt rating yesterday (10 March), pushing the euro lower and deepening the sense of crisis in the 17-nation currency bloc on the eve of a crucial EU summit in Brussels.
  • A French presidential source said euro zone leaders would discuss Portugal's measures to cope with its financial problems at Friday's summit but they were not working on a rescue plan. EU sources said Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates is under intense pressure from his peers and the European Central Bank to announce additional austerity measures and accelerate economic reforms. The sources said he would make a statement to the leaders at the start of a summit on Friday on his commitment to deeper reforms, including to the labour market
Prof. Dr  Wolfgang Schumann

Dadalos Education Server: European Union Main Subject Group - 1 views

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    European Union Main Subject Group on the the International UNESCO Education Server
Prof. Dr  Wolfgang Schumann

The Enlargement of the European Union and NATO - 1 views

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    Published in May 2006, this book analyses the institutional and legal adjustments by post-communist countries in Eastern and Central Europe in order to prepare for membership in EU and/or NATO.
Prof. Dr  Wolfgang Schumann

EU Bookshop - EU publications only a click away - 1 views

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    EU Bookshop is an online service giving access to publications from the EU institutions, agencies and other bodies. In addition to the online bookshop, this service will offer an online catalogue and archive of all EU publications.
Prof. Dr  Wolfgang Schumann

IPA: New Financing Instrument for Potential EU Member States - 1 views

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    17.06.2006. The Council of Ministers on 17 July agreed to get a new Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) underway. The financial tool will replace the five existing pre-accession assistance instruments (PHARE, ISPA, SAPARD, Turkey pre-accession i
Prof. Dr  Wolfgang Schumann

EIDHR: European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights - 1 views

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    The EIDHR is a European Union programme that aims to promote and support human rights and democracy in third countries. Information on our activities and actions a
Prof. Dr  Wolfgang Schumann

EU-Nachrichten: Schlussfolgerungen des Europäischen Rates - 1 views

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    Collection of the conclusions of the European Councils since 2001
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