European Union

Subsidiarity and the History of European Integration

Giuliana Laschi • Mar 14 2021 • Articles

Through policy adaptations reflected in buzzwords, such as transparency and accountability, financial democratisation and funding access, the EU has mounted an effective response to economic crises.

Subsidiarity and Social Europe

Rosa Mulé • Mar 12 2021 • Articles

it is vital that the European Commission finds new imaginative solutions for a more balanced interaction between national and supranational activities in the social domain.

Global Migration and Local Integration: The European Refugee Crisis

Jörg Dürrschmidt • Mar 11 2021 • Articles

As a consequence of societal globalisation, there is an ongoing process similar to the ‘unbinding of politics’ in the context of EU migration and asylum policy.

The Subsidiarity Principle at the Interface of Law and Politics

Thilo Marauhn and Daniel Mengeler • Mar 10 2021 • Articles

Subsidiarity reminds us of the fact that law is not a hermetically sealed system cut off from society, but that it is always linked to other systems such as politics.

The Political Philosophy of European Subsidiarity

Peter Rinderle • Mar 9 2021 • Articles

Subsidiarity can help to prevent the exercise of tyrannical power of the central government and protect a sphere of liberty in the smaller units of a community.

National Parliaments in the EU: Synergy Under the Subsidiarity Principle?

Donatella M. Viola • Mar 7 2021 • Articles

Over the past two decades, subsidiarity has become an important instrument to strengthen the role of national parliaments in the European architecture.

New Book – Varieties of European Subsidiarity: A Multidisciplinary Approach

Günter Walzenbach and Ralf Alleweldt • Mar 7 2021 • Features

By tracing the location of authority at different levels of European governance this book examines the pressures for effective decision-making despite the changing policy preferences of governments.

Remote Warfare in the Sahel and a Role for the European Union

Delina Goxho • Feb 25 2021 • Articles

Remote warfare conducted by Western forces is shifting its focus to the Sahel and as European states try to rely less on the US security apparatus, old legal challenges.

Improving the EU Response to Pandemics: Key Lessons from Other Crisis Management Domains

Anne-Laure Beaussier and Lydie Cabane • Jan 28 2021 • Articles

COVID-19 offered an opportunity to structurally reform the instruments of the health security framework to better respond to future outbreaks.

Introducing Varieties of European Subsidiarity

Günter Walzenbach and Ralf Alleweldt • Jan 24 2021 • Articles

The question of how powers should be distributed between the EU and the member states requires an empirical investigation into the practical application of subsidiarity from the perspective of multiple disciplines.

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