The creation of the unified patent court could be perceived by many observers of European affairs as an extremely specialized debate, which has produced a highly complex compromise after decades […]
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As of mid-2013, there is no clarity whatsoever on how a collective public bailout would take place in the Banking Union. More clarity on the matter is needed to avoid […]
This Policy Brief argues that the envisaged design of the Banking Union risks not being sufficient to deal with the next large-scale financial crisis. Therefore, an “if all else fails” […]
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European countries work together in crisis management, conflict prevention and many other aspects of security and defence policy. Closer cooperation in this policy arena seems to be the only viable […]
One of the key innovative elements of the Lisbon Treaty was the creation of a European Citizens’ Initiative. Egmont Paper 59 evokes the main legal elements of the European Citizens’ […]
With the aim of breaking the negative feedback loop between Europe’s financial and sovereign debt crises, the EU decided to create a common supervisory framework for the banking sector: the […]