Monthly Archives: December 2016

EU-US relations have been marked by a significant volume of trade and close diplomatic ties for most of post-WWII history. Together the EU and US currently account for half of world GDP and a third of global trade (EU Commission Trade Department). The first transatlantic regulatory cooperation agreement was signed 1991 in the area ofContinue reading “Ordoliberalism was the main inspiration behind EU competition law.”

  Against the background of the Eurozone crisis, Germany’s economic thinking has been subject to intense public debate in the english speaking world, and historical experiences and cultural differences have sometimes been adduced to explain Germany’s preoccupation with balanced budgeting and independent central banking. In this post Caroline Bhattacharya argues that German economic policy is deeply intertwinedContinue reading “The role of language in shaping German economic philosophy”

Labour mobility imbalances between European Core and Periphery: evidence from Italy and Portugal In this post Vincenzo Maccarrone argues that much of the debate on the European economic crisis has concentrated on the presence of structural imbalances between Northern and Southern European countries[1]. When discussing this inequality most commentators focus on the differences in current accountsContinue reading “With No Direction Home?”

The following blog post is part of an ongoing conversation on on the EU Global Strategy published on the Global Justice Blog of the GLOBUS H2020-funded research programme Reconsidering European Contributions to Global Justice. _______________________________________________ The delivery of the EU Global Strategy does indeed renew the EU’s commitment to adapt to today’s challenging times. ItContinue reading “The EU Global Strategy: The perils of pragmatism”

Everyone is trying to second guess the negotiating strategy of Theresa May, and how the EU will respond. No country should be more concerned about this than Ireland, the only EU country to share a border with the UK. Next week, the Irish government will host an all Ireland civic dialogue.  Political economy considerations have neverContinue reading “The Political Economy of Brexit: London Will Adapt.”