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02 September 2015

Deutschland und die FlĂĽchtlingskrise: von wegen Reluctant Hegemon

Deutschland unter Angela Merkel wird oft als "reluctant hegemon" beschrieben, als gutmütiger Riese, der am liebsten gemütlich weiter seinen kleinen provinziellen Garten bestellen würde, sich aber widerwillig von den Weltläuften gezwungen sieht, einer ihm aufgedrängten Führungsrolle in Europa und der Welt gerecht zu werden. Ich habe immer größere Zweifel, ob diese Beschreibung stimmt. Continue reading >>
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26 August 2015

Responsibility Sharing of Asylum Seekers in the EU: Good Quality First Reception is the Key

Why are we surprised that asylum seekers will go to great efforts to arrive somewhere where they have a chance of decent reception conditions rather than being forced to live on the street or locked up in horrific detention centres? Clearly good quality first reception is the key to equitable distribution of asylum seekers. Until there are good quality reception facilities available in all Member States there is no point even addressing the question of responsibility sharing. Continue reading >>
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17 July 2015

Greece: a constitutionalist’s two (euro)cents.

Greece is obviously at the forefront of many EU scholars’ minds over the past number of weeks. There has been an avalanche of commentary and analysis on the Greek bailout negotiations both from those with intimate knowledge of the situation and familiarity with Greek politics, the EMU and sovereign debt crises as well speculation from the sidelines from those of us more ignorant of these matters. Therefore as someone whose credibility in the debate (such as it is) is limited to the expertise of the constitutional lawyer with a good familiarity of EU law generally, I have limited my two (euro)cents on the topic to a number of (mostly factual) propositions related to the crisis for what they are worth. Most I think are obvious and (hopefully) few are contentious but I think that they are worth (re)stating in the context of the war of words and recrimination from all sides present in the debate in recent days. Continue reading >>
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