Publications

Focusing on European Union (EU) Twinning projects in Azerbaijan and Ukraine, this article explores whether EU member states from Central and Eastern Europe (CEECs) offer specific added value for the implementation of EU Twinning projects in the Eastern neighbourhood compared to the older member states. An added value refers to the combined comparative advantages of a group of member states for the implementation of a Twinning project, as ...

This research focuses on minors who are involved in cross-border judicial proceedings as a suspect, defendant or offender. Criminal behavior of minors is usually regulated in the Member States by separate rules, which are somehow different from 'general' criminal law, i.e. youth justice legislation. However, no specific cooperation mechanisms exist in the EU to deal with cross-border youth justice cases, whereas the EU has developed the ...

This PhD dissertation seeks to deepen the current understanding of the European Union’s (EU) transgovernmental (TG) cooperation with its Eastern neighbours under the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). Scholars of Europeanization and EU external governance have already pointed out the potential of EU TG cooperation to advance EU democracy promotion goals and regulatory standards to the ENP countries under the absence of EU membership ...

The principle of sincere cooperation (also called loyalty or loyal cooperation), laid down in Article 4(3) of the Treaty on European Union, requires that EU Member States facilitate the Union's tasks, adopt all necessary measures to fulfil their obligations under the Treaties and refrain from any actions that could jeopardize the realization of EU objectives. In the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, this general duty has ...

This well-documented book analyzes the possibilities and constraints of regulatory cooperation between the EU and the US (particularly California) with a specific focus on environmental protection, food safety and agriculture, biosafety and biodiversity. It features eleven original essays by leading academics of regulation on both sides of the Atlantic. They explore topics such as the impact of federalism on regulatory policies both within the ...

Existing studies of the European Union's (EU) democratic governance promotion via transgovernmental cooperation in the EU's neighbourhood seem to take the substance of what is being promoted by the EU for granted. In filling this gap, this article examines the substance of EU democratic governance promotion by assessing (1) to what extent norms of democratic governance appear in EU Twinning projects implemented in the Eastern neighbourhood, and ...

The dissertation is built on the premise that European Union development cooperation policy suffers from an inherent tension. From a policy perspective, this important area of EU external action is defined in the broadest terms, aiming to ensure an inclusive approach to tackling development problems. Legally speaking, the Union’s legal structure is based on the principle of conferral, which means that the Union’s legal competences are limited to ...