Accountability… Outsourcing Rulemaking Powers, by C Jenart 1 Jul 20221 Jul 2022 Introduction Alexis de Tocqueville allegorized Parliament as a man navigating a sailing boat in the middle of the ocean: he can steer the ship, but cannot influence its structure, nor…
Accountability… The shared management of EU funds: new perspectives and challenges, by M Eliantonio, E Korkea-aho, and N Vogiatzis 24 Jun 202220 Jun 2022 Questions surrounding how the EU budget is spent or audited have been, and will always be, of interest to EU citizens. Formally, the responsibility for the implementation of the budget…
Accountability… A Proposal for Solving EU Soft Law´s Challenges to Rule of Law and Democracy, by W Weiß 10 Jun 20227 Jun 2022 In the management of the COVID-19 pandemic, soft law was the instrument of choice for the European Commission. This exacerbated the long-standing concerns of constitutional scholars about soft law´s challenges…
Accountability… Judicial Independence and the Rule of Law in the UK after Brexit, by Theodore Konstadinides 10 Dec 20218 Dec 2021 The rule of law as a means of reducing the arbitrary exercise of power is at the epicentre of the future of the Polish and Hungarian EU membership, especially with…
Accountability… Nemo censetur ignorare legem: the dilemma regarding the access to ISO standards referenced into EU law, by Marie Gérardy 23 Nov 202123 Nov 2021 EU public actors increasingly use copyright-protected private technical standards in the operationalisation of EU law. This post suggests that the responsibility to work out the tension between the right to…
Accountability… Call for Expressions of Interest:The shared management of EU funds in comparative perspective, Brussels, 28–29 April 2022 9 Nov 20211 Nov 2021 This exploratory workshop, to be held in hybrid format in Brussels (Maastricht University), seeks to bring together scholars researching (or interested in conducting research in) the shared management of EU…
Accountability… Assessing Assessors – How to Evaluate the Scientific Performance of a Pesticide Regulatory Authority, by Sari Autio 22 Oct 202112 Oct 2021 A scientific performance evaluation is a valuable means for organizational learning and for strengthening the accountability of regulatory authorities. At the request of the Dutch Competent Authority for authorisation of…
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