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View article: Beyond the North–South divide: transnational coalitions in EU reforms
Beyond the North–South divide: transnational coalitions in EU reforms Open
The literature on fifteen years of European crises leaves the reader with a puzzle. Prominent accounts of the longest crisis - that of the euro area (EA) - assert that the EA is deeply divided between North and South, with Central Eastern …
View article: Brexit – the EU membership crisis that wasn’t?
Brexit – the EU membership crisis that wasn’t? Open
This introduction to the special issue recalls the alarm raised in EU capitals and Brussels after the UK's in-out referendum delivered a Leave vote in June 2016. The fear was of a domino effect and the further fragmentation of an already d…
View article: What difference does the framing of a crisis make to European Union solidarity?
What difference does the framing of a crisis make to European Union solidarity? Open
Does the framing of crises shape public support for inter-state solidarity? We focus on three dimensions that have been salient in the characterisation of European Union crises and may affect public support for solidarity more generally: (…
View article: The strength of a weak centre: pandemic politics in the European Union and the United States
The strength of a weak centre: pandemic politics in the European Union and the United States Open
The European Union presents a puzzle to political systems scholars: how can a developing polity, with all its attendant functional weaknesses, be rendered politically stable even through moments of a policy crisis? Building on insights fro…
View article: Maintaining the EU’s compound polity during the long crisis decade
Maintaining the EU’s compound polity during the long crisis decade Open
The EU is still fragile after its long decade of crises since 2008, and its durability remains an open question. New capacities were created during this time. But it is not clear how robust they are and whether developing them further will…
View article: Monetary solidarity in Europe: can divisive institutions become ‘moral opportunities’?
Monetary solidarity in Europe: can divisive institutions become ‘moral opportunities’? Open
How does the inherent norm of integration, notably to share risks among its members in good faith, become a self-sustaining practice? I address this question generally and for a critical case of a divisive institution, i.e. the evolution o…
View article: Fiscal Integration in an Experimental Union: How Path‐Breaking Was the EU's Response to the COVID‐19 Pandemic?
Fiscal Integration in an Experimental Union: How Path‐Breaking Was the EU's Response to the COVID‐19 Pandemic? Open
Published online: 05 September 2021
View article: Bypassing democracy or buying time for democracies? The EU and COVID
Bypassing democracy or buying time for democracies? The EU and COVID Open
Some have warned that EU crisis politics undermines democracy. But European policymaking during the early months of the pandemic reveals a different picture, argue Zbigniew Truchlewski, Waltraud Schelkle and Joe Ganderson (LSE).
View article: Preregistered Experiment on Crisis Framing and Fiscal Solidarity in the EU
Preregistered Experiment on Crisis Framing and Fiscal Solidarity in the EU Open
This is a pre-analysis plan for a 2x2x2 factorial vignette experiment, carried out by Gallup on behalf of a team based at the London School of Economics. The experiment is part of a survey that will be administered to respondents in 15 EU …
View article: Buying time for democracies? European Union emergency politics in the time of COVID-19
Buying time for democracies? European Union emergency politics in the time of COVID-19 Open
Published online: 18 May 2021
View article: EU Pension policy and financialisation: purpose without power?
EU Pension policy and financialisation: purpose without power? Open
This article asks whether the EU's pension policy promotes and achieves financialisation of old age security. Financialisation in this context means financial market integration that, in conjunction with pension reforms in member states, c…
View article: Who said that Germans have no sense of irony
Who said that Germans have no sense of irony Open
On 5 May, Germany’s Constitutional Court ruled that the European Central Bank’s Public Asset Purchasing Programme could be incompatible with the German Constitution. Waltraud Schelkle writes there is a deep sense of irony in the ruling: th…
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View article: The political economy of monetary solidarity: revisiting the Euro experiment
The political economy of monetary solidarity: revisiting the Euro experiment Open
The euro is a unique experiment in monetary history: a group of rather different countries adopted voluntarily a common currency, and the supranational central bank is deliberately separated from national fiscal institutions. Every member …
View article: Five views: what we've learned from 20 years of the European Central Bank
Five views: what we've learned from 20 years of the European Central Bank Open
The European Central Bank was established 20 years ago today on 1 June 1998. To mark the anniversary, we asked five academics to give their views on the lessons learned from two decades of the ECB, and their predictions on what might lie i…
View article: Hamilton’s Paradox Revisited: Alternative lessons from US history
Hamilton’s Paradox Revisited: Alternative lessons from US history Open
Armed with the knowledge of today, a scholar revisits the US historical experience with fiscal federalism and learns how it avoided three pitfalls now facing the euro area. The lingering crisis of the euro area has made leading observers c…
View article: The Political Quarterly: key issues in the negotiations about Britain’s membership of the EU
The Political Quarterly: key issues in the negotiations about Britain’s membership of the EU Open
In the run-up to the referendum, the LSE arranged a series of expert hearings within its own Commission on the Future of Britain in Europe. The first four hearings dealt with important policy issues : migration, employment regulation, fina…
View article: Paul Krugman’s argument that the eurozone is not an optimum currency area could be just as easily applied to the US
Paul Krugman’s argument that the eurozone is not an optimum currency area could be just as easily applied to the US Open
In a recent conference, the distinguished economist Paul Krugman repeated the oft-heard critique that the eurozone is not an optimal currency area. Waltraud Schelkle disagrees with this characterisation, and argues that no country or group…
View article: A double bind: Cameron urges non-discrimination in one policy area, while wanting to discriminate in another
A double bind: Cameron urges non-discrimination in one policy area, while wanting to discriminate in another Open
The UK government has entered the final stages of its negotiations with the EU. The issues of immigration control and the refugee crisis seem to overshadow the debate. Yet, as Waltraud Schelkle points out, the “Dear Donald — Yours David” l…
View article: Financial centre and monetary outsider: how precarious is the UK's position in the EU?
Financial centre and monetary outsider: how precarious is the UK's position in the EU? Open
The UK’s negotiating position in the area of ‘economic governance’ started from the assumption that there is a deep dividing line between insiders and outsiders of the ‘Eurozone’. To protect the outsiders, the UK government did not ask for…