Deanna Soloninka, PhD candidate in Politics at Edinburgh University For researchers of political and institutional change, path dependency matters. Outcomes can be traced back. Findings from a detailed analysis illustrate that “countries move along (nationally specific) well-worn paths” (Thelen 1999, 394). Studies of regional and international organizations catalogue similar pathways scaled up. Because policymakers work …
The governance of energy and climate policy after EU-Exit. An inextricable quandary or a Gordian knot?
Ingmar Versolmann In this article, I analyse the impact of EU-Exit on the governance structure of the energy sector in the United Kingdom (UK). As energy policy is inherently intertwined with the European Union (EU) acquis, an important question is how and through which regulatory instruments energy and climate policy will be addressed in the …
What Future for the European Social Model? Revisiting early intellectual concepts of social integration
Rebecca Zahn, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Strathclyde In a forthcoming article in a Special Issue on ‘Future-Mapping the Directions of EU Law’ (Journal of International and Comparative Law December 2020), I consider the future of the European Social Model by revisiting the classic account of post-World War Two European social integration. In …
Opportunity Cost: Why Brexit is not quite the security and defence moment Brussels has been banking on
Benjamin Martill Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Edinburgh French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent claim that NATO was ‘brain-dead’ and that Europe needed to focus on building up its own security and defence capabilities was the latest in a long line of public pronouncements on the future of European defence in recent years. …
The UK and the post-Brexit financial services regulatory and supervisory regime: From rule-maker to rule-taker?
Cleo Davies, PhD candidate in Politics at Edinburgh University. The Single Market in financial services, just like any trade regime, is governed by a set of rules and standards. After forty years of membership of the EU, the financial services trade regime inextricably links the UK and the EU. And as in many other areas, …
The EU’s New Leadership: Imperative to Overcome Europe’s Uncertain Politics
Anthony Salamone Since the European Parliament elections in May, attention in Brussels has focused on determining the leadership of the EU institutions for the new institutional cycle (2019-2024). On 2 July, following three days of summitry, EU leaders announced their selections for four EU top posts – the Presidents of the European Commission, European Council, …
EU and Regions relationships between challenges, reactions and initiatives: what’s next?
Gabriella Saputelli of ISSiRFA, Rome was our very first JMCE Fellow at the University of Edinburgh’s Law School, spending a week here in mid-October 2019. This is her blog, written during her visit to Scotland. The European sub-national context is complex and varied, with numerous Regions and local governments differently involved in the application of …
Brexit and the future of the Unions
This blog post is the full text of Sir Jonathan Faull’s lecture in the University of Edinburgh’s prestigious Montague Burton Lecture Series. The lecture was delivered on 16th September 2019, entitled ‘Brexit and the future of the Unions’ I am here today thanks to John Peterson[1], a distinguished professor in this University, a fine scholar …