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The subsidiarity test and dual legitimacy problems on the part of the EU

29 February 2016
We speak of a political dialogue if a National Parliament wants to exchange thoughts with the Commission, or has got objections regarding another substance. From the perspective of the legitimacy of the EU it’s a wonderful thing that National Parliaments exchange thoughts with the Commission and...
by:
- A.W. Heringa
in Law
$Ambtsmisdrijven van ministers en leden van de Staten-Generaal: klikken uit de commissie stieken: vervolging van fractievoorzitters?$

Judges and politics: the familiar game of musical chairs

23 October 2015
Every once in a while it will pop up again as an argument: a judge may not occupy the seat of a legislator (or politician)... This article is only available in Dutch.
by:
- A.W. Heringa
in Law
The Greek, the Euro and Democracy

15 July 2015

After months of negotiations between Greece, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the European Central Bank (ECB) and the European Union (EU), which acuminated in an overwhelming amount of over 60% of “no”-votes by the Greek citizens to the reforms attached to the second Greek bailout programme...