Overview

This project analyses how national governments explore the limits of their regulatory autonomy from a political science perspective. Turning compliance research upside-down, we ask: Through which strategies and under what conditions can EU member states still pursue autonomous regulatory goals without conflicting with European law?

Duration:
01 January 2008 - 31 December 2014

Research Team:
Prof. Dr. Susanne K. Schmidt (Head of project)
Dr. Tilman Krüger
Angelika Schenk
Dr. Benjamin Werner

Details

International and European judicialisation increasingly affect even those policy areas which were considered an exclusive national competence for a long time. Court-driven integration is particularly strong in the European Union (EU), because member states cannot control which cases reach the courts and because joint political decisions to correct the case law are rare. Case law that is developed and accepted for the freedom of goods, however, raises controversies when it is transferred to services or worker mobility. Political issues essential for national autonomy arise

This project analyses how national governments explore the limits of their regulatory autonomy from a political science perspective. Turning compliance research upside-down, we ask:

• Through which strategies and under what conditions can EU member states still pursue autonomous regulatory goals without conflicting with European law?

 

Often, European jurisprudence defines a legal corridor which allows member state governments to defend national regulatory goals in community-compatible ways. However, policy-makers then face a trade-off whether to partly give up regulatory autonomy in order to increase legal certainty.

Empirically, the project studies the legislative responses of EU member states challenged – directly or indirectly – to regulate autonomously by the jurisprudence of the ECJ. As points of departure, seven series of ECJ rulings were chosen with respect to the free movement of services, persons, enterprises and capital.

(project related) Publications of current and former staff members
09.02.2015

Kloka, Marzena; Schmidt, Susanne K., 2015: Legislative and Judicial Politics in the Post-Maastricht Era. The Intergovernmentalist Paradox in the Council, in: Bickerton, Chris; Hodson, Dermot; Puetter, Uwe (Hg.), European Politics in the Post-Maastricht Era, States, Supranational Actors and the New Intergovernmentalism, Oxford: Oxford University Press (im Erscheinen).

Blauberger, Michael; Krüger, Tilman; Schmidt, Susanne K., 2015: Internationalizing Law against the Odds: The Power of Courts and Their Limits, in: Rothgang, Heinz; Schneider, Steffen (Hg.), State Tranformation in OECD Countries. Dimensions, Driving Forces, and Trajectories, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 107-126.

Seikel, Daniel, 2015: Class struggle in the shadow of Luxembourg. The domestic impact of the European Court of Justice’s case law on the regulation of working conditions, in: Journal of European Public Policy (online first).

Seikel, Daniel; Absenger, Nadine, 2015: Die Auswirkungen der EuGH-Rechtsprechung auf das Tarifvertragssystem in Deutschland, in: Industrielle Beziehungen 22(1), pp. 51-71.

Blauberger, Michael, 2014: National Responses to European Court Jurisprudence, in: West European Politics 37(3), pp. 457-474.

Blauberger, Michael; Krämer, Rike, 2014: Europeanisation with Many Unknowns: National Company Law Reforms after Centros, in: West European Politics 37(4), pp. 786-804.

Blauberger, Michael; Schmidt, Susanne K., 2014: Welfare migration? Free movement of EU citizens and access to social benefits, in: Research & Politics 1(3), pp. 1-7.

Krüger, Tilman, 2014: Moving Ahead While Standing Still: Dynamics of Institutional Evolution in a Gridlocked WTO, in: Herrmann, Christoph; Krajewski, Markus; Terhechte, Jörg Philipp (Hg.), European Yearbook of International Economic Law, Vol. 5, Berlin: Springer, pp. 115-140.

Krüger, Tilman; Schmidt, Susanne K., 2014: Lessons from the EU Judicial System, in: EUSA Review 27 (2), pp. 15-16.

Sievers, Julia; Schmidt, Susanne K., 2014: Squaring the Circle with Mutual Recognition? Demoicratic Governance in Practice, in: Journal of European Public Policy, Special Issue, 22 (1).

Schmidt, Susanne K., 2014: The Shadow of Case Law: The European Court of Justice and the Policy Process, in: Mazey, Sonia; Richardson, Jeremy (Hg.), European Union, Power and Policy-Making, 4. Aufl., London: Routledge (im Erscheinen).

Schmidt, Susanne K.; Holzinger, Katharina, 2014: From the Positive to the Regulatory State: A Transformation in the Machinery of Governance?, in: Leibfried, Stephan; Nullmeier, Frank; Huber, Evelyne; Lange, Matthew; Levy, Jonah; Stephens, John (Hg.), The Oxford Handbook of Transformations of the State, Oxford: Oxford University Press (im Erscheinen).

Schmidt, Susanne K., 2014: Judicial Europeanization. The Case of Zambrano in Ireland, in: West European Politics, Special Issue, 37 (4), pp. 769-785.

Schreinermacher, Björn, 2014: Vom EuGH-Urteil zur Richtlinie – wie die EU-Mitgliedstaaten über die Kodifizierung europäischer Rechtsprechung entscheiden, in: TranState Working Papers No. 184, University of Bremen.

Schreinermacher, Björn, 2014: Die Aushandlung Europäischer Gesetzgebung vor dem Hintergrund der Rechtsprechung des Europäischen Gerichtshofs, Bremen: Univ. (Diss.).

Seikel, Daniel, 2014: How the European Commission deepened financial market integration. The battle over the liberalization of public banks in Germany, in: Journal of European Public Policy 21(2), pp. 169-187.

Seikel, Daniel, 2014: Nationale Anpassungsstrategien an das Fallrecht des Europäischen Gerichtshofes. Europäisierung durch Richterrecht und innenpolitische Veto-Positionen, WSI-Diskussionspapier 189.

Blauberger, Michael, 2013: With Luxembourg in Mind ... The Remaking of National Policies in the Face of ECJ Jurisprudence, in: Schmidt, Susanne K.; Kelemen, R. Daniel (Hg.), The Power of the European Court of Justice, Abingdon/Oxon: Routledge, Taylor & Francis, pp. 109-126.

Blauberger, Michael, 2013: Minimalistische Reaktion oder vorauseilende Reform? Der nationale Umgang mit der Rechtsprechung des EuGH, in: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft 41(2), pp. 181-196.

Blauberger, Michael; Krämer, Rike, 2013: European Competition vs. Global Competitiveness: Transferring EU Rules on State Aid and Public Procurement beyond Europe, in: Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade 13(1), pp. 171-186.

Krämer, Rike U., 2013: Die Koordinierung zwischen Umweltschutz und Freihandel im Mehrebenenrechtsverbund, Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck.

Krüger, Tilman, 2013: Strategic Litigation in the World Trade Organization, Bremen: Univ. (Diss.).

Krüger, Tilman, 2013: Shaping the WTO’s Institutional Evolution: The European Union as a Strategic Litigant in the WTO, in: Kochenov, Dimitry; Amtenbrink, Fabian (Hg.), The European Union’s Shaping of the International Legal Order, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 169-190.

Schmidt, Susanne K., 2013: A Sense of Déjà Vu? The FCC’s Preliminary European Stability Mechanism Verdict, in: German Law Journal, 14 (1), pp. 1-20.

Schmidt, Susanne K.; Kelemen, R. Daniel (Hg.), 2013: The Power of the European Court of Justice, Abingdon/Oxon: Routledge, Taylor & Francis.

Schmidt, Susanne K., 2013: Who Cares about Nationality? The Path-Dependent Case Law of the ECJ from Goods to Citizens, in: Schmidt, Susanne K.; Kelemen, R. Daniel (Hg.), The Power of the European Court of Justice, Abingdon/Oxon: Routledge, Taylor & Francis, pp. 8-24.

Schmidt, Susanne K., 2013: Introduction – The European Court of Justice and Legal Integration: Perpetual Momentum?, in: Schmidt, Susanne K.; Kelemen, R. Daniel (Hg.), The Power of the European Court of Justice, Abingdon/Oxon: Routledge, Taylor & Francis, pp. 1-7.

Werner, Benjamin, 2013: Der Niedergang der Goldenen Aktien. Wie der Europäische Gerichtshof die Unternehmenskontrolle liberalisiert, MPIfG Jahrbuch 2013-2014, pp. 31-36.

Blauberger, Michael, 2012: With Luxembourg in Mind ... The Remaking of National Policies in the Face of ECJ Jurisprudence, in: Journal of European Public Policy 19(1), pp. 109-126.

Blauberger, Michael, 2012: Competition Policy: the Evolution of Commission Control, in: Jeremy Richardson (Hg.), Constructing a Policy-Making State? Policy Dynamics in the European Union, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 49-68.

Blauberger, Michael; Krüger, Tilman; Schmidt, Susanne K., 2012: Die Pfadabhängigkeit internationaler Verrechtlichung. EU und WTO im Vergleich, in: Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen 19(1), pp. 37-63.

Kelemen, R. Daniel; Schmidt, Susanne K., 2012: Introduction – The European Court of Justice and Legal Integration: Perpetual Momentum?, in: Journal of European Public Policy, Special Issue, 19 (1), pp. 1-7.

Blauberger, Michael, 2011: State Aid Control from a Political Science Perspective, in: Szyszczak, Erika (Hg.), Research Handbook On European State Aid Law, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 28-43.

Blauberger, Michael; Töller, Annette E., 2011: Competition Policy, in: Heinelt, Hubert; Knodt, Michèle (Hg.), Policies within the EU Multi-Level System. Instruments and Strategies of European Governance, Baden-Baden: Nomos, pp. 123-152.

Dingwerth, Klaus; Blauberger, Michael; Schneider, Christian (Hg.), 2011: Postnationale Demokratie. Eine Einführung am Beispiel von EU, WTO und UNO, Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.

Krämer, Rike U., 2011: The Notion of Diagonal Conflicts as a Key Concept of European Conflicts Law, in: Joerges, Christian (Hg.), After Globalisation, New Patterns of Conflict and their Sociological and Legal Reconstructions, ARENA Report No 4/11, pp. 145-158.

Krämer, Rike U.; Krajewski, Markus, 2011: State Aid (Subsidies) in International Trade Law, in: Erika Szyszczak, State Aid Handbook, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 404-424.

Blauberger, Michael, 2010: Reinforcing the Asymmetries of European Integration, in: Fischer-Lescano, Andreas; Joerges, Christian; Wonka, Arndt (Hg.), The German Constitutional Court’s Lisbon Ruling: Legal and Political-Science Perspectives, Bremen, ZERP Discussion Paper No 1/2010, pp. 47-53.

Blauberger, Michael; Krämer, Rike, 2010: European Competition vs. Global Competitiveness: Transferring EU Rules on State Aid and Public Procurement beyond Europe, in: CCP Working Paper 10-10, University of East Anglia, Centre for Competition Policy.

Krämer, Rike U., 2010: Looking through Different Glasses at the Lisbon Treaty: The German Constitutional Court and the Czech Constitutional Court, in: Fischer-Lescano, Andreas; Joerges, Christian; Wonka, Arndt (Hg.), The German Constitutional Court’s Lisbon Ruling: Legal and Political-Science Perspectives, Bremen, ZERP Discussion Paper No 1/2010, pp. 11-19.

Schmidt, Susanne K., 2010: Gefangen im „lock in“? Zur Pfadabhängigkeit der Rechtsprechung des Europäischen Gerichtshofs. In: dms – der moderne staat – Zeitschrift für Public Policy, Recht und Management, 3(2), pp. 455-473.

Blauberger, Michael, 2009: The Governance of Overlapping Jurisdictions. How International Cooperation Enhances the Autonomy of Competition Authorities, in: TranState Working Papers No. 102, University of Bremen.

Schmidt, Susanne K., 2009: When Efficiency Results in Redistribution: The Conflict over the Single Services Market, in: West European Politics, 32(4), pp. 847-865.

Schmidt, Susanne K., 2008: Research Note: Beyond Compliance – the Europeanization of Member States through Negative Integration and Legal Uncertainty, in: Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, 10(3), pp. 299-308.

Schmidt, Susanne K.; Blauberger, Michael; van den Nouland, Wendelmoet, 2008: Jenseits von Implementierung und Compliance: Die Europäisierung der Mitgliedstaaten, in: Ingeborg Toemmel (Hrsg.), Die Europäische Union: Governance und Policy-Making, Politische Vierteljahresschrift, Sonderheft 40, pp. 275-296.

 

 

Duration:
01 January 2008 - 31 December 2014

Research Team:
Prof. Dr. Susanne K. Schmidt (Head of project)
Dr. Tilman Krüger
Angelika Schenk
Dr. Benjamin Werner

Project Type:
Projects at the Collaborative Research Center 597