Year: 2020 Editors:Nina Tomaževič, University of Ljubljana, SloveniaDejan Ravšelj, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Year: 2020 Editors:Nina Tomaževič, University of Ljubljana, SloveniaDejan Ravšelj, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

ISBN: 978-2-9602333-7-7Year: 2020 Authors: Adriana Černá, David Djambazov, Marek HlavicaEditor: Toni Skorić Educating people about their rights and responsibilities and unhindered reporting on human rights violations are vital prerequisites for creating strong liberal democracies. However, individuals, groups or organisations dedicated to this goal can face serious challenges in the countries in which they work. In order to reach out to […]

ISBN: 978-2-9602333-6-0Year: 2020 Editor: Constantinos SaravakosAuthors: Emmanuel (Manos) Schizas, Mara Vidalil, Constantinos Saravakos, Angela De Martiis, Giorgio Vernoni • The process of EU accession is associated with increases in economic freedom. The gains of this period are not reducible to the effects of minimum accession standards, and are incremental to the benefits from improvements in domestic regulatory and ad-ministrative practices. […]

ISBN: 978-3-200-07271-8Year: 2020 Author: Andrzej AncygierEditor: Dieter Feierabend Facing a major pandemic and consequently a massive economic crisis, some may forget – sometimes even deliberately – that the climate crisis is still an unsolved problem for nature and humanity alike. Despite the ongoing pandemic, European politicians should not lose the focus on future challenges such as the effects of rising […]

Author: Christiane VargaEditor: Dieter Feierabend ISBN: 978-3-200-07270-1Year: 2020 An ever-faster changing demographic, varieties in individual lifestyles, multi-ethnical societies, a whole new understanding of the work environment, digitalisation, and new forms of mobility (or meta-mobility) have put pressure on our existing (national) systems. Furthermore, disruptions and crises such as climate change and the coronavirus pandemic add further complexity to an already […]

Year: 2020 Author: Dirk Verhofstadt Liberalism is the first ideological movement in modern history. In the course of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, philosophers, writers and politicians began to identify with the human values of freedom, justice and progress. Liberal ideology has inspired and motivated countless citizens over the past 200 years and has incited many to fight for a […]

Year: 2020 Authors: Alex Alvarez, Ruslana Bolkun, Ciprian Constantinescu, Barra Ó Crualaoich, Harm Huizer, Daniel Ilkevic, Christopher Jefferies, Anna Komziuk, Gerzson Kovács, Ahmed Mehmedov, Vasily Neustroev, Kateryna Onishchuk, Toine Schouteten This publication is a compilation of essays written by the participants in the European Liberal Forum seminar “Values First? Promoting EU norms through trade!” organised by LYMEC, which took place […]

Year: 2020 Authors: Tim Bruyninckx, Lars Hultrantz, Tom WillemEditor: Andreas Bergström

S.Hix and R. Dehousse offer their view on “Rethinking the institutional framework” and on “Institutional change in the post-Lisbon period”.

Legislatures are crucial for functioning democracies. The Coronavirus has changed them. This ELF Discussion Paper by Olivier Rozenberg asks if real democracy is possible with virtual parliaments.

The Banking Union is an essential pillar of the Economic and Monetary Union. However, it is still not completed and not as resilient and weather-proof as one would wish.