Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- Part I. Values and Principles.- 2. The Early Years of European Integration—German and Dutch Reactions to the Schuman-Plan.- 3. Schuman in Times of Upheaval.- 4. Better Regulation in the EU—a Process and Debate at the Core of Regional Integration.- Part II. Institutional Aspects.- 5. Informal Decision-Making in the EU: Assessing Trialogues in the Light of Deliberative Democracy.- 6. The Five Principles of European Political Communication.- 7. A Law and Economics Approach to the New EU Privacy Regulation: Analysing the European General Data Protection Regulation.- Part III. Policy Domains.- 8. The EU Economic Governance Framework and the Issue of Debt.- 9. Time to Shift Towards Shared-Burden Responsibility: A Review of the Syrian Mass Influx Migration.- 10. Energy Policy in European Union: Renewable Energy and the Risks of Subversion.

About the Author

Jaap de Zwaan is Lector European Integration at The Hague University of Applied Sciences, and Emeritus Professor of the European Union Law at Erasmus University Rotterdam. He served for nearly twenty years as a member of the Diplomatic Service of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he worked notably in the domain of European integration. He was also the Director of the Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael in The Hague for almost six years.

Martijn Lak is a historian and a Lecturer and Researcher at the Department of European Studies of The Hague University of Applied Sciences. He studied Journalism and History at Utrecht University, and obtained his Ph.D. in 2011. Martijn Lak specializes in post-war Dutch-German economic and political relations and contemporary German history.

Abiola O. Makinwa is a Senior Researcher and Lecturer in commercial Law with a special focus on Anti-Corruption Law and Policy at The HagueUniversity of Applied Sciences. Abiola Makinwa holds a Ph.D. from Erasmus University, Rotterdam. She is a frequent speaker on anti-corruption law and policy and has introduced Anti-Corruption Compliance as an undergraduate course at The Hague University.

Piet Willems  is a Lecturer in International and European Law at The Hague University of Applied Sciences, where he focuses on project-based learning, moot court coaching and competition law. His research activities focus on regulation in the European Union. He obtained both his Master’s degree and his LL.M. in European Law from Ghent University.