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The deficit and debt limits of the European Union and the consequences for the policy stability of the member states

Photo: Nelson Ndongala | Unsplash Guest Author: Maurice Leipnitz Maurice is a recent Master’s graduate from the University of Amsterdam, specialising in political economy, finance, and fiscal policy. Drawing on his Bachelor’s thesis and recent heterodox critiques of EU fiscal rules, he develops a novel framework to visualise their impact on domestic politics. Introduction With the Treaty of Maastricht, the European Community (EC) undoubtedly took one of the biggest steps in its history towards European integration and the European Union (EU) as we know it today.[1] At the heart of […]

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The Chinese perception of the EU’s Indo-Pacific Strategy: US alignment or outreach for cooperation?

Photo: Z | Unsplash Guest Author: Hannah Preuss Hannah’s academic interest centres on the EU’s role in international relations, particularly vis-à-vis China. After a Sino-German bachelor’s in International Economics, she completed the dual Master “Europe and Asia in Global Affairs” at Sciences Po Paris and Fudan University in Shanghai. She gained practical experience through internships at the German Foreign Ministry in Taiwan, GIZ, the German Chamber of Commerce, the Permanent Representation of Germany to the European Union (EU), and the European Commission. At the time of the first publishing of […]