De Nederlandse landbouw is zeer efficiënt en productief. In de agro & food sector is Nederland een voorloper. Dit samen maakt dat Nederland de op één na grootste landbouwexporteur ter wereld is. De export van landbouwproducten was goed voor 41,9 miljard euro in 2019. De wijze waarop de landbouw bedreven …

The goal of this research is to examine the differences between the Netherlands and Germany, when it comes to European integration. The central question in this thesis is: “Why do the Netherlands and Germany differ on further European integration?”. Through desk research and field research, in the form …

The outbreak of the Eurozone economic crisis in 2008 caused one of the most difficult challenges in the history of the European Union. Output and employed decreased and faith in the European project diminished. Leading European policy makers identified fiscal irresponsibility by some member states as …

De fundering onder de euro is nog steeds veel te instabiel voor een onomkeerbaar project.

Wat bedoelt EU voorzitter Juncker precies met de 'Angelsaksische wereld' waar hij bang voor is?

The European Commission’s Fitness Check exercise, as part of the Better Regulation agenda is a very hot topic at the moment and has already covered six policy areas since 2010. At the moment, a Fitness Check is being performed on the Birds & Habitats Directives, which can be seen as the most controversial …

Germany has been an influential member state in the European Union, but how influential has Germany been in shaping EU-policies? What domestic policies did Germany upload to shape the EU-policies and what major EU policies did it download to shape domestic policies? This dissertation has researched Germany’s …

The European principle of free movement of people enables European citizens to travel and reside freely in other member states. This applies also to students. Besides this legal establishment of rights, the process of harmonization of higher education in Europe has contributed to the ease with which …