Democracy in the EMU in the Aftermath of the Crisis

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Democratic Principles and the Economic Branch of the European Monetary Union....Pages 3-26
The Democratic Foundations of the EMU: The European Parliament and the National Parliaments Between Cooperation and Rivalry....Pages 27-50
From Subordinated to Prominent: The Role of the European Commission in EMU. Reflections on Euro Area Democracy....Pages 51-71
More or Less Intergovernmental Cooperation Within the New EMU?....Pages 73-99
The Economic Dialogue: An Effective Accountability Mechanism?....Pages 101-120
The Euro-Crisis, EMU and the Perils of Centralisation....Pages 121-139
Institutional Balance, Democracy and Agenda Setting in the European Union....Pages 141-159
Fiscal Councils: Threat or Opportunity for Democracy in the Post-Crisis Economic and Monetary Union?....Pages 161-178
Does the Eurozone Need Its Own Parliament? Legal Necessity and Feasibility of a Eurozone Parliamentary Scrutiny....Pages 179-194
Respecting the Democratic Principle in ESM Activities Related to the Context of the Economic and Financial Crisis....Pages 195-214
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How the ECB Reinterpreted Its Mandate During the Euro-Crisis (and Why It Was Right in Doing So)....Pages 217-233
Criteria for Determining the Legality of the ECB’s Unconventional Measures....Pages 235-248
The European Central Bank (ECB) and European Democracy: A Technocratic Institution to Rule All European States?....Pages 249-264
Front Matter....Pages 265-265
Financial Challenges to Solidarity: Building the European Banking Union in Times of Crisis....Pages 267-282
The Quest for Financial Stability and Democracy in the Banking Union: Promoting Institutional Transformation and Regulatory Evolution Through Unconventional Means....Pages 283-298
Negative Democratic Externalities in the European Banking System....Pages 299-317
The Single Resolution Mechanism and the Single Resolution Fund: Substantive Issues and the Contradictory Democratic Deficit....Pages 319-332
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The EMU in the ECJ: A New Dimension of Dispute Resolution in the Process of European Integration....Pages 335-352
The Role of the ECJ Beyond EU Law....Pages 353-370
The OMT Case: Institution Building in the Union and a (Failed) Nullification Crisis in the Process of European Integration....Pages 371-402
Front Matter....Pages 403-403
Economic and Monetary Policies as Essential Elements of the EU Constitutional Debate....Pages 405-409