Issue 4/2015 of integration published
In this issue of integration Kai Oppermann analyses the British European policy in view of the Tories’ victory in the general elections of May 2015. He addresses in particular David Cameron’s intraparty and electoral reasons to opt for a referendum on Britain’s EU membership. Michael W. Bauer and Stefan Becker provide a preliminary assessment of the Juncker Commission after its first year and evaluate its work to that effect how it uses its political room for manoeuvre in order to influence current European policy trends. Heinrich Schneider deals with the topic of European identity and discusses whether there is a decline of the European idea and the integration policy against the background of current crises. Karsten D. Voigt portrays the relationship between Russia and the West since 1991 taking into account Germany’s perspective and proposes concrete measures to improve the relations. Jéronimo L. S. Barbin’s review discusses works on the EU’s foreign policy since the coming into force of the Treaty of Lisbon. Three conference reports by the ‘Arbeitskreis Europäische Integration’ focus on current developments of the European Union after the European elections of 2014, European regulation and European fiscal policy.