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Protectionism in Central and Eastern Europe and the EU Internal Market: the case of retail

Authors : Ilya G. J. Bruggeman, Christian Verschueren

Published in: The Authority of EU Law

Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Abstract

Populism and protectionism are negatively affecting the EU Single Market, and this trend is increasing. Better use of and improving Single Market governance could contribute to preserving the economic accomplishments of the EU for the near future. Based on a number of concrete cases and years of experience of working on protectionism we present a number of concrete proposals: better use of notification procedures for national laws on products and services; introducing suspensive injunction to Internal Market law; link EU funding with upholding the Rule of law; and make infringement procedures more automatic and transparent.

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For example, FPÖ in Austrian government since 2017 and from 2000 to 2007, PVV supporting minority government in the Netherlands from 2010 to 2012, PS in Finland from 2015 to 2017 and its splinter Finns Party in the government coalition until today.
 
17
Pew Research Center (2017).
 
18
World Bank Group (2016).
 
19
The Globe and Mail (2018).
 
20
Fondation Robert Schuman (2018).
 
22
Central and Eastern Europe covering in this paper Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.
 
24
Visegrad Group (2018).
 
25
The two leading newspapers Lidové noviny and Mladá fronta DNES are owned by the current Prime Minister Andrej Babiš.
 
26
European Commission (2017a).
 
27
European Parliament (2017a).
 
28
www.​eurocommerce.​eu, search for ‘Single Market Barriers Overview’ under the tab resources. The overview is regularly updated.
 
29
Budapest Business Journal (2016).
 
30
Erixon and Georgieva (2016) is an interesting read, as it discusses if the Single Market delivered anything at all and if current harmonisation policies are creating barriers instead of removing them.
 
31
European Parliament (2017b).
 
32
European Court of Auditors (2016).
 
33
OECD (2016).
 
34
European Commission (2018a).
 
35
HVG (2016).
 
36
European Commission (2014a).
 
37
OECD (2018).
 
38
European Commission (2017b).
 
39
European Commission (2017c).
 
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The so-called “EU pilot” procedure used to be a procedure preceding the formal infringement investigation.
 
41
European Commission (2014b).
 
42
European Commission (2017d).
 
43
European Parliament (2018a).
 
44
European Parliament (2018b).
 
45
Politico (2018).
 
46
European Commission (2018b).
 
47
Council of Europe (2017).
 
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European Commission (2017b).
 
51
Beca Engineering, Case C-285/15, EU:C:2016:295, paragraph 37, Ince, Case C-336/14, EU:C:2016:72, paragraphs 67–68.
 
52
For example TRIS notification 2016/318/BG.
 
53
For example TRIS notification 2017/199/HU.
 
54
Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on services in the Internal Market.
 
55
European Commission (2017e).
 
56
EuroCommerce (2015).
 
57
European Commission (2017f).
 
58
Council of the European Union (2017).
 
59
European Parliament (2017c).
 
60
European Commission (2018b).
 
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Even though people often refer to the EU or ‘Brussels’ as acting entities, both are nothing of the sort. It is among others the institutional dynamic between the Council, Commission and European Parliament that leads to EU actions. In that sense, all policies seen as adverse by the Member States are approved by at least a qualified majority or by unanimity by those same Member States in one way or the other.
 
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Metadata
Title
Protectionism in Central and Eastern Europe and the EU Internal Market: the case of retail
Authors
Ilya G. J. Bruggeman
Christian Verschueren
Copyright Year
2019
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Book
The Authority of EU Law

Print ISBN: 978-3-662-58840-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-662-58841-3

Copyright Year: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-58841-3_14

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