The Law and Governance of the EU Public Ethics System

An Institutional Perspective
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-3-031-80371-0
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 422 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 686 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics

The questions at the core of this volume are the following: What are the ethics and integrity rules for the EU? How do they score compared to the integrity frameworks existing at the Member States’ level and in other democracies? How do we design these rules and ensure their enforcement in the EU? How do we improve the enforcement of EU integrity standards? Can an EU ethics system contribute to preventing or mitigating unethical conduct within the Union thus improving its democratic legitimacy? In addressing these questions, this edited volume provides a critical analysis of the existing 'EU ethical framework' while contextualising it within the unique transnational setting that characterises the EU public administration and its various institutions. 

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Alemanno, Alberto

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Zentralregierung
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Internationale Organisationen und Institutionen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction to the Law and Governance of the EU Public Ethical System.- Chapter 2: The Law of the EU Public Ethical System.-  Chapter 3: Ethics and Governance in the European Union.- Chapter 4: Reform-related conflictual dynamics between democratic political legitimacy and ethical administrations in EU institutions and international organisations.- Chapter 5: The European Commission and its ethical framework.- Chapter 6: The European Parliament and EU Ethics.- Chapter 7: The European Ombudsman and EU Ethics: From a horizontal to a vertical contribution.- Chapter 8: The European Court of Auditors and the EU Ethical Framework.- Chapter 9: An historical institutionalist account of the reform of the EU’s ethics system: the case of the interinstitutional ethics body.- Chapter 10: Ethics, Integrity, and Lobbying: Why & How to Modernise Government Affairs Regulation in the European Union.- Chapter 11: The varying levels of EU ethics: between an ethics paradigm and legitimacy mechanisms through participatory democracy.- Chapter 12: Strengthening Integrity: Whistleblower Protection as a Pillar of Ethical Governance in the EU.- Chapter 13: The EU Interinstitutional Body for Ethical Standards: A Preliminary Evaluation.- Chapter 14: The external dimension of the EU Public Ethical System: Anti-corruption in the EU’s enlargement and neighbourhood policies.- Chapter 15: “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” in the EU Internal Market: Foreign Influence and Its Regulation.- Chapter 16: Foreign Interferences in the EU Political System: The pursuit of equilibrium against an elusive threat.- Chapter 17: Strategically ethical? The shift in the governance of the EU’s humanitarian aid policy.

Über Autor(innen)

Alberto Alemanno is Jean Monnet Professor of European Union Law at HEC Paris, France, and a visiting professor at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium. His research focuses on the democratization of the European Union and the role of citizens in EU integration at the level of agenda-setting, policy formation and law enforcement. He has established and leads The Good Lobby, a nonprofit whose mission is to equalize access to power, by enhancing the advocacy capacity of civil society while making corporate lobbying more ethical, responsible and sustainable.