Subsidiarity in the European Union

Against the backdrop of the highly controversial debate on the future competences of the different EU institutions, the principle of subsidiarity, a fundamental proinciple of European Union law, has recently met with renewed interest. The contributions to this Forum discuss a number of pertinent issues.

The four separate articles comprise:

Klaus-Dirk Henke: Soft Coordination and Hard Rules in European Economic Policy – Managing Subsidiarity from an Economic Point of View

Wolf Schäfer: Harmonisation and Centralisation versus Subsidiarity: Which Should Apply Where?

Jacques Pelkmans: An EU Subsidiarity Test Is Indispensable

Ian Cooper The Subsidiarity Early Warning Mechanism: Making It Work