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LEVIATHAN

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LEVIATHAN research project explained

Watch as Mark Dawson explains the purpose of his European Research Council project on EU economic governance.
Opinion

The right idea in the wrong hands? Evaluating Juncker's "political Commission"

Mark Dawson looks back on Juncker's presidency and ahead to the future of the European Commission.
Research

LEVIATHAN research: Supervising the banking supervisor

New paper by Adina Maricut-Akbik explores accountability, the European Parliament and the ECB.
Who we are

Meet the team

A group of researchers from around Europe.
Areas of focus

The role of national parliaments in holding the EU accountable

Work Package 3 explores the role of national parliaments in holding the EU accountable. More specifically, it focuses on the mechanisms the parliaments can use to scrutinize the decisions of the EU institutions.
Areas of focus

The role of the Court of Justice and national constitutional courts

Work Package 2 examines the role of the Court of Justice and national constitutional courts in post-crisis economic governance and their role in accountability mechanisms.
Areas of focus

Holding accountable the EU’s executive

Work Package 1 examines the role of EU executive bodies in post-crisis economic governance and the extent to which their decision-making is subject to accountability mechanisms.
Areas of focus

The future of accountability in EU economic decision-making

Work package 4 will build on the empirical work developed in the Leviathan project’s work packages to examine how the practice of EU economic governance can be reconciled with the EU’s constitutional commitment to legal and political accountability.

Latest news and contributions

Blog

Lessons from EMU: Understanding the trade-offs between procedural and substantive accountability

Opinion

What did the German Constitutional Court get right in the ECB decision?

In EU Law Live, Ana Bobić and Mark Dawson say the decision may spur reconsideration of the monetary union's basic rules.
In the media

The German Constitutional Court and the ECB

FT column features Mark Dawson and Ana Bobić on the legality of the ECB's pandemic emergency purchase programme.
Opinion

COVID-19 and the European Central Bank

Mark Dawson and Ana Bobić: Will the legal foundations of the European Monetary Union be the next victim?
Research

LEVIATHAN research: Supervising the banking supervisor

New paper by Adina Maricut-Akbik explores accountability, the European Parliament and the ECB.
Research

Revisiting the “Europeanization” of Central and Eastern Europe

New book co-edited by Tomasz Woźniakowski focuses on EU integration in the region.
Research

LEVIATHAN research project explained

Video | Mark Dawson tells us how his European Research Council project is tackling accountability in the EU.
Opinion

No bailout fund without representation

On politico.eu, Mark Dawson writes that Macron's proposed European Monetary Fund doesn’t have enough checks and balances.