European Parliament Candidates Have a Unique Opportunity to Advocate for Banking Union Transparency and Accountability
This is reposted from the original on the Hertie School of Governance European Elections blog . The discussion of issues around the European Parliament Elections has been beating around the bush for quite some time now. Karlheinz Reif and Hermann Schmitt famously described European Elections as ” second-order elections ”, in that they are secondary to national elections. A few weeks ago on this blog Andrea Römmele and Yann Lorenz argued that the current election cycle has been characterised by personality politics between candidates vying for the Commission presidency, rather than substantive issues. However, the election campaigns could be an important opportunity for the public to express their views on and even learn more about one of the defining changes to the European Union since the introduction of the Euro: the European Banking Union. Much of the framework for the Banking Union has been established in the past year after intense debate between the EU institut...