About the Authors

László Andor is Secretary General of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) and former EU Commissioner.

Catherine Barnard is a British lawyer and Professor for EU and employment law at the University of Cambridge.

Ulrike Guérot is Professor of European Politics and Democracy Research at the Danube University in Krems and founder of the European Democracy Lab (EDL) in Berlin.

Björn Hacker is Professor at the University of Applied Sciences (HTW) in Berlin.

Reiner Hoffmann is Chairman of the German Trade Union Congress (DGB).

Martin Höpner is Professor at the University of Cologne and Research Group Leader at the Max-Planck-Institut for the Study of Societies (MPIfG).

Kurt Hübner is Professor of European Integration and Global Political Economy at the University of British Columbia.

Maria Jepsen is Head of Research at the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) in Brussels.

Wolfgang Lemb is full-time Member of the Executive Committee of IG Metall and responsible for the areas of transnational trade union policy, industrial, structural and energy policy as well as the ‘project future for eastern Germany’.

Albrecht von Lucke is a lawyer, political scientist and publicist as well as editor of the political magazine Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik.

Heiko Maas is the German Foreign Secretary.

Philippe Pochet is Director General of the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) in Brussels.

Luc Triangle is General Secretary of industriAll European Trade Union in Brussels.

Susanne Wixforth is Head of Unit in the International and European Department at the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB).