http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20161123-132929 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/putting-europe-back-on-its-feet-a-timely-wake-up-call/ Putting Europe back on its feet – A timely wake-up call Ladeur, Karl-Heinz eng 2016-11-22 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 euro crisis eurocrats eurozone Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Are „Eurocrats“ to blame for the bad shape of Europe? First of all, one has to ask whether „Eurocrat“ is a meaningful term at all. Obviously one can find lots of examples in the European law and politics that demonstrate a kind of hubris and at the same time a complete failure to accomplish the goals of the „European Project“ – one needs to mention only the grand „Lisbon“ prospect of technological modernisation.