The EU between Federal Union and Flexible Integration

Interdisciplinary European Studies
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-031-22399-0
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 283 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 391 g

Against a backcloth of tumultuous events in Europe, the EU faces once again the fateful question of moving towards federal union or let flexible integration guide the Union. The sixth volume in Interdisciplinary European Studies explores the coexistence of deepening political integration and flexible patterns of integration in the EU. The book brings together scholars from economics, law, and political science to provide insights into issues with a bearing on the future of the EU: the crisis of rule of law and political values, the move towards a European defence union, the power of the new European public prosecutor’s office, the prospects of financial stability through the Recovery and Resilience facility, and the state of European parliamentary democracy. The chapters are based on up-to-date research findings and succinct assessments of the current state of affairs and ongoing debates. They conclude with policy recommendations for decision-makers on European and national levels.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Engelbrekt, Antonina Bakardjieva

Oxelheim, Lars

Ekman, Per

Michalski, Anna

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Europäische Union, Europapolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. The road ahead for the European Union: between federal union and flexible integration (Antonina Bakardjieva Engelbrekt, Per Ekman, Anna Michalski and Lars Oxelheim). - Chapter 2. Enlargement and the watering down of democracy: A Union in existential crisis (Daniel Silander). - Chapter 3. The state of rule of law in Europe: The EU in a limbo between federalism and flexible integration (Anna Södersten). - Chapter 4. Parliament as an arena for political opposition to EU policy: wasteland or conflict zone? (Christer Karlsson, Moa Mårtensson and Thomas Persson). - Chapter 5. Stability in public finances in the EU after the COVID-19 pandemic: between federalism and flexible integration? (Fredrik NG Andersson and Lars Jonung). - Chapter 6. The EU’s policy on state subsidies: An essential engine of integration or a hidden transfer of competence? (Jörgen Hettne). - Chapter 7. Are demands for federal taxes leading the EU away from flexible integration towards a revolt against taxation? (Krister Andersson). - Chapter 8. The federal European public prosecutor’s office: From vision to reality? (Jacob Öberg). - Chapter 9. The European defence policy between flexible integration and a future defence union (Malena Britz). - Chapter 10. A more equal Europe: A precondition for federalism or a consequence thereof? (Jesper Roine). - Chapter 11. The state of European integration: Where does the EU stand and in what direction is it heading? (Antonina Bakardjieva Engelbrekt, Per Ekman, Anna Michalski and Lars Oxelheim)

Über Autor(innen)

Antonina Bakardjieva Engelbrekt is Professor of European Law at the Faculty of Law of Stockholm University, Sweden.

Per Ekman is a researcher in Political Science at the Department of Government, Uppsala University, Sweden.

Anna Michalski is Associate Professor in Political Science at the Department of Government, Uppsala University and Senior Fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs.



Lars Oxelheim is Professor of International Business and Finance at University of Agder, Norway, Professor Emeritus at Lund University and affiliated with the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Sweden.