scholarly journals Conferência sobre o Futuro da Europa: uma resposta política à ameaça populista à integração europeia?

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 43-59
Author(s):  
Cláudia Ramos
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
New Method ◽  
Policy Options ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Institutions ◽  
The Future ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
European Parliament Elections

The Conference on the Future of Europe was launched in March, 2021 by the European institutions, with the aim of creating a platform for bottom up citizen participation in the definition of policy options for the “future of Europe”. This article analyses the institutional and party discourses on the Conference, in the framework of the reaction of those institutions and of the pro-integration parties to the mounting populist “threat” to European integration, notably as expressed in the outcome of the 2019 European Parliament elections. The author aims to establish whether in doing so the European Union is innovating, by overcoming conventional representative democracy participation and thus entering other complementary models. The article further discusses whether this new method bridges the gap with the citizens, whom populisms have tried to mobilize.

scholarly journals British conservatism after the vote for Brexit: The ideological legacy of David Cameron

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 223-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Hayton
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
European Integration ◽  
The European Union ◽  
David Cameron ◽  
Conservative Politics ◽  
The Future ◽  
Issue Dimensions

Following the referendum on membership of the European Union (EU), this article assesses the ideological legacy of David Cameron on Conservative politics in Britain. It focuses on three areas of ideological tension in contemporary conservatism, namely, European integration, the divide between social liberals and traditionalists, and the future of the Union post-Brexit. Applying the concept of heresthetics to offer a theoretically informed account, it argues that while Cameron enjoyed some successes in ‘the art of political manipulation’ with electoral benefits, his desire to modernize conservatism was ultimately undone by his failure to restructure the key issue dimensions animating his party’s ideology. Ultimately, this failure undid his premiership, leading to his downfall.

scholarly journals EU Refugee Crisis: A Stumbling Block to the Process of European Integration?

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dionysios Stivas
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Member States ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Eu Integration ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Eu

Currently, the European Union (EU) is dealing with an unprecedented refugee crisis which has been blamed for bringing the process of the EU integration to an impasse. By applying theories of European (dis)integration, this paper assesses the extent to which the current refugee crisis constitutes an impediment to the future of the European Union. This paper’s analysis is constructed around two hypotheses: (1) the refugee crisis triggered Brexit and the failure of the EU’s relocation scheme, symptoms of the EU’s disintegration; (2) the refugee crisis has a dual potential: to simultaneously promote the deeper integration and the disintegration of the EU. To test these hypotheses, this paper examines if and how the refugee crisis is related to Brexit and whether the rebellious reaction of certain EU member states to the implementation of the EU relocation scheme is a sign of reversal in the process of EU integration.

scholarly journals Plädoyer für eine zukunftsoffene Verfasstheit Europas

2006 ◽  
Vol 36 (144) ◽  
pp. 419-433
Author(s):  
Anne Karrass ◽  
Andreas Fisahn
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Second Step ◽  
European Politics ◽  
Social Policies ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Constitution ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
European Institutions ◽  
Basic Rights ◽  
The Future

The French and Dutch “no” to the European Constitution and the following “period of reflection” offer the opportunity to introduce critical ideas into the discussion on the future of the European Union. For the critics it is not only necessary to excoriate the Constitution, but also to propose alternatives. The authors therefore generate requirements for the contents of a new European Constitution. In a second step concrete alternatives are provided, dealing among others with a democratic way of organizing the European institutions, basic rights as well as economic and social policies. The general aim is to open the Constitution for political processes, which means to minimize the (economic) stipulations for European politics in the Constitution.

Sovereignty in Europe

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dieter Grimm
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Lisbon Treaty ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Jürgen Habermas ◽  
Member States ◽  
Jurgen Habermas ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Eu

This chapter examines the question of who is sovereign in the relationship between the European Union and its Member States. It first considers the relevance of the debate over sovereignty in the EU and the development of the concept of sovereignty, paying attention to public powers form the substance of sovereignty, Jürgen Habermas’ theory of dual sovereignty, and the relevant provisions of the Lisbon Treaty. It then explores the problem of whether one should maintain the concept of sovereignty or recognize that the era of post-sovereignty has begun. It argues that it makes sense to address the question of who is sovereign in the EU, suggesting that the answer will determine the future course of European integration. It also analyses which concept of sovereignty is best suited to understand and explain the EU.

The French about the Future of the European Union: Confederation or Federation?

2014 ◽  
pp. 35-39
Author(s):  
K. Zueva
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Social Situation ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Public Figures ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Eu

The article examines positions of the main French political parties, scientific community and public figures regarding the future of the European Union. The facts confirm convergence of different European integration models: confederation and federation. This process is based on understanding that it is necessary to level economic and social situation in the EU member states. The French are discontented with uncontrolled activities of Brussels bureaucracy and lack of democracy. The result of this process is the growth of Euroscepticism in France that was corroborated by recent Euro-Parliament election.

scholarly journals 'Europe of the regions' an attempt to overcome antinomy of freedom and order: A reality or utopia

2008 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-170
Author(s):  
Bojan Kovacevic
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Economic System ◽  
European Integration ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Integration Process ◽  
Economic Space ◽  
The Past ◽  
European Institutions ◽  
Considerable Impact

Since the beginning of the European integration process until the present day the states have given up some significant elements of their sovereignty transferring an increasing number of authorities to the European institutions. The extended framework within which the rules of the European game are determined also exerts a considerable impact on the regions as integral units of the present-day complex states. Politically and economically powerful regions are more and more independent in the contemporary European political and economic space. This has created a distorted picture of 'Europe of the regions' where the regions and European institutions will establish direct contacts, making the role of states superfluous. In this paper, the author endeavors to offer a theoretical historical and philosophic frame for consideration of the attempts to overcome the antinomy of freedom and order both in the past and in the present, particularly analyzing the position and role of the regions in the European Union political and economic system.

scholarly journals The Idea of a European Union in the Interwar Period

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 24
Author(s):  
Adrian-Stelian Dumitru
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Interwar Period ◽  
Political History ◽  
The Political ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Federalist ◽  
The Future ◽  
History Of

The study of the political history of European construction is particularly important to explain the context in which the first institutional nuclei of European integration appeared. This paper identifies the main contributions from the interwar period to the project of a united Europe and their role in defining the process of creating the future European Union. The paper analyzes two main federalist projects namely "Pan-Europe" and "Briand initiative", looking at the similarities between them and at the elements prefigured by the two Europeanists of the federalist movement which are found in the current political-institutional configuration of the European Union. I conclude that Coudenhove-Kalergi and Aristide Briand’s proposals still represents, after 90 years since their drafting, core principles and values we recognise today in the European Union of 2020.

European integration. Polish perspective

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomasz Grosse ◽  
Waldemar Paruch ◽  
Zbigniew Czachór
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
European Integration ◽  
21St Century ◽  
English Language ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Language Version ◽  
The Future

An English-language version of the book Integracja europejska – polska perspektywa, published in 2018. It is a comprehensive elaboration of issues presenting a diagnosis of the current situation in Europe, a search for answers to the question about the future of European integration after the period of multiple crises at the beginning of the 21st century. The purpose of this publication is to show the perspective of Polish scholars on the future of the integration. It contains reflections on how the European discussion on the future of the European Union is perceived in Poland and how the Poles forecast Europe’s future.

The Takeoff after Lisbon: The Practical and Theoretical Implications of Differentiated Integration in the EU

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Boglárka Koller
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Lisbon Treaty ◽  
The Self ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Differentiated Integration ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Eu

Differentiated integration is one of the ‘magic’ concepts of integration theories. Although differentiated integration exists in the European integration since the establishment of the Rome Treaty, only in the last ten years became a new direction of European integration. Supporting this, the evolution of the concept is introduced with special emphasis on the various political, legal and academic interpretations. This paper analyses differentiated integration within the Lisbon Treaty and argues that it is a milestone in the realization of it. The paper further argues that differentiated integration is an approach that reinterprets the existing and so far used ‘big’ theories of European integration (federalist, liberal intergovernmental, neo-functionalist, MLG theories etc) and provides new ideas for the self-definition of the European Union itself and in the same time may serve as a pragmatic way out from the scepticism and incapacity that surrounds the contemporary discourses on the ‘finalité politique’ of the EU.

Brexit and the Future of the European Union

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federico Fabbrini
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
European Integration ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Integration Process ◽  
Member States ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Eu

This book examines how the European Union has changed during Brexit and because of Brexit, while also reflecting on the developments of the EU besides Brexit and beyond Brexit. It argues that the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU—the first ever case of disintegration since the start of the European integration process—creates an urgent need to reform the EU. In fact, while the EU institutions and its Member States have remained united in their negotiations vis-à-vis the UK, Brexit has created transitional problems for the EU, and exposed other serious fissures in its system of governance which need to be addressed moving forward. As the EU goes through another major crisis in the form of the response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the case for increasing the effectiveness and the legitimacy of the EU grows stronger. In this context, the book analyses the plan to establish a Conference on the Future of Europe, considering its precedents and discussing its prospects.

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