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 prosecutors 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.
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1 The Road Ahead for the European Union: Between Federal Union and Flexible Integration |
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2 Democracy in Europe: Enlarged But Eroding--A Union in Existential Crisis |
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25 | (26) |
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3 Rule of Law Crisis: EU in Limbo Between Federalism and Flexible Integration |
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51 | (24) |
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4 Parliament as an Arena for Opposition in EU Politics: Wasteland or Conflict Zone? |
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75 | (28) |
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5 European Stabilisation Policy After the COVID-19 Pandemic: More Flexible Integration or More Federalism? |
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103 | (30) |
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6 EU State Aid Policy: Concealed Transfer of Competences? |
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133 | (26) |
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7 Are Federal Taxation Requirements Moving the EU Away from Flexible Integration? |
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159 | (26) |
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8 A Federal European Prosecution Authority: From Vision to Reality? |
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185 | (30) |
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9 European Defence Policy: Between Flexible Integration and a Defence Union |
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215 | (24) |
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10 A More Equal Europe: A Prerequisite or a Consequence of Increased Federalism? |
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239 | (24) |
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11 The State of European Integration: Where Does the EU Stand and in What Direction Is It Heading? |
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263 | (16) |
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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.
