The Unfinished History of European Integration

The Unfinished History of European Integration
by: Wim van Meurs (Author),Robin de Bruin(Author),Liesbeth van de Grift(Author),Carla Hoetink(Author),Karin van Leeuwen(Author),Reijnen(Author)
Publisher:Amsterdam University Press
Publication Date: 22 Feb. 2018
Language:English
Print Length:332 pages
ISBN-10:9462988145
ISBN-13:9789462988149
Book Description
When the Treaty of Lisbon went into effect in December 2009, the event seemed to mark the beginning of a longer phase of institutional consolidation for the EU. Since 2010, however, the EU has faced multiple crises, which have rocked its foundations and deeply challenged the narrative of ‘the end of the history of integration’. The military crisis in eastern Ukraine and the refugee crisis call for a joint approach, but in practice reveal the difficulty of maintaining even the appearance of European solidarity and political unanimity. The financial and socio-economic crisis in southern Europe and Brexit present the EU with the latest set of challenges. If seventy years of European integration have taught us anything, it is that fundamental crises as well as moments of rapid institutional change form integral parts of its history. ‘The Unfinished History of European Integration’ presents the reader with historical and theoretical knowledge on which well-founded judgements can be based.
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