Unity and flexibility in the future of the European Union : the challenge of enhanced cooperation

Unity and flexibility in the future of the European Union : the challenge of enhanced cooperation
Author: José María Beneyto
Publisher: Fundación Univ. San Pablo
Total Pages: 106
Release: 2009
Genre: Law
ISBN: 8492456965

The entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty poses anew the question of whether, from now on, it will be more likely for the European Union to use this mechanism, or, conversely, the new institutional, jurisdictional and decision-making framework may act as a containment of favourable trends in the development of variable integration formulas. In reality, flexible or differentiated integration instruments, within or outside of the framework of the EU, alongside strictly intergovernmental cooperation between certain EU countries, have existed since the beginning of Community integration.

Flexible Integration

Flexible Integration
Author: Alex Warleigh
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2002-07-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780826460936

Flexibility is emerging as a key dynamic of European integration. This shift towards flexibility has major implications. The EU will have to cope with more complexity and less transparency. It also affects the way in which European integration is viewed since it makes a state-like outcome to the process far less likely. Alex Warleigh looks at why flexibility has become such an important feature of the EU. He examines its history, and puts forward a typology to explain the models by which it is understood. He goes on to explore the hazards of flexibility and to look at what it has to offer, arguing that it is best seen as a desirable part of the integration process rather than as a problem. Flexibility, he argues is an important mechanism for the realization of the EU's slogan "unity in diversity."

Flexible Europe

Flexible Europe
Author: Bellamy, Richard
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2022-01-25
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1529219949

The European Union (EU) is often portrayed as sacrificing national diversity for European unity. This book explores the alternative of a flexible EU based on differentiated rather than uniform integration. The authors combine normative theory with empirical research on political party actors to assess the desirability and political acceptability of differentiated integration as a means of accommodating heterogeneity in the EU. They examine the circumstances and institutional design needed for flexibility to promote rather than undermine fairness and democracy within and between member states. Clear, balanced, and accessible, the book provides fresh thinking on the future of the EU.

European Integration in the Twenty-First Century

European Integration in the Twenty-First Century
Author: Mary Farrell
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2002-03-28
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780761972198

European Integration in the Twenty-First Century provides a comprehensive overview of the many dimensions and challenges to the on-going European integration project. It employs a number of interdisciplinary perspectives to review processes of both unity and disunity providing the reader with a complete snapshot of contemporary European integration in its variety of settings.

Cornerstones of Enhanced Cooperation

Cornerstones of Enhanced Cooperation
Author: Johannes Graf von Luckner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 70
Release: 2018
Genre: International and municipal law
ISBN:

Enhanced cooperation is the EU's most general, multi-purpose, and thus differentiation-friendly possibility to legislate without binding all Member States. After years of initial reluc-tance, it has been put into practice in a number of cases in the last years. In light of these developments, many perspectives on enhanced cooperation are worth revisiting. At the same time, the EU has recently been facing numerous fundamental challenges, and enhanced co-operation could be one of the tools for policy makers to consider when searching for solutions. It does so by analysing two crucial legal aspects of the enhanced cooperation mechanism in depth: the last resort principle and the principle of openness. Both principles stand out among the law governing enhanced cooperation as particularly important, defining notions - indeed, cornerstones of enhanced cooperation.