Es hat in den letzten Jahrzehnten ein immenser Machttransfer auf die europäische Ebene stattgefunden. Er wurde, auch in seinen institutionellen Konsequenzen, auf der Profillinie des Bundesstaates vollzogen. Trotz der kulturgeschichtlichen Reflexe bundesstaatlichen Denkens wurde nie eine...

More than fifty years after the Schuman Declaration, Europe is still far from a real Political Union. In fact, Europe faces an important imbalance between the two sides of the integration process, appearing as an important actor in the international economic scenario, but as a minor actor in the...

This study shows that the origins of the sovereign debt crisis within the euro area are to be found within the private sector and in economic policy mistakes rather than only in the profligacy of some national governments in the Southern periphery of Euroland. Sovereign debtors and their private...

This paper explores the politics of the Fouchet Plan, the unsuccessful initiative by French President Charles de Gaulle in 1961-62 to create a new 'union of states' for foreign-policy and defence cooperation among the six founding members of the European Community. The paper traces the origins...

More than fifty years after the Schuman Declaration, Europe is still far from a real Political Union. Europe faces an important imbalance between the two sides of the integration process, appearing as an important actor in the international economic scenario, but as a minor actor in the...

This paper analyses three major challenges facing the European Union, and undoubtedly how the EU reacts to these will determine its very future. First, institutional reforms must be implemented bearing in mind the current level of economic integration; the paper then argues in favor of...